A CYCLE IS A PATTERN THAT NEEDS TO BE BROKEN, FROM DAMAGING WORDS SO FREQUENTLY SPOKEN. I CARE ABOUT YOU AND HOW YOU GET THERE, YOUR STRUGGLES YOUR BURDENS I’LL WELCOME & SHARE. THERE S SO MUCH UNCERTAINITY IN ALL THAT WE DO, I’VE FOUND SOME REAL ANSWERS TO HELP US THROUGH. THERES NO DOUBT… Read more »
Think about it. If I come to you with the attitude, Teach me who you are, what does that say about you and me? It says that I don’t fully know who you are. You exist outside my knowledge and experience of people. You could very well be outside my comfort zone. Most of all,… Read more »
OBJECTIVE: To teach children how to identify their feelings and talk about them. WHAT YOU WILL NEED: 1. Six jars or containers labeled with … HAPPY EXCITED SAD ANGRY SORRY SCARED 2. Popsicle sticks with a child s name printed on each. PROCEDURE: Each child picks up the popsicle stick with his/her name on it,… Read more »
Dear Gene, Have to tell you a quick story about one of my kids. He’s an incredibly bright little guy — one of the smartest I’ve ever seen. But he has an equally incredibly hard time controlling his impulses. Emotional outbursts, physical outbursts, you name it, he does it. He ages out of preschool this… Read more »
CNN anchorman Anderson Cooper, in his address to graduates at Yale recently, made some excellent points. However, he forgot to mention success comes as we apply certain principals to our lives. Here are some key points you may not have learned in a college classroom but which are necessary for anyone’s success: (1) Find your… Read more »
Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them. – James Baldwin
Discipline Seminars Gene Bedley’s Seminars 2006-2007 School Year Bureau of Education and Research Discipline and the Difficult young Child NOVEMBER 13 OTTAWA, ON CANADA NOVEMBER 14 TORONTO, ON CANADA NOVEMBER 15 WINNIPEG, ME CANADA NOVEMBER 16 REGINA, SK CANADA NOVEMBER 17 CALGARY, AB CANADA DECEMBER 04 BUFFALO, NY DECEMBER 05 ROCHESTER, NY DECEMBER 06 SYRACUSE,… Read more »
Always remember to forget The things that make you sad. But never forget to remember The things that made you glad Always remember to forget The friends that proved untrue. But don’t forget to remember Those that have stuck by you. Always remember to forget The troubles that have passed away But never forget to… Read more »
For Regaining Control or Focus Teacher holds up a hand with all five fingers open. She says — “Give me 5!” It means — look with your 2 eyes, listen with your 2 ears, and close your 1 mouth. Kids are taught what the signal means at the beginning of the year. It is used… Read more »
Anger is believed to have three components (Lewis & Michalson, 1983): The Emotional State of Anger. The first component is the emotion itself, defined as an affective or arousal state, or a feeling experienced when a goal is blocked or needs are frustrated. Fabes and Eisenberg (1992) describe several types of stress-producing anger provocations that… Read more »
