Monthly Archives: September 2012

Heart Learning Centre & CampZone

 

Today during our HEART Emotional Intelligence circle time at Golden Goose we will be talking about ‘Doing the Right Thing”. We are working on encouraging our students to think about their decisions and possible consequences before acting. Most students start exploring their boundaries at a very young age. A typical example is when a class has substitute teacher for the day. Common, we’ve all been there. Our teacher is away for a day and the minutes a supply teacher comes in, we can do whatever we want! I am so excited to give our students an activity around role-playing different situations of right and wrong.

As we teach Emotional Intelligence twice per week, I notice as a teacher (and a parent) that most of the students are confused about ‘life decisions’. For example, while growing up I was never formally taught what to say to someone if a loved one passed away. I remember awkward moments if…

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