One of the most popular songs in my National Discipline Seminar is titled Pay Attention or as the kids call it Little Larry . Paying attention and teaching kids how to focus is one of the most important lessons we can teach kids. The things we pay attention to in our lives are the things… Read more »
Don’t lose your head. It’s the best part of your body. ~ Jimmy Snyder You have no control over what the other guy does. You only have control over what you do. ~ A. J. Kitt It’s all happening too fast. I’ve got to put the brakes on or I’ll smack into something. ~ Mel… Read more »
When we teach students how to set and achieve goals and how to apply those principles in the classroom, students learn they play a significant role in their education and in their future. By learning how to set and achieve goals, how to overcome challenges, the importance of being positive, and how to measure their… Read more »
When you’re up against a trouble, Meet it squarely, face to face; Lift your chin and set your shoulders, Plant your feet and take a brace. When it’s vain to try to dodge it, Do the best that you can do; You may fail, but you may conquer, See it through! Black may be the… Read more »
One stormy night many years ago, an elderly man and his wife entered the lobby of a small hotel in Philadelphia. Trying to get out of the rain, the couple approached the front desk hoping to get some shelter for the night. “Could you possibly give us a room here?” the husband asked. The clerk,… Read more »
“Without a Purpose, life is motion without meaning, activity without direction, and events without reason.” Rick Warren is the author of the book “The Purpose Driven Life” in January 2003 is on the NY best selling book list. It’s one of the best books and most inflencial books I have ever read. Gene Bedley –… Read more »
Objective: To explore the similarities and differences that make us who we are. This is an activity in which the entire classroom can volunteer attributes that define us. Begin by brainstorming all the attributes that makes us exclusively different and then brainstorm a list of attributes that make us like each other. Discuss the positive… Read more »
“A man who enjoys responsibility usually gets it. A man who merely likes exercising authority usually loses it.” – Malcom Stevenson Forbes
When Sophie Gets Angry-Really, Really Angry… View this picture book about a little girl named Sophie who becomes angry with her sister for trying to play with the stuffed gorilla that she wants to play with. When Sophie gets angry at her sister, she runs away from her house and climbs a big beech tree… Read more »
“People, like nails, lose their effectiveness when they lose direction and begin to bend.” – Walter Landor
