One thing you can keep as well as give away! Your Word! I’ll keep my word and I’ll give you my word! – Sally Bedley

Make a badge for your students called the Tattle Tale Badge. A student in your class is chosen to wear the badge so students in the class can make reports to the student wearing the badge. If you pick the child who is always tattling they tend to stop tattling because they learn it’s not… Read more »

Farmer was one of the few in town that owned a horse. Horse ran, broke loose and ran away. The Farmer’s neighbors couldn’t wait to see his reaction. “Isn’t this terrible?” they asked. “PERHAPS,” said the farmer. The very next day the horse returned with two wild horses. “How wonderful,” the neighbors replied. “PERHAPS,” said… Read more »

a Solution to Tattling You can only report “B” problems to the teacher. If a child is having problems Breathing, is Bleeding or Barfing the teacher says “I want to help.” You can also ask the child that is tattling “Are you here to tattle or help?” Let them know you are here to only… Read more »

Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine. – Lord Byron

From “The 7 Kids That Changed My Life” 1- When you are for children you empower them and you. When you are against your children you weaken them and you. 2- Emotional nourishment is strengthened through physical bonding. One of kids’ primary needs is contact. 3- Self-esteem is fragile! Meaningful sustained self-esteem has power connections… Read more »

In 1980 a dream was born, a dream in which there was a generation of children at peace with themselves and the world at large. A dream in which children were revered and looked upon as teachers in their own right. It started in a small town in Pennsylvania and has grown slowly but steadily,… Read more »

Complain less, appreciate more. Whine less, laugh more. Talk less, listen more. Want less, give more. Hate less, love more. Scold less, praise more. Fear less, hope more. – Michael Josephson

There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up. – John Andrew Holmes

The past cannot be changed. The future is still in your power. – Hugh White