Big Thoughts

Sunday, March 22, 2009

* A Good Family

I got the thought below from a teacher friend. I would like to give it to every parent at the hospital before they take their newborn child home!

A good family loves you in spite of your faults...
In a good family you can say what you really feel...
A good family sticks up for your.
A good family takes care of your physical needs--- food, shelter, medical care.
In a good family you have some privacy.
In a good family you can be your best, and worst self.
A good family teaches you right from wrong.
A good family teaches you what is important in life.
In a good family people will listen to you and respect your honest questions.
In a good family you have some definite responsibilities...

In an inadequate family:
People expect you to be polite and clean all the time...
Everybody knows you too well...
People are always fighting with you or yelling at you.
There are too many rules and regulations.
There is not enough freedome.
People expect you to be perfect.
You can't ever win an argument...

Saturday, March 21, 2009

* Be Deaf

Click on the Frog for a very cute

story about getting to the top

by keeping positive thoughts

in your tiny head!

From my visiting teacher: Tish

Thanks Tish!

Friday, March 20, 2009

* Children Learn What They Live

Children Learn What They Live

by Dorothy Law Nolte

Adapted by Anita Baker

If children live with criticism,

They learn to condemn.

If children live with hostility,

They learn to fight.

If children live with ridicule,

They learn to be shy.

If children live with shame,

They learn to feel guilty.

If children live with tolerance,

They learn patience.

If children live with encouragement,

They learn confidence.

If children live with praise,

They learn to appreciate.

If children live with fairness,

They learn justice.

If children live with security,

They learn to have fait.

If children live with approval,

They learn to like themselves.

If children live with acceptance and friendship,

We learn to find love in the world.

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Childhood in an Email

Timmy and Lassy.

Studebaker Vehicle... I don't remember this exact car, but my grandfather had an orange studebaker truck. It was a piece of work. He loved that truck! Love you Gramps.

Silver Christmas Tree with rotating color wheel. I remember my grandmother had this tree... this very same tree. She was so excited when she set it up. Each year the panels in the color wheel were replaced with a different color scheme. The one I remember most vividly was the pink and purple. Love you Grams!

Skate key... I think I still have my old skates. Not sure where the key went... I remember using any kind of tool I could find when the key was lost.

My Uncle use to run a movie theater in town. This was the kind of projector he used. Miss you Uncle.

This tray made the BEST tasting and COLDEST ice cubes ever! I miss ice like that!

This was a family sport ... we'd all gather around and watch the top expand like it was magic. Usually didn't taste all that great because we'd always get so excited watching it we didn't notice the smell until it was burnt.

OH yeah! That paper was perfect for making these gum paper chains. I remember my chain wrapped around my ceiling over the bed headboard, up over the curtain rods... and back again. Mine was green!

My mom and her friend collected these green stamps together. Each time they went to the store, they would earn a certain number of stamps depending on the total money they spent. Some foods were on "stamp specials" and you would get more stamps for that item. You collected, licked and put the stamps in a collection book. I remember my mom looking through the green stamp catalog, planning what she would redeem the stamps for. There was a little store called the Green Stamp Store and it had all kinds of household goods you could exchange the stamps for.