In her popular Exchange book, How Does it Feel? Child Care from Families' Perspectives, Anne Stonehouse asks, "How would you feel if you believed that the professionals in the program were more knowledgeable and expert about your child than you were?
Parent support is much more appropriate than believing that you have a mandate to 'educate families.' The point is to support and empower families as the most important people in their child's life.
We must always be conscious of what message we are sending parents. We must build trust in relationships and meet the parent where they are at this moment.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Ready, Set, Happy
Good Afternoon,
Yesterday I had the opportunity to attend a training called Ready, Set, Happy by Denise Flora, one of the creators. (I apologize for not underlining the above title)
The Ready Set Happy curriculum is based on The 16 Guidlines.
Ready Set Happy is based on the 16 guidelines are appropriate for children aged 7-12, but I would argue that the principles are appropriate for all children, and that the activities would need to be altered to be age appropriate.
The curriculum has specific activities to go along with each character trait, as well as songs, ideas and book suggestions.
If you are interested, A Starting Small Project, plans to develop additional ideas and lessons plans to follow this curriculum.
Please visit http://www.16guidelines.org/ as well as http://www.16guidelines.org/publications/29-ready-set-happy.
We also plan to develop activities and ideas for adults, so if you would like us to present this information along with our current workshops please contact us at
astartingsmallproject@gmail.com
or
taverna@moonandme.com
Yesterday I had the opportunity to attend a training called Ready, Set, Happy by Denise Flora, one of the creators. (I apologize for not underlining the above title)
The Ready Set Happy curriculum is based on The 16 Guidlines.
The 16 Guidelines for Life are a set of practical and straightforward tools for developing happiness and meaning in everyday life. It is the first project of Essential Education, a non-profit organisation that aims to help people develop their natural capacity for compassion and wisdom. The 16 Guidelines are featured in a book, 16 Guidelines For Life: The Basics by Alison Murdoch and Dekyi-Lee Oldershaw, first published in 2005.
The 16 Guidelines are not a prescriptive doctrine or a set of commandments. They are offered as opportunities to explore one's own life experiences and to see whether the 16 Guidelines can help to improve the quality of that experience.
Ready Set Happy is based on the 16 guidelines are appropriate for children aged 7-12, but I would argue that the principles are appropriate for all children, and that the activities would need to be altered to be age appropriate.
The curriculum has specific activities to go along with each character trait, as well as songs, ideas and book suggestions.
If you are interested, A Starting Small Project, plans to develop additional ideas and lessons plans to follow this curriculum.
Please visit http://www.16guidelines.org/ as well as http://www.16guidelines.org/publications/29-ready-set-happy.
We also plan to develop activities and ideas for adults, so if you would like us to present this information along with our current workshops please contact us at
astartingsmallproject@gmail.com
or
taverna@moonandme.com
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