Join the discussion. Question: In our extended family, we celebrate both Christmas and Hanukkah. This year, these holidays fall at the same time—which will mean a lot of presents for our children and their cousins! We’d like to simplify our holidays, partly because we see our children becoming overwhelmed by all the toys and gifts.…

Getting started on an assignment or a classroom project is an executive function skill, author and former classroom teacher Chris A. Zeigler Dendy says. “It’s not that the child doesn’t want to get started; it’s that they have trouble getting started,” Ms. Dendy says. “They have trouble finishing. They have difficulty planning ahead. They have…

Join the discussion. The holiday season and the days leading up to it can be pandemonium in the classroom. Students are excited for the upcoming holiday break; assemblies or concerts can throw a wrench into your normal classroom routines; and even the students without ADHD can be easily distracted. What’s a teacher to do? We…