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
I have simply tried to do what seemed best each day, as each day came. – Abraham Lincoln
Goal Setting for Little Kids Perhaps one of the biggest challenges to classroom teachers of difficult children is convincing them that they can “handle it”. Difficult children have very little confidence that they can do the right thing. 2 and 3 year olds are only beginning to understand what’s right and wrong in their moral… Read more »
“Brain Matters” by Pat Wolfe In Pat Wolfe’s “Translating Research into Classroom Practice,” (Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development — 800.933.2723), she notes, “The neurotransmitters that allow our neurons to communicate are made up of amino acids, which we obtain from the foods we eat. This fact gives new meaning to the saying, ‘You are… Read more »
Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before. – James Buckham
When was the last time you sent an email to a very nice person to confirm their acts of kindness? It’s never too late! Hello there nice person. Did anyone ever tell you Just how special you are? The light that you emit Might even light a star. Did anyone ever tell you, How important… Read more »
Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th. – J. Andrews
Do you realize the impact a negative attitude has on everything around it…? Oh sure…I can hear it now…”Oh No! Another negative attitude lesson…” Wrong. If you are truly cynical…yes, it is birthed from a negative attitude…but all an attitude is, is a mindset focus…and you determine in life what you focus on…or don’t…Cynics are… Read more »
If you want to bring a cyanide to poison your success… Be cynical…. – Editorial
