Whatever our hands touch… we leave fingerprints. On walls, on furniture, on door knobs, dishes and books. As we touch we leave our identity. Oh please where ever I go today… help me leave heartprints. Heartprints of compassion, understanding and love. Heartprints of kindness and genuine concern. May my heart touch a lonely neighbor… or… Read more »
Below is a version to improve listening Someone’sTalking Song Someone’s talking. Someone’s talking. Is it you? Is it you? Time to pay attention! Time to pay attention! Look , Lock, Listen Look , Lock, Listen Are you sleeping, are you sleeping Brother John? Brother John? Morning bells are ringing, morning bells are ringing Ding, dang,… Read more »
“Friendships begin because, even without words, we understand how someone feels.” – Joan Walsh Anglund
A little boy was spending his Saturday morning playing in his sandbox. He had with him his box of cars and trucks, his plastic pail, and a shiny, red plastic shovel. In the process of creating roads and tunnels in the soft sand, he discovered a large rock in the middle of the sandbox. The… Read more »
“Put love first. Entertain thoughts that give life. And when a thought or resentment, or hurt, or fear comes your way, have another thought that is more powerful — a thought that is love.” – Mary Manin Morrissey
The Wonder of Hands by Edith Baer Helping by James Levin and Jackie Carter The Cleanup Surprise by Christine Loomis The Land Of Many Colors by the Klamath County YMCA My First Martin Luther King Book by Dee Lillegard Bang Bang You’re Dead by Louise Fitzgh and Sandra Scoppettone Tim, the Peacemaker by Uwe Friesel… Read more »
Teach your children to express or target their anger toward the ground or in the air by throwing clouds in the air (cotton Balls in a Baggie) Train children in how to avoid becoming a target and teach them how to target their anger. You can make a target out of a carpet fragment. A… Read more »
Norman Bridwell Do you know why everybody loves Clifford, the big red dog? He has good manners! Emily Elizabeth taught Clifford all of his manners and this is what is discussed in this story by Norman Bridwell. Clifford knows how to say please and thank you. He knows that it is polite to write a… Read more »
First Grade African saying- “If the fingers of the hand quarrel you cannot pick up the spoon.” I use this with my students to demonstrate the importance of cooperation. I invite them to draw faces on each of the fingers and tell them that the fingers were not getting along. Each one wanted to do… Read more »
When you’re counseling a student about an attitude or behavior, it s often effective to “begin at the end”. To do so, determine the objective of the meeting and what you hope to gain by talking with the student. In the process, pinpoint what you want the specific outcome of the meeting to be. Then,… Read more »
