Activities for Parents

Our Family Talk Guides are designed to help parents and other family members talk with young children in their care about important social and emotional behaviors.

Each of the topics below comes with a simple, printable guide with step-by-step instructions for discussion activities.  These are a free resource and you are welcome to share them with others.

Teachers using the Leaps system in their classrooms are also encouraged to provide these guides to parents as a supplement to the work they are doing with students during the school day.

Respecting Others

Respecting Others

Let’s teach our kids to treat others with respect so that our kids can be respected by others, too.

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Boundaries and Personal Space

Boundaries and Personal Space

Our kids need to know how to keep their own boundaries and also how to handle it when someone tells them, “No,” because of their boundaries or rules.

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Inclusivity – Being Kind To People Who Look Different

Inclusivity – Being Kind To People Who Look Different

Let’s be good role models, and teach our kids how to be fearlessly kind to everyone. Let’s help our kids see how people act and treat people based on those actions, instead of treating others based on differences in skin color, culture, or even medical conditions.

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Hurt Feelings

Hurt Feelings

Help young kids deal with hurt feelings, both their own feelings and the hurt feelings of others. Let’s let our kids know that if we try hard to be caring all the time, we will not have to fix hurt feelings as often.

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Good Choices

Good Choices

Learn new ways to discuss decision-making with children, teaching them to look ahead before taking action.

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