KIND CAMPAIGN IS AN INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT BRINGS AWARENESS AND HEALING TO THE NEGATIVE AND LASTING EFFECTS OF GIRL-AGAINST-GIRL BULLYING THROUGH THEIR GLOBAL MOVEMENT, DOCUMENTARY FILM, IN-SCHOOL ASSEMBLIES AND EDUCATIONAL CURRICULUMS.
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Effects on School PerformanceHighly anxious children tend to struggle with various demands of school and to be inattentive, perfectionistic, forgetful, or unwilling to participate due to concerns about failure or embarrassment. They may avoid difficult tasks, seek easy tasks, and not volunteer or readily participate in classroom activities. Because withdrawal is a typical response to avoid feeling anxious, anxious children may be perceived by teachers as unmotivated, lazy, or uninterested in school. In fact, the majority of these children want to do well and be involved, but the motivation to avoid feeling anxious is high.
Reading Rockets' annual summer booklist makes it easy to find great books kids will enjoy during the long, lazy days of summer. This list can be a springboard for helping your kids choose books on topics that pique their curiosity — that's what really motivates children to want to read!
Click here for the booklist. Although automaticity (from repetition and practice) with math facts is great, counting on fingers at the very least is a strategy that indicates that a student knows what they are doing. Click HERE For the full article. Stopping students from using their fingers when they count could, according to the new brain research, be akin to halting their mathematical development. Fingers are probably one of our most useful visual aids, and the finger area of our brain is used well into adulthood. The need for and importance of finger perception could even be the reason that pianists, and other musicians, often display higher mathematical understanding than people who don’t learn a musical instrument. The best part of my role as a school psychologist is making positive connections with and between students. I have been working with two fourth grade classes on creating a climate of kindness and respect at school. Mrs. Hoag and Mrs. Hale’s fourth grade classes created individual kindness goals directed towards their classmates that they will follow through with over the next few weeks. These kindness goals will help strengthen their school family and create a climate of peace, love, respect and grace within their classrooms. They will connect the dots towards Wildwood Forest Elementary schools PRIDE initiatives and serve as leaders within the school.
Every time you speak out that's one less person being bullied every day. One person can make a difference. |
Deirdre Martyn
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