Visiting Staten Island’s P.S. 45 (John Tyler School) inspired me. (For those reading this outside of New York City, P.S. stands for Public School.) Every student in this elementary school participated in an awesome kick-off assembly honoring Respect for All…
Students are learning that One Can Count at P.S. 55 on Staten Island. Fifth graders are the experts as they partner with the Kindergartners to reinforce the message, “Everyone Counts.” After reading Kathryn Otoshi’s award-winning book, One, the mentors got together…
Dear Principals, Teachers, Superintendents, Parents and Anyone Interested in Children, My bullying prevention tip is very fitting for today’s date: 10/10, which coincidentally falls within National Bullying Prevention Month. If you have young children or you teach young children, you’ll…
Tangled Ball would like to clear up a few misconceptions for all elementary schools who are reluctant to step in when it comes to bullying prevention. (Prevention being the key word here — meaning taking measures so something doesn’t happen.)…
Let me put it this way, it is highly unusual when a school doesn’t have a bullying issue. The national statistic is about 30% of kids in schools say they’ve been bullied. After I conducted a survey in a local…
Today’s Tangled Ball Award goes to someone who’s stepped up and stepped in…for 26.2 miles! Peter Raisch ran the full Chicago Marathon on 10-10-10. The date to motivate. A 26 year-old pr executive in Madison, Wisconsin, Peter has been the…
What a perfect day to talk about two perfect books that help young children learn how to treat each other. Kathryn Otoshi’s One and her new book Zero are brilliant…and simple…and ageless…and powerful. Using only numbers and colors, One and…
But overall he liked being Blue…except when he was with Red. One, by award-winning author Kathryn Otoshi, is brilliant. Although it’s a children’s book, it’s message is ageless. When it comes to making a bully stop… Sometimes it just takes…
Re: Michael Buble’s “I Just Haven’t Met You Yet” video: this actually happened to me in a grocery store once. No kidding. The band, the confetti, the whole thing. Seriously, though, the line in the song “I can see every…