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In this episode of the Fifteen Minute Classroom, Diane Kay welcomes Noel Foy, a former classroom teacher and learning specialist who now specializes in anxiety and executive function challenges. Join us around this online table as Diane dives into a year of lifelong learning with Noel, highlighting some of the challenges she faced, the hurdles students overcame, a shift in mindset, and a few resources to support students, parents, teachers, and those in all areas of educational support.

You can find Noel at https://www.neuronoel.com/, where you'll gain access to the resources she describes in this episode.

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Join me in the 15-Minute Classroom for this Intentional conversation with Kim Gameroz of SELebrate Goodtimes. As we head into March, we empower parents, educators, and adult caregivers with essential information to support social-emotional learning at home, school, and on the playground. 

Reading with your children is a great way to help them develop skills such as identifying, recognizing, and understanding their emotions, empathizing with others, and accessing tools that promote agency and build healthy relationships.

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I’m thrilled to have Kim Gameroz join us. Kim has tech ported in from Dallas, Texas. If the weather has anything to do with it, then Kim’s sunny disposition will surely bring warmth and a bright spot to our conversation today. Kim is a vibrant communicator, a heart-centered teacher who is a change agent, and a teacher of Inside Out - revolutionizing classrooms through a systematic approach to teaching social-emotional skills. Kim is a global coach, mentor, teacher, and trainer to educators, students, and families.

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Referenced: Hope Rising - How the Science of Hope Can Change Your Life
                                                          Casey Gwinn. J.D. & Chan Hellman, PH.D.

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Dispositions refer to temperamental or character traits that are natural. They are an inclination or a tendency toward a certain way to behave, learn, and express oneself. Dispositions are what children believe, their interests, what they experience in their daily lives and what is familiar to them. They provide important information about the way children learn. Join us across the online table today and gain the insight needed to nourish your children's dispositions.

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So what are children learning when they're playing with blocks and puzzles or focused on a tech game? How does the opportunity to choose an activity impact the ability or interest to learn?  How does the physical, social, and emotional environment impact children's ability to learn even as they play? These and other questions are discussed along with some practical tips to consider on today's episode.

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Play is important! In fact, many parents, caregivers, and educators of elementary school-age children realize it is the key to learning. 
Join us across this online table as Dale Shipley returns to the classroom.  We'll provide a few 15 minutes tips that you can initiate with your children to ensure their play is filled with a variety of toys, and materials. You might even be surprised to learn that while they are having fun they're developing.

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What is physical literacy?  Why is physical literacy so important and what is a parent's role in helping their children develop these essential skills? Questions are discussed and important information for parents and caregivers of primary and elementary school-age children is shared. Join us across this online table and learn how you too can become more actively involved in your child's physical literacy.

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Amy McLaren joins me across the online table today.  Amy's newly released book Passion to Purpose will lead you to discover that living a passion-fuelled, purpose-driven life is about reconnecting, or connecting for the first time, to your deepest passions. This busy mom of two splits her time between leading LadyStrength, a growing online community of driven, entrepreneurial women, growing an Airbnb business, and being hands-on CEO of Village Impact, the charity she and her husband founded more than a decade ago.
DM on Instagram at coachingnextsteps and let us know you've listened in. One lucky winner will receive a copy of Amy's book.

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In this episode, I welcome Dale Shipley across the online table.  Dale is the author of Empowering Parents, Meeting Children's Learning Needs in the Kindergarten and Primary Years. If you're a parent, caregiver, educator, or someone who works with children 4-8 years of age you'll learn important information about the essential learning to learn skills children need to develop in order to be successful lifelong learners at home, at school, at play, and in their relationships. 

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In this episode, we'll dive into the topic of curiosity. We'll consider why it's an important skill
for parents and their children alike to practice and develop.  We'll also consider how curiosity creates a type of distance that allows us to notice what we might otherwise fail to notice.

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