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Every practice in the library, in one list. Narrow it by how long you have, who it is written for, and where you are right now.
Plenty of children read the equals sign as put the answer here. Write it the other way round sometimes, eight equals three plus five, so they meet the idea that both sides are simply the same amount.
Move the sign about. Leave the gap in the middle, four plus something equals two plus five, and watch what the child does with it. If they add…
When the usual route into reading or arithmetic does not form, children build another one, and it nearly always runs through memory. It works for years, and it costs far more effort than anyone watching realises.
This is the bright child who is somehow always tired, always slow with written work, quietly memorising what everyone else is working out. The route…
Take the sorrow you cannot say to anyone else and pour it out to God, in your own plain words.
You do not have to hold it alone or find the right phrase. Say the raw thing to the One who already knows it.
Under every complaint or hard feeling there is a longing. Listen for the wish underneath.
Behind the anger or sadness is a desire. Find the longing and you find what they actually need.
When your partner is angry, do not take it personally or rush to apologize. Ask what the anger is protecting.
Looking for a whole subject rather than a single practice? Start from the nine areas.
All anger has a goal and something blocking it. Find both. What do you need is a good question.