“Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be.” –Thomas a Kempis “The highest reward for man’s toil is not what he gets for it but what he becomes by it.” –John Ruskin “Ninety-nine percent of all failures come from… Read more »
Gene mentions in his national seminar about the concept that the younger children you work with, the quicker a teacher needs to make a behavior training program work. Placing marbles in a bottle every time children in the classroom demonstrate responsible choices, with a goal of filling the jar so they can participate in a… Read more »
“Today’s kids desperately need moral guidance. They need to know right from wrong. And sadly, too many adults have abdicated their responsibility to teach kids values that respect life. In public schools, students are taught to ‘construct’ their own truths. And teachers are trained not to offer direction, lest they hamper a child’s autonomy. The… Read more »
You win some, you lose some, and some get rained out, but you gotta suit up for them all. ~J. Askenberg ~ The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one often comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won’t. ~Henry Ward Beecher ~ For a righteous man falls seven times,… Read more »
“The Crayon Box” comes from Random House Entertainment and Polygram Home Video. It’s being produced by brothers Stephen and Edward Chiodo of Chiodo Brothers Productions, whose last gig involved fabricating the creatures used in filming the Power Rangers sequel, “Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie.” Lest you shake your head in dismay, remembering the glut of… Read more »
“It is easier to find a score of men wise enough to discover the truth than to find one intrepid enough, in the face of opposition, to stand up for it.” – A.A. Hodge
Ever wonder about the abbreviation A.S.A.P.? Generally we think of it in terms of even more hurry and stress in our lives. Maybe if we think of this abbreviation in a different manner, we will begin to find a new way to deal with those rough days along the way. There’s work to do, deadlines… Read more »
Questions and Answers Question: How do you get the students not to play with Heavy Freddy? Answer: I let them play with Heavy Freddy for a little while. This is part of building the relationship. I would designate certain times during the school day for Freddy to sit and play with the kids. Since a… Read more »
Talk to the students about little problems (ie. someone calls you a name; someone takes your pencil; someone hurts your feelings.) Explain to the students what a big problem would be. Big problems are times when another person hurts you physically or someone threatens you. The teacher deals with big problems. The students work out… Read more »
Feeling Chart On a chart draw faces that represent feelings. For example … happy, sad, scared, mad, silly. Make it large, colorful. Tape it to the wall at the children’s level thus making it available to them. Encourage and teach the children to recognize and express their feelings. The children can go to the chart,… Read more »
