No excuses! Your child’s behavior is a reflection on your parental leadership.
Caring parents take responsibility for the results of their child’s behavior. For many parents this is a challenge. Life is busy and often kids end up with the left-overs. It is often easier to offer an excuse or blame someone else or something else for a child’s behavior. Effective parents realize that failure or success […]
I’m trying out for jazz band!
This week I am trying out for the school jazz band. I sure hope I’m accepted this year. I practiced my trumpet over the summer and am better now than last spring. I think I’m pretty good. The jazz band gets to play at different places around town—like the Harvest Festival, the Children’s Hospital, Kiwanis […]
Write it, don’t just say it!
Verbally expressing a compliment is important but writing a compliment down and giving it to a child is much more powerful. Here is a suggestion. Each week write a short one or two sentence note of praise to your child on a full-size sheet of paper. Write at his or her level so it is […]
Our school assignments and grades are being posted to parents!
Tomorrow night is a big night at school. We have only been in school for a week and we are already hosting all of our parents for the evening. Mom and Dad will meet my new teacher. Mrs. Woodard told us today that she would be going over what she expected of us and how […]
Have you complemented your child in writing this week?
My grandson’s first grade teacher prepared a year-end gift for each child in her class: A personalized compliment book. Every child in class was instructed to write a sentence or two on a piece of paper expressing a good quality of each classmate. They added illustrative art typical of a first grader. The teacher then […]