Where we choose to discipline students can determine if your conference will be successful. Never underestimate the importance of holding student discipline conferences in private. Choosing to confront a student in front of their peers can actually escalate the situation. Students will respond to a conference in public by unexpected and defiant means merely to… Read more »
Be patient and listen! That s Caring Habit s October theme of the month. The power of this theme provides an opportunity for significant character learning with youth. In our throw-away, sound-bite, instant gratification, always-on-the-go American society, can we learn to practice the axiom: Go slow, lay low, and don t blow! Let s explore…. Read more »
Students who bully others tend to have difficulties with other relationships, such as those with friends and parents. Targeting those relationships, as well as the problems children who bully have with aggression and morality, may offer ideas for intervention and prevention. Those are the findings of a new study that was conducted by scientists at… Read more »
Objective: To help children discover ways to respect others Focus: Target positive ways to show respect Activity: Play a game of “Most Respect”. Divide the class into two teams. Flip a coin to see which team goes first. The first person must tell a way to show respect for others, such as saying thank you,… Read more »
I Was So Mad – Mercer Mayer I’m Sorry – Mercer Mayer Little Critter Series of Books When Sophia Gets Angry, Really Angry – Jamie Lee Curtis Elbert’s Bad Word – Don and Audrey Wood Andrew’s Angry Words – Dorothea Lachner –
Few will have the greatness to bend history itself, but each one of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total of all those acts will be written the history of this generation. – John F. Kennedy
Sound familiar? When kids say these things what are the typical adult responses? I listed 9 responses below to help you respond in a calm and meaningful way. It’s not so much what you say as the manner in which you say it. Try not to personalize kids comments but rather move on to the… Read more »
Gifts are not just the temporal expressions for various holidays that most often are mere things we exchange. I recently spoke to Tracey Bailey, the National Teacher of the Year, about a wonderful gift he gives his eight children at home. Every week they identify various kinds of problems they feel need to be solved… Read more »
I was recently at one of Gene’s seminars in Calgary, Canada and I shared something that he suggested I submit. I teach Kindergarten and at the beginning of every year we sit down as a class to decide what the “rules” of our class will be. After brainstorming the usual ideas (no hitting, be a… Read more »
Book Review The children in the book had to think of a creative way to give someone a hug coupon. I have a heart pocket of these in my center for the children to give each other anytime they need a hug. For those children who would rather not be hugged by a person, I… Read more »
