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Greetings!
Welcome to the first issue of the Bridgebuilder,
Bridges
Associates online newsletter. Each month
you
can expect to receive lesson ideas and teaching tips
available only to newsletter
subscribers. Is there something you'd like to see
here? Feel free to let
us
know!
| Take Time, Make Time - Action Calendar |
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Bridges Founding Director MaryJane Beach writes:
When parents and teachers ask me for advice on building
positive routines with youth, I tell them about my
own experience:
Four years ago, I started putting stickers in a
notebook each time I went to the gym. This simple
system has been the 'push' that I've needed to build
a regular routine 3-4 times per week.
Using an action calendar: Once your
child/student has set a personal goal (i.e. make a
new friend, turn in homework, pick up dirty laundry)
build confidence by keeping an "action" calendar.
Using a small calendar only for this purpose, select
a symbol together, encouraging the child to choose a
favorite- stickers are easy. For each "action"
toward the goal, put a sticker on the day in the
calendar. Make a point of returning to look at the
stickers every so often, perhaps monthly or when you
suspect low morale. Congratulate the effort with
positive words only. Discourage "self sabotage" by
saying, "look at what you've done". Resist any
tendency toward "put downs".
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| New website launches |
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Bridges Associates has redesigned its website with
new content, a calendar of events, an expanded
product line and improved accessbility for
individuals with disabilities. What would you like
to see on the Bridges website? Send
your suggestions to us!
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| Social Enrichment: Think-Pair-Share |
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Think-pair-share is a low risk strategy for any age
group to draw out those who are reluctant to speak
up. First, pose a problem to the class. Ask each
student to think about it individually for a minute.
Then ask each student to turn to a neighbor and take
another minute to share their solution quietly.
Lastly,
ask for volunteers to share with the class.
--AM, Burlington, VT
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Introducing Take Charge!™ Educational Coaching |
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Are you looking for new ways to make progress with
students?
Bridges Associates newest publication*, the
Take Charge!™ Curriculum Workbook, features hands-on
tools and over 250 pages of activities and exercises
for students with varied learning styles.
Built on a decade of research and practice, it
presents motivational strategies and tools for
students who struggle to learn and their
families.
*Pre-press introductory special! Order the Take Charge!™ Curriculum March 15 for April
delivery.
Click here to order.
See sample lessons....
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