Building Skills for Life through Conversations and Relationships
If you have asked one of these questions:
- - How do I get my kid to listen to me?!
- - How do I stop my child from turning into an entitled brat?
- - How do I raise resilient children?
- - How do I help my child stay away from bad peer influence?
- - How can my child be more self-motivated?
- - My child is acting like an arrogant know-it-all...
- - This sibling rivalry thing is driving me nuts!
Top 5 Benefits of Conversations:
- 1. Reduce stress and anxiety: learn strategies in self-awareness and mindfulness.
- 2. Encourage open communication:connect through storytelling and co-constructed narratives.
- 3. Build academic vocabulary: boost memory retention through socialized guided play.
- 4. Build critical thinking skills:practice media literacy and explore social issues.
- 5. Build compassion and humility in life: interconnected topics build social confidence, empathy, and awareness in implicit biases.
FOR HOME USE
DISCUSSION: Each player draws a card and shares a real-life situation where the coping skill would be applicable.
BEDTIME ROUTINE: Choose a card to practice mindfulness, helping to set aside worries and ensure a good night's sleep.
PROBLEM-SOLVE: When facing a challenge, use a relevant card to help think through solutions and coping strategies.
FOR SCHOOL USE
CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES Use a card to begin the day, start advisory, introduce a lesson, or as discussion/writing prompt.
SOCIAL SKILLS CIRCLES: Use specific cards to role-play or practice empathy and cooperation with students.
RESTORATIVE CIRCLES: Use the cards to guide students through reflection, perspective-taking, and resolution.
Quality Conversations Boost Brain Development
The #1 advice we’ve gotten as parents is to read to our children. Unfortunately, the core message in this blanket prescription gets lost in the shuffle. It’s not about “dumping” as many words as possible. It’s about having real “back and forth” conversations. A critical brain research out of Harvard/MIT in February 2018 helped to debunk the notion of the 30 Million Word Gap. Researchers found that quality parent-child conversations is the driving force that boosts children’s brain development. It’s not about talking AT our children, but it’s more about about talking TO our children.
What Parents And Teacher Are Saying
Emily J.
This game is exactly what our family has been looking for! We use it with our children ranging in ages from 5 to 19 as a fun way to talk about meaningful life experiences. It is the perfect size (small!) and comes in a solid case to keep all of the cards contained. We use it at the dinner table and in the car. Love it
Jason F.
Your game is just like the best social-emotional learning tools. When you see it, you say “of course!” There’s such a need and how come it hasn’t existed before and in every family household?!
Miguel J.
My husband gifted me 52 Essential Conversations and I was blown away by the questions and prompts! Having previously taught mindfulness to young kids I know how vital social and emotional learning (SEL) is to healthy development and long term success. The thoughtful questions cover so many important topics and make it easy to engage in meaningful conversations. This is such a beautiful game that can benefit children and adults alike!! I highly recommend it!
Kim L.
My 11yo is just starting to get into middle school and I can tell a lot of his friends are shutting down to their parents. I think this is going to be great to make sure that it doesn’t happen. Thanks for all your hard work! It’s making a real difference in people’s lives already!!