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    Self regulation requires a set of skills children need to learn just like riding a bike or reading. No one is born knowing how to handle the huge variety of emotions and experiences we get to manage as humans. To make it even more challenging learning to self regulate is REALLY complex, much more so…
  • Free the Playdough! From Control to Creativity
    Years ago I started making chocolate play dough for Valentine’s Day and putting it out with big heart candy boxes, along with cupcake liners and other random loose parts. This year I decided it would be interesting to add cherry play dough. I’m not sure why (I know better) but in my head I sort…
  • Embracing Imperfection to Propel Your Progress
    “If something is worth doing, it’s worth doing….” (wrong/half hearted/imperfectly). I’m increasingly convinced this is the secret to getting anything done at all. Hear me out. How many times have you not started something because you didn’t have time to do it “right”? How many times have you put off a project because you didn’t…
  • HYK Club
    Introducing HYK Club HYK Club started in the summer of 2022. Our young kids from age 5 to 11 roamed all over southern Utah and hiked over 25 miles! We visited petroglyphs, dinosaur tracks, water falls, and caves. In 2023 we added our own water bottles and backpacks. Although we didn’t get the miles in…
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