KSW Educational Concepts

What a wonderful group in which to be a small part. I am blessed as are all the children and adults that are working and benefiting from the work of KennedyStrong.

Lately I have been working on my smile. I am not talking about brushing and flossing. I mean my SMILE. Actually smiling. It is a simple thing really. Mel Robbins writes about it, and more in The 5 Second Rule which is a great easy read.
Years ago I employed the SMILE TECHNIQUE when I worked in schools. As a counselor I met with a lot of students that did not have friends. What I discovered was that they more often than not looked sad, angry, depressed, unapproachable. So I started smiling at them - and they smiled back. I started to purposefully pass them in the hallways and smile at them - they started smiling back. I would go into the cafeteria, stand by the door to the building as they entered I went where they were smiled big and made eye contact. You know what things got better for them.
The brain is stupid - send me the right signal and I will believe what you tell me. Frown - things are not good. Smile - things are OK.
Last year picked up my grandson from two different child care facilities - in both place the teachers mentioned I should give a class on 'how to make a child love someone as much as he loves me' - I told them - Look at them and smile with your eyes.
Our children are hearing a lot about what is not good. Let us send them a different message. It is healthy, free, easy and doable. # families

Had the wonderful opportunity to talk about READING! Thank you Renate Moore of Lady Ren's Bakery and Books for chance to share!

How to motivate your child to read - tips for the summer In this episode of Renate's Classroom, author Renate Moore shares information from an interview with retired educator Mrs. Kathi Wilson on how we can help ou...

As adults we manipulate our lives to work in our strengths. By finding the strengths in our children, we can help shape how effective their learning can be.