It’s National Teacher Appreciation week starting on May 7-11. Take some time with your mentee and write your teacher a note of appreciation. Not only will it put a smile on the teacher’s face, this is a great opportunity to teach your child a lesson on gratefulness. Teacher Appreciation Anonymous With a special gift for […]
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This week Teresa, a mother in Lencioni’s story decides to go public with her friends and share her new plan to make family time the most important anchor in how they manage their time. The other moms are initially excited about her model, but after a week none of the other mom had tried to
Just got back from our cabin, so musing is late. Lencioni points out that many families do not have a plan about how best to manage their responsibilities and commitments let alone doing it within a limited time frame. To overcome that impasse, he suggests each family develop their core values in the context of
For the online version of this article, go to: www.coolkidschannel.com/e-tips/bully_film I attended a press screening of the documentary Bully on March 27. The film opens in theaters this Friday, April 13. The film gives us a window into the lives of youth dealing with bullying. It is no surprise to know that youth can be
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My wife and I have only been home from our winter break for less than a week and already our life feels like it’s spinning out of control with busyness-and we are retired! Patrick Lencioni is a business man who has written a book about how to apply some of the principles he’s learned in business that
Wilson has researched why African-American youngsters score lower on Intelligence tests than Caucasians. Since my school job was to give IQ testing, I was fascinated by his research. He confirmed there is no innate difference. He touched on the usual reason given for the lower scores of non-white students. They include poverty, prenatal exposure to
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Did you know that March 31 is National MULE Day? Talk to your child about what it means to be stubborn. Are you ever stubborn? Does your child think they are ever stubborn? Is it ever good to be stubborn? Write a short paragraph on this topic and be sure to draw a mule to
Wilson points out that one of the best ways to reduce prejudice is for students of different races and ethnic backgrounds to work together to solve a problem. He calls this cooperative learning. Although much of his work was with older students than the ones we mentor, I believe this technique could be used successfully with
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SPRING has sprung, so connect your next mentoring session with this new season! Here are some ways to do that… #1- Write out the word SPRINGTIME on a piece of cardstock paper without letting your child see the word. Cut apart each letter and ask your child to use the individual letters to make new
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Wilson talks about how adults use rewards and punishments to shape children’s behavior. From his research, he has concluded that both can be effective if used in moderation. He concludes, “Use the minimal sufficiency principle , whereby you dole out rewards and punishments that are strong enough to get your kids to do what you want
