While studying the “winter” unit, I made snowballs with yarn. During circle time when children were getting restless, we put them on two sides with a barrier in between and have them throw snowballs at each other. They love trying to aim at the teacher. To make snowballs: Wrap yarn around cardboard block, etc. to… Read more »
Use pictures to help children understand what is happening next. I use them on a large circle set up like a clock. The times are located next to each activity. This reinforces several concepts: clockwise, time telling, plus helping with transitioning and remaining on task. Faith Hipptree Special Education – Faith Hipptree
It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of… Read more »
Character education is a priority in many schools nationwide. Congress even appropriated millions in grants for states to provide such programs, designed to promote community values in students. A museum in Pooler, Ga., outside Savannah, also took that message to heart. The Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum, which commemorates the sacrifices of U.S. airmen… Read more »
“We sow a thought and reap an act; We sow an act and reap a habit; We sow a habit and reap a character; We sow a character and reap a destiny.” – William Makepeace Thackeray
Cultivating Responsibility means you focus more on choices people make and less on consequences and incentives that happen as a result of their choices. It also means putting your emotions on the back burner and helping kids see that their choices are what determines outcomes. When you rush praise and punishment you take away the… Read more »
STAYIN’ IN SCHOOL You can do it if you put your mind to it! Hey, all you kids! Won’t you listen to me? I’m gonna talk about life and how it could be. Stayin’ in school is what I want you to know, That education is the way to go. Learn how to read, and… Read more »
The greatest glory is not in never failing but in rising up every time we fall. – Confucius
1. “Listen Buddy!” by Helen Lester About a rabbit who doesn
“Follow directions the first time given not the second, not the third, but the first time given.” Write this on a chart and teach it to the students. After a week or so, they will sing it to each other when someone is not following directions. Pam Jerman Kindergarten Teacher – Pam Jerman
