Definition: Bibliotherapy is a form of creative arts therapy that leverages reading and storytelling as tools to enhance an individual’s well-being and quality of life. Definition: Social emotional journaling (SEL journaling) is a writing practice designed to enhance affective skills by allowing individuals to reflect on their thoughts and feelings. This process can promote self-awareness, …
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Opening Quotes: “Expectations tend to rise with accomplishment. The better you’re performing, the more you demand of yourself and the less you notice incremental gains. Appreciating progress depends on remembering how your past self would see your current achievements. If you knew five years ago what you’d accomplish now, how proud would you have been?” …
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“Gifted children often have goals and achievements for which there are no means of measurement, so these goals and dreams may never be recognized by others at all… many other gifted people never receive positive feedback for their goals and accomplishments, precisely, because the accomplishments are difficult or impossible to measure.… Because they often move …
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If you could be born at any time in history, when would it be? This is a journal prompt I use with many of my writing students. Many agree that life without the internet or modern technology would be quite challenging. With the lesson below, we’ll take it much further. History has the unique ability …
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“Conflict” Etymology – Borrowed from Latin cōnflīctus, past participle of confligere (“to strike together”), from com- (“together”) (a form of con-) + fligere (“to strike”) Ancient battle references aside, everyday conversational conflict still feels threatening, even in our modern age. Depending on a person’s genetics and environmental conditioning, it is theorized they will respond to …
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Opening Quotes “The secret to humor is surprise.” – Aristotle “From there to here, and here to there, funny things are everywhere.” -Dr. Seuss “Humor is just another defense against the universe.” – Mel Brooks Some schools use “an advanced sense of humor” as part of their identifying criteria for giftedness. Why is that? In …
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Opening Quotes “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” – Martin Luther King Jr. “You will never reach higher ground if you are always pushing others down.” – Jeffrey Benjamin “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” – Plato “Never be bullied into silence. …
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Opening Quotes “Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, ‘What! You too? I thought I was the only one.'” — C.S. Lewis “Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.” — Woodrow Wilson “There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.” …
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Opening Quotes “Put simply, a believing mirror is a friend to your creativity—someone who believes in you and your creativity. We can consciously build believing mirrors to potentiate each other’s growth, to mirror a “yes” to each other’s creativity. In my experience we can benefit greatly from the support of others who share our dreams …
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