I truly enjoyed reading this article! All of the 7 habits are critical to emotional wellness. I have been learning about bits and pieces of these habits all year, it was refreshing to read about them together. My favourite was number 7: Maintain passion and playfulness. This tied in nicely with a peer’s inquiry presentation today. I like to believe that I have a good sense of humour and I try to bring that into the classroom as much as I can. It was easy doing it in a K/1 classroom but if I ever have an intermediate grade I would definitely take out the time to incorporate play into my lessons. Having fun with the curriculum content is an easy way to get all students engaged and learning without them even knowing that they are doing work! I also liked habit number 3: Ditch the easy caricature. It is human nature to categorize people based on their strengths or weaknesses, and it can be hard to stray away from that kind of thinking. Seeing people as fully developed thinkers is something that will come with practice but is VERY important to do to get to know students as a whole. Great article, I will be saving this one for sure.