Making Great Strides
Matilda, a first grader who started off the school year with low self-esteem and struggling academically is now making great strides because of the help of her wonderful KHUSA mentor.
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What life would be like without Mrs. Jodi…
Micah and Mrs. Jodi have been together for 6 years. During a weekly mentoring session, Micah said to Mrs. Jodi, “Without you, my life would be crap.”
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Tips For Helping Your Child Have a Successful Year at School
The beginning of the school year is a great time to talk with your child about their role in making this school year a great one. As a mentor, there are also things that you can add to the mentoring hour each week that will help nurture happy, successful students. I hope these tips will
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Drawing a Favorite Thing About School
After Nayla’s second time meeting with her KHUSA mentor, Julie she was asked to draw her favorite thing about school in the Book About Me, she drew a picture of Julie.
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Great Read Aloud Books
Have you heard of Pete the Cat? My guess is that the child you mentor has read one or two of Pete’s fun books. Each one has a groovy tune that will make it easy for your child to read along. When you’re out and about this summer, look for one of Pete’s books to
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School VS Home: Who’s Responsible?
For the online version of these tips, go to: http://www.coolkidschannel.com/e-tips/school_vs_home Parents and schools have the same goal: to help children grow, mature, and become citizens who contribute positively to our society. Each group expects much of the other. Parents expect schools to protect their children and teach them effectively. Schools expect parents to prepare their
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ABC Book
Before you throw out those old magazines, STOP and read this blog post… they could help your student learn to read! Purchase a simple notebook and label each page with a letter A-Z. As you look through magazines, let your child cut out pictures from the pages, determine what letter the word starts with, and then
Context
Our final review looks at how the context of life circumstances can result in either increasing or decreasing the stress that can result from life’s challenges. Context is defined as the set of circumstances or facts that surround a particular event or situation. Allow me a personal example of how that can affect one’s outlook. The
Sharing Successes
The model family in our ongoing study decided to share their approach with their friends. Their friends had been arguing for several months about how and when to remodel their house. I can relate as we just finished a remodel of our own. Our model couple taught their friends how to identify their core values which
Making it all Work
They say the best laid plans can often go awry unless those making the plan are intentional and put their ideas in writing. Lencioni shares our sample family’s action plan. That family listed two key themes: 1. What makes our family unique? (faith-based, passionate about all we do, and we do it together) 2. What is most
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