Squish Skills
Learn How to Learn. Practice Something Useful.
There is always something new you could learn. It might make daily life easier, help you understand someone else’s interest, give you confidence to try a project, or create a way for your family to spend time together.
Squish Skills has two places to begin: learn how to build a skill, or choose a specific skill to try. You can learn on your own, teach someone else, or figure it out side by side.
Where Would You Like to Begin?
How to Learn
Learning something new can feel difficult before the skill itself does. You might have too many ideas, worry about getting it wrong, or struggle to keep practicing. These resources help you find a focus and continue learning.
Choose One Skill
When several things interest you, choose one skill to give your attention first. Learn how a narrower focus can make practice more manageable.
Learn How to Focus on One Skill →
Build Confidence as a Beginner
You can be new at something without measuring your worth by how quickly you improve. Explore ways to keep learning when you feel behind or uncertain.
Skills to Try
A useful skill can begin with one task or one question. Choose something that fits your interests and the time you have today.
Help Kids Join In the Kitchen
Explore kitchen tasks grouped by age, from washing produce and stirring to reading recipes and helping plan a meal. Choose one task that fits your child’s abilities and supervise as needed.
Explore Kitchen Skills by Age →
Simplify a Family Routine
Practice making one part of the day easier. Explore ideas such as a daily anchor, fewer repeated decisions, and shared responsibilities.
Explore Ways to Simplify Family Routines →
Learn to Follow Football
Start with how teams score. Then learn what downs and first downs mean. You can practice noticing each concept while watching a game.
What Is Squish Skills?
Squish Skills is the learning and skill-building path within Today Not Tomorrow.
How to Learn helps you choose a focus, practice, ask questions, work through frustration, and recognize progress.
Skills to Try gives you specific subjects and everyday tasks to learn. Some are for adults. Some are for children and adults together. A skill can be practical, creative, physical, or simply something you have always wanted to understand.
You do not have to become an expert. Begin with a skill that matters to you and build from there.
Learning Together Counts
You do not have to know everything before inviting your child or another family member to join you.
Sometimes you will teach. Sometimes you will both be beginners. Sometimes the other person will notice something you missed. Give each person a meaningful part, make room for questions, and let the experience grow from there.
Learning together can build a skill and create time to connect.
Not Sure What to Choose?
Too many ideas? Start with Choose One Skill.
Afraid you will be bad at it? Start with Build Confidence as a Beginner.
Want something to do together? Try one age-appropriate kitchen task.
Need daily life to run more smoothly? Work on one family routine.
Want to understand a new subject? Start with football scoring.
You can also browse all Squish Skills posts in the Resource Library.
How Squish Skills Fits Into TNT
Squish Skills is one of the Ways to Say Yes: a way to say yes to growth by becoming more capable and curious.
If you are trying to understand something difficult in family life, Parent Struggles can help you name it. If you know what you want to learn but need help beginning or continuing, explore the TNT Practices.
Begin wherever you are.
Frequently Asked Questions
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No. Adults can learn for themselves, teach a child, or learn alongside someone else.
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How to Learn focuses on the process of choosing, practicing, and continuing. Skills to Try gives you a particular task or subject to explore.
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No. Start with a resource and a task that uses what you already have. Some future skills may need materials, but learning can begin with a question, a conversation, or a small change to an everyday routine.
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Notice what happened, adjust one part, and try again. Mistakes can show you what to practice next.
Choose One Place to Begin
You do not need to learn everything at once.
Choose a skill or a way to practice. Try one step. Notice what you learned. Then decide what you want to do next.