You Tube Video Teaches Composure

Check out this You Tube link for a great story to teach children the skill of composure. Pete the Cat goes walking down the street wearing his brand new white shoes. Along the way, his shoes change from white to red to blue to brown to WET as we steps in piles of strawberries, blueberries and other big messes! But no matter what color his shoes are, Pete keeps movin’ and groovin’ and singing his song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUubMSfIs-U

Conscious Discipline Workshop Feb. 9

A Conscious Discipline® workshop, “Say What?! The Language of Problem Solving,” will be offered on Thursday, February 9, 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. at LB. Using the High/Scope Approach to Problem Solving & Conscious Discipline(R) Skills, participants will learn how to empower victims so that others will treat them with respect and how to empower bullies to find the attention and encouragement they seek in positive, helpful ways.

Attendance at previous workshops is NOT required. Email Mandy if you plan to attend. The fee is $25 per person or $40 per couple (free for LB teachers). Friends, neighbors, and co-workers are welcome to attend.

Staffing Update

We are happy to welcome Paola Lozada to our school family. Paola has a BA in communications from Marymount University and many years of experience working with children in her mother’s home day-care center. Paola will be working in all of the classrooms during the middle of the day to provide planning time for teaching teams. She will also assist in classrooms as needed in the mornings and afternoons so that we maintain required ratios and provide ongoing training to teachers.

Monthly Board Meeting

Parents are invited to attend the monthly Board meeting this week on Thursday, 1/19, at 7:30 p.m. For more information, contact Mandy at mlloyd@littlebeginnings.org.

Conscious Discipline Webinar Series

Check out the new Conscious Discipline Webinar series online!  Dr. Bailey transforms your life with wit and wisdom in seven monthly webinars that explore the Conscious Discipline Powers for Self-Control. All webinars are 30 minutes and the next one is scheduled for Tuesday, January 17th at 4:30pm.  You can view the first one on the Power of Perception and the second one on the Power of Unity by clicking on this link:

http://consciousdiscipline.com/workshops/webinars.asp