MAMA BEARS ARE MAMA BEARS

Kids are kids and parents are parents regardless 

of ability or socioeconomic status.

A teacher once told me that she had taught in low income schools and high income schools and that she had discovered that all parents wanted to protect their children and wanted what was best for their child.  That's why we need to do everything we can to make parents feel like we are "partners" and we think their child is wonderful and amazing!!

I just had to add that baby bears are baby bears regardless of IQ.  Children are children and they want to play and be loved!

Note!  last fall my daughter went to open house at her kids' high school.  One teacher actually said, "Thank you for sharing your child with me this year!"  What a beautiful thought!  

THROWBACK

Everybody lives surprises - especially children! Place a book, natural object, shape, or anything you want to talk about in a gift bag and sing this song:

Surprise Sack
(Tune: “I’m a Little Teapot”)
What’s in the surprise sack who can tell?
Maybe it’s a book or maybe it’s a shell?
What’s in the surprise sack who can see?
It’s something special for you and me!

Give them a few clues and invite children to guess what is in the bag. Slowly pull it out and you’ll have their undivided attention.

Hint! If you go to a conference or take a trip put a small souvenir in a gift bag (book, shell, pencil, toy, etc.) and cover with tissue paper. Children pass the bag around and use a complete sentence to guess what is in the bag. When all have had a turn remove the object and give it to the children like a “present.”