1. Strengthens conscience and awareness of the right thing to do. 2. Promotes respect for differences. 3. Increases personal responsibility. 4. Helps kids see how choices not only effect them, but also their class, school, and family. 5. Helps kids understand ethics and morality. 6. Provides a reference point for all discipline problems. 7. Facilitates… Read more »
Dear son, When I was a teenager I wished, just as you do now, that my dad could be my best friend. However, it wasn’t until my time to be a father came up, when I really understood why my wish would never come true. And it wasn’t that my dad didn’t want to be… Read more »
I teach kindergarten and find that this works to deal with
Anger Management Give them their own “cure”: 2 laps around the gym, 3 cartwheels, twirl 5 times, and 2 sips of water When you see the frustration or anger building, acknowledge with understanding and ask the child to CURE themselves. Lynne Ferguson, Teachers’Aide Winship Elementary School Meridian, CA Model Teachers Say when kids are angry… Read more »
“We all have to make sure we are doing what we can to leave no child behind. It’s time to stop building jails and start building children.” – Colin Powell
Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth. Oh, never mind. You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they’ve faded. But trust me, in 20 years, you’ll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can’t grasp now much possibility lay before you and how fabulous… Read more »
Initiative is to success what a lighted match is to a candle. – Orlando A. Battista
Eric Graham knows all too well that when kids go online for the first time, the freedom of the cyberworld can seem intoxicating. When he got on the Net four years ago, “it was the first time I was given complete power over something – I could do whatever I wanted, and there was no… Read more »
When I arrived to collect my 7-year-old from her after-school program the other day, many youngsters were gathered on the playing field to admire a fabulous rainbow arching across the sky. After a while, the rainbow faded. The children and the after-school teachers turned around and returned to their regularly scheduled activities. In a similar… Read more »
Education is not just getting a degree to have the chance to do something, but also to have the chance to be someone. – Thalia Arawi
