Gene Bedley’s New Children Book Heavy Freddy goes where no other monkey has gone before: into a classroom to teach young children the skill of relating and behaving. He does it with his magical bag of tricks. Each trick is a concrete tool that little kids understand and can use to become skilled problem solvers…. Read more »
“Don’t ever take a fence down until you know the reason it was put up.” – G. K. Chesterton
There has been a great deal of research done on the value of fathers’ involvement with their children, but nowhere is fathers involvement more significant than in a child’s education. According to a study conducted by the National Center for Educational Statistics (1996 National Household Education Survey), fathers can be a positive force in their… Read more »
From Gene Bedley’s National Seminar, “Discipline and the Difficult Child” A large part of cultivating an environment of responsibility in a classroom is how the teacher responds to various comments from children. While it s impossible to respond to everything a child says, and we often choose not to respond because it would only fan… Read more »
Belmont Elementary School in Olney Older Kids Teaching Younger Ones About Dangers Of Bullying February 24, 2006 OLNEY, Md. — Students of all ages are picked on, teased, and harassed at school. This kind of bullying is often dismissed as child’s play. But health experts say it’s a dangerous problem. Now older students are reaching… Read more »
“I am only one, but still I am one I cannot do everything but still I can do something I will not refuse to do the something I can do.” – Helen Keller
Schedule Gene Bedley’s Seminars 2006-2007 School Year Bureau of Education and Research Discipline and the Difficult young Child NOVEMBER 13 OTTAWA, ON CANADA NOVEMBER14 TORONTO, ON CANADA NOVEMBER 15 WINNIPEG, ME CANADA NOVEMBER 16 REGINA, SK CANADA NOVEMBER17 CALGARY, AB CANADA DECEMBER 04 BUFFALO, NY DECEMBER 05 ROCHESTER, NY DECEMBER 06 SYRACUSE, NY DECEMBER 07… Read more »
While visiting in Vancouver, British Columbia, my wife and I took a day trip, via the BC Ferries to Victoria, the government seat of British Columbia. On our way down Highway 17 toward the seaside capitol, we took a brief side tour to visit beautiful Buchart Gardens. These extraordinarily, exquisite gardens, which are tucked away… Read more »
It s been awhile since my children were young. Our kids loved to go to the park to get on the swings. How they enjoyed being pushed from behind so they could soar to the sky! And, just as exciting as looking up was the pit-in-their-stomach joy when the force of gravity pulled them down…. Read more »
What You Sow You Reap A successful business man was growing old and knew it was time to choose a successor to take over the business. Instead of choosing one of his directors or his children, he decided to do something different. He called all the young executives in his company together. He said, “It… Read more »
