How Can We Teach Our Kids to STAND UP for what they believe in with Mr. Chazz

I think that there are other ways that we can create a shock factor or bring attention to a cause and I think that as parents, as teachers, what we could do is we can actively teach our children, our classrooms how to protest, how to get creative.

  • There are the old school ways of writing a letter to your senator, the protesting, the peaceful protests in the street.

  • But now, I think we can be even more innovative with technology.

  • We all have cell phones, we all take videos. Also, tweeting senators, also creating videos.

  • You know, something that I am doing in terms of trying to making TikTok do things through social media to create awareness.

I think that if a whole generation grows up knowing and understanding different ways to make their voices heard. They grow in the art or skill of being able to do that with the combination of people, the next generation of humans, being more empathetic, and listening more because of the lessons taught by us, our generation. I think that is what going to make the world a better place. I think that is what is going to make the rights and alluding happen less likely. I think that is what it is going to make, change happen more effectively.

Right now, it is civil rights. But there are always going to be things in this country that we are going to want to improve and change and it is important that we learn the tools and the arts and the strategies on how to do that.

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Understanding the Riots from a Human Development Perspective with Mr. Chazz, MPA

Everyone needs to feel safe and secure.

Adults and children like humans need to feel safe and secure. When we talk about Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, that is the very foundation. When people do not feel safe and people's needs are not met, they are going to do what they can to meet those needs, especially if it is one of those survival needs.

So I think that is what is happening here when we see things like the looting and the rioting that is happening. I am not condoning rioting. I am not condoning looting.

What I am saying is when people are trying to meet their needs verbally through protests, through kneeling, through peaceful ways and they are ignored, just as a parent or a teacher when you have ignored your child's needs, their classrooms' needs, especially if it is the need for connection or the need for safety, a lot of times there is a physical response to meet their needs.

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All Behavior is Communication!

All behavior is communication, so it's our job to figure out what our children are communicating. One child was especially difficult for me several years ago as a preschool teacher. This child sparked my LOVE for supporting parents with challenging behavior. Instead of writing it off, and expelling this child from preschool and giving up on him, we looked at it differently. And changed his entire experience. And frankly, it changed MY life.

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Xo Playtime: Flowers

We needed to get out of the house on Friday. We had been cooped up for weeks on quarantine. And the occasional walks and errands help us SO much.

On this walk, we had a purpose from our #xoplaytime plan. For MANY of our activities this week we need flowers. Flowers to dissect, use creatively and study. We are doing other growing activities, but to start off the week right we needed a massive pile of flowers to use.

So we set out on a hunt for dandelions in our Easter baskets.

Watch the video below for the fun, free activity you can do at home with your kids!

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