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CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS FOR 2010
March 8 Parenting meeting PARENT MEETINGThere is no scheduled parent meeting for the month of February. A parent meeting is scheduled for Monday, March 8th, at 5:30 PM. Child care will be provided. CPP families are required to attend three parent meetings per school year. This would be a good one to attend. Our nurse consultant will be presenting on illness and related health issues. |
HEARING AND VISIONOur annual hearing and vision screening will be coming up in the next month or so. All children ages 3 years and up will be professionally screened for hearing, vision and speech. We will let you know the exact date soon. This is a free service to our families. QUALISTARWe have received the results of our annual Qualistar rating. We are rated once again as a high three star center. Thanks to all of you who returned the family questionnaires. DIRECTOR’S LETTERPlease check your child’s folder for a letter from Miss Susan discussing tuition and changes in policy regarding summer vacations.
ON THE BACK PAGEPlease take a moment to read the back page. Miss Susan has some ideas that may help with your child’s behavior.
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THE BACK PAGEFrom the Director: Do you find yourself snapping at your children? Sometimes it is easier to yell at a child than help them learn how to handle a situation. A misconception occurs when dealing with misbehaviors of children. Children learn how to handle problems when you give them nonpunitive guidance instead of negative discipline. The adult’s responsibility has been to prevent children from doing what is wrong rather than teach them how to do right. Negative approaches have been: disapproval, threats and punishment to create fear or guilt. Harsh discipline usually does not work. You are teaching them that physical violence is acceptable. What we need to do is change our expectation that children will misbehave to children will live up to cooperation if we expect it of them. Nonpunitive guidance is based on friendly, caring attitudes toward the health, development, and needs of children. It regards feelings and emotions. You need to set clear rules and precise limits and you need to solicit cooperation. Here is a magic list of alternatives to try: Traditional Punitive Response Magic List of Alternatives React impulsively Anticipate trouble Issue sarcasm and threats Give gentle reminders Find fault and scold Distract to a positive model Be grouchy and irritable Inject humor Make rigid demands Offer choices Belittle or ignore Notice positive behavior Criticize and coerce Offer encouragement Make ambiguous comments Clarify messages Nit-pick or nag Overlook small annoyances React hastily and automatically Deliberately ignore provocations Be stubborn and unbending Reconsider the situation Punish Point out natural, or logical, consequences Impose isolation Provide renewal time Make authoritarian demands Give hugs and caring Humiliate, impose guilt, and punish Provide discussion with an adult Lecture Help children solve their problems and negotiate their differences .
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