When your child is struggling with heavy issues, it can be hard knowing how to help them in the mentoring hour. Here are some tips that may help. As a mentor your role is to build a safe, consistent, affirming relationship with the child—not solve or fix dilemmas. (When a crisis moment arises people in a helping role […]
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Each week, Justin comes in from recess and runs to his classroom to get his work and then dashes to the front door of the school to wait for his KHUSA mentor, Miss Jackie. Miss Jackie is thankful for the school secretary who has agreed to watch, Justin as he eagerly waits for her each week. This story
It is difficult when children are disrespectful or rude to authority figures and it can be hurtful to mentors. Even so, children tend to communicate volumes about their own life experience through their behaviors. It is likely that children who are demonstrating these feelings and behaviors have experienced a great deal of hurt. It is important to recognize and acknowledge
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In our email last weekend, we asked mentors to finish the statement, “My mentee…” and in essence brag about something wonderful that their mentee has accomplished or does. We have had a great response so far and hope to continue receiving posts to our Facebook Wall and tweets on Twitter with #proudmentor and #kidshopeusa. Here
Over the past few months, I have had the privilege of connecting with a number of directors and mentors to collaborate concerning how best to serve some of the students in the Kids Hope program. These directors and mentors are an amazing group of people who are passionately caring for kids – some of whom
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“One of our new mentor/student relationships this year has proved to be the sweetest partnership. I chose this little girl for a mentor because she was extremely quiet, shy and displayed low self esteem. The adult mentor for her is a loving, kind, chatty woman, who gives her LOTS of love and affirmation. I have
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Learning and practicing subtraction facts can be hard for some students. Throw away the worksheets and teach your child how to subtract using a Ziplock bag with a sliding lock. First, use a Sharpee marker to write out a number line at the top of the bag. Then, put a white piece of paper in
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Jayden had only been meeting with his new Kids Hope mentor, Ms. Kelly, every Thursday for a few weeks when he told her, “I wish you could come on Monday’s because then I wouldn’t have to wait all week.” This story was submitted by our friends at Coloma United Methodist Church in Coloma, MI.
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“I get out of bed and put on my KIDS HOPE t-shirt. It is red. I go to the school to meet with my child and see more people in red shirts all there for the same reason, to love on a little child and hopefully make a difference in the life of that child.
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