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title: Worthington Christian School Parent Blog | Nancy Secrest
description: With degrees in education, Christian psychology, and school counseling, Nancy is dually licensed as a Clinical Pastoral Counselor and School Counselor. She taught second grade and kindergarten for Dublin City Schools and started Blessings Unlimited Christian Counseling. She served on staff at Worthington Christian School as Student Services Coordinator, Psychology teacher, and most recently as school counselor.
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## Navigating Your Child's Education: Grades 1-5
## Nancy Secrest
With degrees in education, Christian psychology, and school counseling, Nancy is dually licensed as a Clinical Pastoral Counselor and School Counselor. She taught second grade and kindergarten for Dublin City Schools and started Blessings Unlimited Christian Counseling. She served on staff at Worthington Christian School as Student Services Coordinator, Psychology teacher, and most recently as school counselor.
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## [Cultivating Kindness in Kids](https://discover.worthingtonchristian.com/grades1-5/cultivating-kindness-in-kids)
By [Nancy Secrest](https://discover.worthingtonchristian.com/grades1-5/author/nancy-secrest) on Oct 1, 2020 8:00 PM
[](https://discover.worthingtonchristian.com/grades1-5/cultivating-kindness-in-kids)
It's on cute little t-shirts. It's in catchy kids' songs. It's on elementary school bulletin boards and taught over and over again:
Be kind.
As parents, we want our kids to be kind. We tell them to be kind. The tricky part is, it's not usually something kids (or adults!) can just turn on.
Topics: [Whole Child Education](https://discover.worthingtonchristian.com/grades1-5/topic/whole-child-education) [Elementary School](https://discover.worthingtonchristian.com/grades1-5/topic/elementary-school) [Parenting](https://discover.worthingtonchristian.com/grades1-5/topic/parenting)
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## [A Mustard Seed](https://discover.worthingtonchristian.com/grades1-5/a-mustard-seed)
By [Nancy Secrest](https://discover.worthingtonchristian.com/grades1-5/author/nancy-secrest) on Mar 17, 2020 9:00 PM
[](https://discover.worthingtonchristian.com/grades1-5/a-mustard-seed)
"I’m supposed to teach?"
"Take care of my kids? Clean the house?"
"Can we leave?"
"Do we have enough food?"
"They keep arguing!"
"I leave everyday because it’s better for our family: 2 to 3 weeks together at least?"
"But we had plans!"
"My family isn’t all together, do they come home?"
"Do they come over?"
"It can’t be that big a deal could it? Is it?"
Fear. Freak out. Preparedness. Problem solving. Financial stress.
We all handle unexpected circumstances and difficult moments in our own way.
The range of emotions and feelings will vary due to the place you are living in your family right now. Needs are different for all of us and how we accept, interpret and handle this time will look different as well.
Topics: [Spiritual Formation](https://discover.worthingtonchristian.com/grades1-5/topic/spiritual-formation) [Parenting](https://discover.worthingtonchristian.com/grades1-5/topic/parenting) [Mental Health](https://discover.worthingtonchristian.com/grades1-5/topic/mental-health)
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## [Helping Our Kids Tackle Testing](https://discover.worthingtonchristian.com/grades1-5/tackling-testing)
By [Nancy Secrest](https://discover.worthingtonchristian.com/grades1-5/author/nancy-secrest) on Mar 5, 2020 9:00 PM
[](https://discover.worthingtonchristian.com/grades1-5/tackling-testing)
Springtime not only brings warmer weather and longer days, it also marks a season of tests for many school-aged children. Be it state testing, standardized testing, annual assessments or the like, students are typically evaluated in the major academic disciplines in March and April of each year.
Topics: [Elementary School](https://discover.worthingtonchristian.com/grades1-5/topic/elementary-school) [Parenting](https://discover.worthingtonchristian.com/grades1-5/topic/parenting) [Study Skills](https://discover.worthingtonchristian.com/grades1-5/topic/study-skills) [Testing](https://discover.worthingtonchristian.com/grades1-5/topic/testing)
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