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How Skateboarding Can Help Youth Reach Their Potential

Skateboarding can be a powerful tool to motivate and empower youth, helping them reach their full potential in various ways: Physical Confidence: Skateboarding helps kids build strength, coordination, and balance. By learning new tricks and overcoming obstacles, they gain confidence in their abilities. Embracing Creativity: Skateboarding is not just about doing tricks, it’s about self-expression. Kids can develop their own style and be creative by adapting tricks. Overcoming Fear and Failure: Skateboarding teaches kids to keep trying even if they fail. It helps them learn from mistakes and grow. They can apply this mindset to other areas of life too.… Read More »How Skateboarding Can Help Youth Reach Their Potential

How to Teach Young Children Coping Skills

Coping skills are the strategies and techniques individuals use to manage stress and difficult emotions. Teaching coping skills is an essential aspect of mental health education and can help individuals better navigate challenging situations. This article will explore some of the best teaching methods for coping skills and the research supporting their effectiveness.

California’s Literacy Crisis: Science of Reading Has Taken Decades to Reach Classrooms

California is facing a literacy crisis. According to recent data, nearly 60% of California’s fourth-grade students are not proficient in reading, and this number is even higher for students from low-income families and students of color. This is a serious problem that must be addressed if we want to ensure that all students have the skills they need to succeed in school and in life. For students to become proficient readers, they need to develop strong phonemic awareness (the ability to identify and manipulate individual sounds in words), phonics (the understanding of the relationship between letters and sounds), vocabulary, and… Read More »California’s Literacy Crisis: Science of Reading Has Taken Decades to Reach Classrooms