PERKASIE, Pa., April 30, 2003 One of Carol Hurlbrink’s students reads to a pooch. (CBS) Shawn O’Brian is a second grader working like a dog to improve his reading. He could never paw through books and sound out the tough words until he started reading to a friend. “I think he likes “Magic Tree-house” books,”… Read more »
“Obstacles cannot crush me. Every obstacle yields to stern resolve. He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.” – Leonardo da Vinci
The Penny Drill One of the activities I use with teens in our Teen Respect Seminar is the Penny Drill below. The implementation procedure includes the following. 1- Invite the students to form a circle for the activity. 2- Pass out one penny to each participant. 3- Explain that you are going to read a… Read more »
Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing. – Theodore Roosevelt
Meaning of Responsibility * Responsibility is taking care of your duties. * Responsibility is answering for your actions. * Responsibility is accountability. * Responsibility is trustworthiness. Why Being Responsible is Important * Responsibility is a core value for living honorably. * Responsibility is being accountable for your behavior. * Responsibility is being dependable when you… Read more »
1. “To the world you might be one person, but to one person you might be the world.” 2. “Real friends are those who, when you feel you’ve made a fool of yourself, don’t feel you’ve done a permanent job.” 3. “Sometimes the majority only means that all the fools are on the same side.”… Read more »
ROle Model David Robinson will be retiring from the NBA San Antonio Spurs this year. He and his wife have given over 9 million dollars to found a school for urban children. “Life is not all about making as much money as you can and being as famous as you can; it’s about service,” he… Read more »
I talk and talk and talk, and I haven’t taught people in 50 years what my father taught by example in one week. – Mario Cuomo
Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood. – Fred Rogers
Implementation Procedure 1- Exclusive use of Voice tends to be neutralized especially when the voice is overused to illicit responses from children. 2-Two claps and a non-verbal hand signal cause kids to look for clues to behave. I recommend that you use the verbal command along with the non-verbal clue in the early stages of… Read more »
