We are continuing to focus on the topics of Kindness, Empathy, and Communication during the month of February! The definition of Empathy means that someone is able to share or understand the emotions and feelings of another person. Someone may need to have a certain amount of empathy before they are able to feel compassion….
We are starting off this great month by focusing on the topics of Kindness, Empathy, and Communication! This past week, we had the staff take the Love Language Quiz. They put their love language and name on a heart and hung it in the designated area for the other staff to see. The reason for…
January is coming to an end and we can’t forget to talk about goals! Most of us have a goal/resolution in mind as we ring in the New Year. Then as the weeks go by, we tend to not be consistent or even forget them all together and then beat ourselves up for not working…
This past week, we had an all staff meeting where we focused on Vision Boards! Before we started our boards, we first filled out our Wheel of Life handout. Wheel of Life focuses on Personal Development, Spiritual Awareness, Fun & Enjoyment, Relationships, Health/Aging, Personal Finance, Career/Profession, and Family/Parenting which are numbered 1-10 with 10 being…
This week, we are focusing on the topic of our Strengths! Each staff member completed the Character Strength survey (viacharacter.org) and we hung their top 5 on our Positive Psychology bulletin board. So what are character strengths? Every person has a combination of 24 character strengths that fall under six broad virtue categories and when…
Welcome, 2021! We hope you and your family had a wonderful holiday and a very Happy and Safe New Year! We are jumping right into January with the topics of Movement as well as Goals and Strengths. This past week we started a Movement Challenge for the staff and children! Every day, we challenge the staff to…
This is our last week discussing Self-Compassion and Resilience! We hope you and your family were able to use the anxiety relief and ways to build resilience tools as well as the self-compassion journal, like we did in our classrooms and at home. Along with Self-Compassion and Resilience, we are also talking about feelings, emotions…
For the past two weeks, along with celebrating “Holidays Around the World”, we continued to focus on the topics of Self-Compassion and Resilience by adding a few new books to our bookshelves. Again, this is the perfect time for both of these topics as the holidays can add some unneeded worry, stress, and anxiety. Some…
With the holidays quickly approaching AND 9 months into a pandemic; we have had to change things up A LOT. Big holiday gatherings, parties, and traveling are now going to be small, at home with only virtual get-togethers. I think we can all agree that some of us are feeling the stress or maybe even…
Happy December, everyone!! Time sure did fly by…wasn’t it just October?!?! This is typically the time that everyone is shopping for family and friends, wrapping presents around your children’s bedtime, and putting together a list for that holiday dinner. While things have been looking different for quite some time now, the rush of the holidays…