How we treat children is what they will become!
A friend who taught with me over 50 years ago visited recently and said, “I remember how you would take the most pitiful little child and write on their hand: YOU ARE AMAZING AND WONDERFUL! Or, YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL! Or, YOU ARE SPECIAL!" She said, “Why did you do that?” My response was, for once in their lives, I wanted them to feel that way. I wanted them to know that someone believed in them. (Now they’d probably throw me in jail for writing on a child’s hand, but you get the point.)
THROWBACK
Pats for Parents
Cut hands out of construction paper. Write positive comments for students and tape them on their backs.
P.S. A teacher once told me that she had taught in low income schools and high income schools and she had discovered...
