Birth to Age 5 – Page 5 – Ceeds of Peace

Logical Consequences

Post category:Age 13-18 Age 5-13 Birth to Age 5 Conflict Resolution Courage Critical Thinking

Use discipline to develop character and not to punish. Discipline means “to teach” and should not be punitive but should help a child to grow as a person. Use consequences…

Mindful Breathing

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Teach youth how to belly breathe by having them lie down and put their hands on their bellies. See how deep they can breathe in and how slow they can…

Mistakes & Learning

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Establish a culture in your classroom or home where mistakes are welcomed and used as learning opportunities. Normalize mistakes by discussing them at mealtime or in circle time. Have everyone…

Mix Pair Share

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Have the children/students mix, then teacher calls “pair” and the youth pair up. Teacher then asks a question and gives the pairs thinking time. Pairs then share. Deepen careful listening…

Modeling

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Rather than just telling children and youth how they should act, show them. Show them in your own daily actions and words with them. Intentionally model through practicing with them…

Mo‘olelo

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The Hawaiian word for story or tradition; use classical Hawaiian stories to teach literacy, science, and culture. In so doing, youth build their own stories with the stories of the…

Movement Healing

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Use movement as a way to increase blood flow for effective thinking and problem solving. Build in yoga, dance, stretching, and physical exercise on a daily basis together. Movement can…

Name it to Tame It

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Help youth to get more specific and expand their emotional vocabulary, replacing basic feeling words with more sophisticated terms. They graduate from using words like ‘ok’ or ‘fine’ to using…

Neighborhood Walkabout

Post category:Age 5-13 Birth to Age 5 Collaboration Commitment Compassion Connection

With gloves and buckets, walk the neighborhood and pick up rubbish off of sidewalks, in public parks, or on the beach. Combine with lessons about where rubbish comes from and…

Non-Violent Communication & Language

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“NVC” requires people identify shared needs, revealed by the thoughts and feelings that surround these needs, and collaborate to develop strategies that meet them. Do this by observing a situation…

Patterns of Connection

Post category:Age 13-18 Age 5-13 Birth to Age 5 Compassion Connection Courage

Approximately once a month (or more often), have students write down four names – 3 classmates that they want to get to know better, work on a team project or…

Peace Flower

Post category:Age 5-13 Birth to Age 5 Compassion Conflict Resolution

A strategy for youth to problem-solve themselves. Between two children, they pass a flower back and forth. The first child begins by saying, “I felt ________when this happened.” The child…