Hi Mr. Bedley, I want to thank you for the amazing seminar yesterday in Oakland. First and foremost, I appreciate, respect and empathize with your sensitivity to the issue of parents with bi-polar disorder. My mother also has bi-polar disorder. It wasn’t diagnosed or addressed until well into my adulthood, but now that I know,… Read more »
Make it a priority in your classroom to focus on empathy. The I Care Bag can be exactly what you need to provide your students with the tools to heal and show others we care. One of the goals of the I Care Bag is to develop sensitivities toward others, especially when they have been… Read more »
Each child is uniquely woven together like no other child. When training each child, it s important to be knowledgeable about what makes the child tick, as well as get ticked. Effective discipline is when the child can internalize each of the skills you are teaching them so they can ultimately police and discipline themselves…. Read more »
Energy Responsibility When you take energy away from a fellow classmate you have a responsibility to give it back! 1.You put another person down by calling them a name. Payback-Ask for forgiveness by saying I’m sorry. Saying you’re sorry means you will not repeat the behavior. 2. Someone laughed at you when you had the… Read more »
Life is an adventure in forgiveness. – Norman Cousins
When a conflict breaks out between two children, tell them they have to go to their pretend homes and call each other. Usually the children talk out their problems and become friends again. Vickie Darnell Early Learning Center, KY – Vickie Darnell
At a recent seminar in Ohio, I was asked what to do if you have several children who run rather than stay in the line. Having had several boys in my classes run out of a line rather than stay with the class I found that by using a rope with several cross ropes tied… Read more »
10 Strategies 1. Be aware of each child and his or her means and methods of communication. Is Suzette pulling on Thomas’ hair because she is frustrated with him, enjoying the power to make him yell, or learning that hair is attached? Does she have words to use? Is this the first time she has… Read more »
Take time to smell the flowers, Don’t rush through your day. Stop in to see your neighbor, Have a kind word to say. Bring a smile to a shut-in, Read a story to a child. Visit a friend far away You haven’t seen in awhile. Take time to smell the flowers, Don’t let life pass… Read more »
A boy was extended an invitation to visit his uncle who was a lumberjack up in the Northwest . . . [As he arrived] his uncle met him at the depot, and the two pursued their way to the lumber camp. The boy was impressed by the enormous size of trees on every hand. There… Read more »
