Inclusiveness training is one of the more profound life skills taught at Living Wisdom School.
The children are taught from pre-K all the way through 8th grade to include others in their play and in their work and not to exclude anyone. It has profound impact on how the children develop and what kind of people they grow up to become.
Inclusiveness training is one of the more profound life skills taught at Living Wisdom School.
The children are taught from pre-K all the way through 8th grade to include others in their play and in their work and not to exclude anyone. It has profound impact on how the children develop and what kind of people they grow up to become.
The kindness and happiness sticker charts are practices Living Wisdom School uses to help younger children develop a kinder, happier, more optimistic nature.
Rocks in the Basket is widely used at Living Wisdom School for encouraging positive attitudes and intrinsically-motivated good behavior. It is a very versatile, flexible, and easily implemented technique that is used for pre-K through 8th grade children.
Each classroom has a basket and about 100 or so rocks. Whenever something positive is noticed a teacher or child will put a rock in the basket. When the basket is full, the class will have…
See what happens every morning in the Kindergarten and pre-Kindergarten class at LWS.
The morning activities help each child develop inwardly, emotionally, and socially.
The morning greeting encourages each child to look into the eyes of the teacher, smile, and then say “Good morning teacher Maria.” The 4 & 5 year children learn to be polite and comfortably greet adults.
Confidence stances teach the children to stand tall and confidently…
Living Wisdom Schools equally prioritize a child's inner, emotional, and social development along with having enriched academic curricula.
The Schools utilize Education For Life practices, many unique, to help children become more inwardly happy and socially adept.
These video clips outline some of the practices used.
It is hoped that other teachers and schools will be inspired to use some of these practices. And it is hoped that others will be inspired to open similar schools.
The non-profit Education For Life Institute offers training for teachers and for groups looking to teach and open schools using the Education For Life principles. EdForLife.org
The video clips below where recorded at the Living Wisdom School in Palo Alto CA. LivingWisdomSchool.org
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