If you need to tattle, tell the tape recorder. We’ll listen later and take care of problems. (Later, just leave the tape out and they will talk to the recorder anyway.) – Karen Rogers and Susanne Wampler

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 »

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 »

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 »

The year is 1923. In 1923, do you know who was: 1. President of the largest steel company? 2. President of the largest gas company? 3. President of the New York Stock Exchange? 4. Greatest wheat speculator? 5. President of the Bank International Settlement? 6. Great Bear of Wall Street? Now, these men should have… Read more »

You spend a lifetime trying to get them off the ground. You run until you are both breathless… They crash! They hit the rooftop. You patch and comfort, adjust and teach. You watch them lifted by the wind And assure them they can fly. Finally they are airborne, they need more string and you keep… Read more »

The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear. – Socrates

Logic defeats anger, because anger, even when it’s justified, can quickly become irrational. So use cold hard logic on yourself. Remind yourself that the world is “not out to get you”, you’re just experiencing some of the rough spots of daily life. Do this each time you feel anger getting the best of you, and… Read more »

A little seed lay in the ground And soon began to sprout. Now, which of all the flowers around, Shall I, it mused, come out? The seed could be heard saying, “I don’t care to be a rose. It has thorns. I have no desire to be a lily. It’s too colorless. And I certainly… Read more »

Music therapy has coaxed promising responses from patients with communication disorders, severe pain and neurological conditions Music’s medical potential continues to grow. Studies have found that music can affect moods and spark memories, reduce stress and anxiety, and improve concentration. It can even help promote healing, according to recent reports in the Journal of the… Read more »