Conscious Discipline Feeling Buddies Curriculum Story

1. Farias Early Childhood Center Classroom Teachers: Ms. Axinia Zepeda & Ms. Stephanie Torres Conscious Discipline Feeling Buddies Curriculum- Our Story

2. Good Morning! • Unite-This is my School Family- By Dr. Becky Bailey • Connect-Twinkle Twinkle Little Star • Disengage- Breathing Strategies • Commit- Make our session commitment

3. Unite • This is my School Family- By Dr. Becky Bailey

4. Connect • Twinkle Twinkle Little Star • Twinkle, twinkle little star, • What a wonderful child you are! • With bright eyes and nice • round cheeks, • Talented person from head to feet. • Twinkle, twinkle little star, • What a Wonderful child you are! • I Love you Rituals • Becky A. Baily, PH.D

5. Disengage Stress • Breathing Strategies

6. Featured Book • I Can Calm

7. Commit • Make our session commitment • Are you willing to keep an open mind and focus your energy in paying attention to learn something new? • If so place your jewel inside the treasure box. 

8. Conscious Discipline is a comprehensive social and emotional intelligence classroom management program. • It is based on current brain research, child development information, and developmentally appropriate practices. • The goal of the program is to provide systematic changes in schools by fostering the emotional intelligence of teachers first and children second. • Conscious Discipline, 2000

9. Our Story • Ms. A. Zepeda’s Story. • Ms. S. Torres’ Story.

10. We started off by… • We did not implement everything all at once. • We started off with the Safe Place, Greetings and • Treasure Chest as well as the Friends & Family • Boards. • We began to change our way of thinking, • noticing and language with the students. • We also started book studies with the first book being Conscious Discipline then Creating the School Family along with the I Love you Rituals book By Dr. Bailey. • Our most recent book study being Managing Emotional Mayhem.

11. Featured Song Do you know from Feeling Buddies CD

12. Feeling Buddies Self Regulation Curriculum Getting Started You will use the Curriculum to teach basic self regulation skills and coach children to use these skills with their Feeling Buddies. As the children help their buddies handle tough emotions, they strengthen self-regulation skills within themselves. As you coach children in the process, you strengthen your own self regulation skills. Both you and the children emerge from the experience with a wealth of healing and self-regulatory skills. Feeling Buddies Self-Regulation Curriculum, 2012

13. There is so much stuff! Where do I begin? The first step is to read Managing Emotional Mayhem This book creates the foundation for the curriculum to build on. Mayhem will help you understand the importance and significance of the skills you will teach and familiarizes you with the concepts and the Curriculum. Feeling Buddies Self-Regulation Curriculum, 2012

14. BUDDY TIP! Organize a book study group! It is the best way to share ideas and share AH HA moments because it is a lot of information to have to digest. Feeling Buddies Self-Regulation Curriculum, 2012

15. Managing Emotional Mayhem • Our school family began this school year with a book study to learn about the five steps for self regulation • The book gives us as adults an insight of how to handle ourselves first before we learn how to help others and teach the children self regulation.

16. There is so much stuff! Where do I begin? The next step is to Watch Dr. Bailey and Loving Guidance Associate Amy Speidel on YouTube. Watch the following videos: Expert Dr, Becky Bailey explains how to go conscious not crazy with our children, Most important fact every parent and teacher needs to know, Dog scared the SH!% out of me, Flush the Hamster, and 60 year old makes the basketball team. Feeling Buddies Self-Regulation Curriculum, 2012

17. There is so much stuff! Where do I begin? The 3rd and 4th steps are to Watch the instructional DVD to see the Toolkit in action and Become familiar with the songs on the Listen to your Feelings CD. Feeling Buddies Self-Regulation Curriculum, 2012

18. BREAK TIME! • Peel Bananas • Get Funky • Breathe

19. There is so much stuff! Where do I begin? The 5th Step is to spend some time with your Buddies! Feeling Buddies Self-Regulation Curriculum, 2012

20. There is so much stuff! Where do I begin? The 6th and 7th Step is to become familiar with the CD-Rom and additional tools! Feeling Buddies Self-Regulation Curriculum, 2012

21. There is so much stuff! Where do I begin? The last step, Set up your Safe Place! Feeling Buddies Self-Regulation Curriculum, 2012

22. Safe Place • Our Safe Place looks different in each of our • classrooms. • For the most part they have the same components. • The safe place is a structure that creates safe learning environments for children. • The safe place represents a space where children are instructed, encouraged, and supported. In helping them through their upset through self-regulating activities.

23. Safe Places • What it IS • A quiet place for children to go to regain composure • What it is NOT • Time out • Punishment

25. Feeling Buddies

26. Meet The Buddies • 1:1 Hello, Happy and Sad • Watch Video • Buddy Activity

27. We wish you well! For more information on Conscious Discipline refer to www.consciousdiscipline.com References Bailey, Dr. Becky A. Managing Emotional Mayhem: The Five Steps for Self- Regulation. Loving Guidance, Inc. 2011 Bailey, Dr. Becky A. and Lety Valero. Feeling Buddies Self Regulation Curriculum. Loving Guidance, Inc. 2012 Teacher Information Ms. A. Zepeda- Farias Early Childhood Center- AZepeda1@houstonisd.org Ms. S. Torres- Farias Early Childhood Center- STorres5@houstonisd.org