***A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8-year-olds, “What does love mean?” The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think… “When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn’t bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it… Read more »
And Some New Promising Results Over the past several years schools throughout the USA have implemented various forms of assemblies where designated students are recognized for their various achievements. Recognition in front of others is typically an affirming experience although it’s critical if a teacher chooses this alternative to be aware of two principles. 1…. Read more »
Lord make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love. Where there is injury, pardon. Where there is doubt, faith. Where there is despair, hope. Where there is darkness, light. Where there is sadness, joy. O divine master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled,… Read more »
Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, by the name of Common Sense. Common Sense lived a long life, but died in the United States from heart failure on the beginning of the new millennium. No one really knows how old he was, since his birth records were lost long ago in… Read more »
Support all attempts at verbal participation, but initially accept non-verbal attempts at communication (gestures, pointing, nodding, written notes). Gradually increase the expectations for verbal communication (mouthing the words; respond by saying “yes” or “no” only; whisper in teacher’s ear; whisper to a classmate out in the hall; etc.); over time, you can start to ignore… Read more »
You win some, you lose some, and some get rained out, but you gotta suit up for them all. ~ J. Askenberg ~ The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one often comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won’t. ~ Henry Ward Beecher ~ For a righteous man falls… Read more »
Blume, Judy, The One in the Middle is a Green Kangaroo Brown, Marcia, Stone Soup Burton, Virginia, Katy and the Big Snow Cameron, Polly, I Can’t Said the Ant Carlson, Natalie, A Brother for the Orphelines Foreman, Michael, Moose Fritz, Jean, The Cabin Faced West Gilson, Jamie, Do Bananas Chew Gum? Howe, James, Bunnicula Kennedy,… Read more »
A smooth sea never made a skilled mariner. – English Proverb
from “Discipline and the Difficult Child”. *Teach the children they can tighten their fist for one minute as tight as they can make it and then open the hand and blow the anger away. Cathy Chapman * Show two open hands with fingers spread wide in front of the face and then place your hands… Read more »
(Getting Ready Song) I’m waiting, waiting, waiting I don’t know what to say I’m waiting, waiting, waiting sometimes it takes all day (Keep adding rhymes until everyone is ready) Submitted by Leslie Orlando John Reed School – Leslie Orlando
