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Teacups are fragile and used to being served. When they encounter a challenge, they “shatter”. Parents and teachers may do things in the name of caring or efficiency that hamper a child’s ability to develop a tolerance for frustration and failure, and the ability to...
By definition, play is voluntary, intrinsically motivated, and FUN. Trawick-Smith and Golinkoff agree that free play happens when children call the shots, carry out their own themes, and regulate their own behavior. Unstructured, free play allows children the freedom...
Today, we will discuss the most common challenge that teachers face. Often, the reason why teachers have trouble with the Positive Discipline approach, is that they're concentrating on the kindness part so hard that they're forgetting about being firm AT THE SAME...
As a Family, Learning Tree Academy always strives for improvement. We try to keep an open mind and stay up-to-date with recent psychology and neuroscience research about childhood development, learning processes, and how exactly we can contribute to our children's...
“Where did we get the crazy idea that in order to motivate children to do better, first, we have to make them feel worse?” – Dr. Jane Nelson Positive Discipline is a program developed by Dr. Jane Nelsen and based on the work of two psychiatrists, Alfred Adler...
Positive Discipline Coaching Cafe is a place of encouragement, help, and support for the teachers implementing PD in their classes. Here we discuss possible tools and solutions for different challenging kids’ behaviors, discipline-related topics, and share our stories of success. Together, we take the courage to be imperfect and open ourselves for every day, step-by-step improvement in the name of our deep respect, love, and commitment to our children.
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