Did you know the color green represents kindness? Green is often associated with nature, health, healing, the environment, reliability, generosity, and practicality. It also encourages generosity, kindness, and sympathy. On our Positive Education focus day, we encouraged the children and teachers to wear green! During the designated Special time, the teachers asked the children what…
Along with Positivity, Engagement, and Meaning (with the focus of Self-Compassion and Resilience), we are also focusing on Holidays Around the World! This past week, we traveled all around the world and discussed a variety of traditions and different ways to celebrate. We will continue the topic into next week as well. (If there is a…
This past week, we focused on Self-Compassion during our Positive Education Special with the children. During the designated Special time, the teachers asked the children what self-compassion means? (The definition of Self-Compassion entails being warm and understanding toward ourselves when we suffer, fail, or feel inadequate, rather than ignoring our pain or being too hard…
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…
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…