ECE Solutions, Inc. by Marilyn Ballard

Great new resource from Pyramid (National Center for Pyramid Model Innovations. Suri Spider now joining Tucker Turtle to help children manage their emotions. Just an hour ago they made new updates. (In case you already printed from yesterday.)

From NCPMI-
"We made a couple updates to the file to include the names of the solutions on page 7 of the story and added the solution cards. Sorry for any inconvenience!"

New resource for teachers and families!
"Suri Spider Selects a Solution"
Use this scripted story to help children find a solution to her problem.
Created by PM Fellow alum, Chelsea Morris from the Early Learning Center at the University of West Georgia.

Download from our resource library today! https://challengingbehavior.cbcs.usf.edu/resources/index.html

🎉🎉New Pyramid Infant Toddler series offered, fabulous mixture of Saturdays and mid week to accommodate more schedules. Taught by Kathy Kiblin. 🎉🎉

We are so excited about the announcement of this series!!!

Pyramid in action at Ripen With Us Child Care, lots of new resources and matching game with feeling’s for toddlers.

🎉What a wonderful celebration last night with all of the fellow Pyramid Master Cadres from across the state 🎉

🎉 Congratulations to all of the amazing parents that completed the 6 week Pyramid Parenting series tonight! Thank you also to Ashley Kowalyk-Mychajliw from Parent and Child Bonding Program at the Family Help Center and Erin Reisdorf from Parent Network of WNY for the wonderful collaborations.

Our surprise guest wrapping up a FABULOUS 3 week First Virtual Pyramid Summit. Coy Bowles from Zac Brown band. So inspirational as all of the Implementing programs were together for over an hour virtually. Shout out to our Cohort 5 programs in attendance: Ripen With Us Child Care and Seneca Babcock Early Childhood Academy

More great ideas to make those connections from home to school, the message stays the same and consistent.

Sitting at airport awaiting to take a flight for a little babysitting and commented to husband as I got my mask out to enter airport, “I thought this would have been over by now”. Isn’t a straight line is an understatement… The first 3 paragraphs were spot on.. perhaps it will help you also when you are feeling a little disconnected and don’t know why..

COVID-19 Emotional Support Have you been feeling off lately? You may have a gazillion tabs open as you’re reading this trying to figure out what’s wrong. If you’ve found yourself staring at a screen for hours with none of your tasks fulfilled yet or find yourself feeling tired even before you start your day, you’re no...

Just finished another class with parents tonight 💕"Celebrate Raising Children"💕 and once again reminded how every parent is just trying to do the very best they can. I honor you! thank you to Parent and Child Bonding Program at the Family Help Center and Parent Network of WNY for the fabulous collaboration!

This week-end everyone gets to sleep in an hour longer. BUT what happens to children's schedule in every EC program come Monday? They might not be hungry or tired following the new change. It's like someone played a trick on them and now they will be expected to eat/sleep an hour off schedule. MONDAY- Lead with empathy💕 and LOVE! .Have a beautiful week-end.

One of the hot buttons for teachers is when a child lies to them BUT don't we as adults do that often? Something to think about. Hmm.. Never thought it quite this way until reading this article. Written for parents but perfect for classrooms also!

Can you remember the last time you told a lie? Maybe you told a friend their new haircut looked great, when you really thought it didn't suit them. Maybe you told your partner that you would tidy something away at a later point, when you really had no intention of doing so. Maybe you told your mother that you loved her newly decorated living room, when in reality you thought it was horrible. Maybe you told your boss that you were up-to-date with a task, when actually, you were behind. Maybe you met an old neighbour in town and said "we must catch up soon!", when you had no intention of arranging to meet them.......

....,as adults, we lie daily. We lie to make people feel better. We lie to avoid tension and trouble. We lie because we don't want to let people down. We lie because we don't want to admit our own flaws to ourselves and we lie because it is socially acceptable to do so (sometimes).

If adults lie so often, why do we expect children to always be so honest? Especially when their honesty is likely to get them into more trouble than our own.

What I'm getting at here, is that it's important to not hold children in higher regard than we do ourselves. You can't stop a child lying, you wouldn't want to when you really think about it. You can however help them to understand when they really shouldn't lie and make things easier for them to tell the truth in these instances.

Children often lie to their parents to avoid upsetting them, making them angry and getting into trouble. Here - the answer is actually all about your response. How you react to them when they’ve done something wrong (and bern honest about it) is the key.
This is why punishment is such an ineffective form of discipline, it lets children know that they need to be sneakier in the future to avoid getting caught (aka - learn how to lie well!).

What should you do to reduce lying from children? Be mindful with your discipline, work as a team with your child to solve problems, don't shout, don't impose stringent consequences. Be open, be approachable and above all else - be forgiving.