Posted in parenting on Nov 17th, 2008
My favorite parenting or teaching tip I learned lately:
If you want to change a child’s attitude or behavior —change your approach!!!!!!
Kind words, a soft voice, or even a song can get the attention of the most belligerent child. Sometimes just walking away is the best answer.
Posted in Preschool News on Nov 11th, 2008
I just spent a couple of days going to seminars at the National Association of Education for Young Children conference here in Dallas. WOW! It was so awesome to get to hear from some of the greatest early childhood educators! It was also fun to meet people from all over the nation that are wanting [...]
Posted in Preschool News on Nov 4th, 2008
Today our school was a polling place. In anticipation of the huge crowds, we told the teachers to go the back way through the school so they would not be taking the children through all the people in line (yes, I was sure there were pedophiles and kidnappers voting so I didn’t want them to [...]