My Mantra of the things I want to make sure I remember when teaching young learners

1. M Y Y O U N G L E A R N E R ’ S M A N T R A
THE 1 2 COMMANDMENTS OF
THE THINGS I WANT TO
REMEMBER

2. 1 . PRESENCE
BEING PRESENT WI TH AL L MY
SENSES IS A GREATER GI F T I CAN
GIVE MY STUDENTS THAN THE
BEST PLANNED LESSON IN THE
WORLD
“ W H A T D A Y I S I T ? ” A S K E D P O O H
“ I T ’ S T O D A Y ” R E P L I E D P I G L E T
“ M Y F A V O U R I T E D A Y ”

3. 2 . BEAUTY
LET THEM REMIND ME OF THE BEAUTY OF INNOCENCE
O F T H E M O S T S I M P L E T H I N G S I ’ V E F O R G O T T E N H O W T O
SEE

4. 3 . STORIES AND MOVEMENT
L I FE IS A COL LECT ION OF STORIES
& STORIES ARE L I FE IN
MOVEMENT , ESPECIAL LY FOR
CHI LDREN.
ENGAGE THEM WI TH THE MAGIC OF
STORIES TO IMAGINE, FASCINATE,
CHAL LENGE, EXPERIMENT ,
SURPRISE & DISCOVER.
REMEMBER THAT LANGUAGE
COMES NOT FROM THE MIND BUT
FROM THE WHOLE SEL F . USE I T !

5. 4 . F LOW
MY BEST , MOST MEMORABLE AND
FUN LESSONS HAVE BEEN WHEN
PLANS A AND B FAI LED, LEAVING
ME WI TH PLAN C - NO PLAN!
SHARE MY RESPONSIBI L I TY AND
WATCH HOW LET T ING THE
UNEXPECTED HAPPEN, BRINGS
NEW ENERGY AND L I FE TO THE
CLASSROOM
“ T O D A Y , T A K E T H E P R A C T I C A L
R O U T E : L E T T H I N G S F L O W ”

6. BEL IEVING IN AND ACT ING ON THE RESOURCEFULNESS
AND CREAT IVI TY OF MY WHOLE SEL F , OF FERING FREE
CHOICES OVER EXCESSIVE CONTROL , WI L L ENCOURAGE
MY LEARNERS TO EXPERIMENT BEYOND WHAT THEY KNOW
“ T R U S T I N Y O U R I N T U I T I O N : T W O E Y E S C L O S E D S E E M U C H
B E T T E R T H E N A M I N D T H A T I S B L I N D ”
5 . INTUI T ION

7. 6 . LEAD BY EXAMPLE
UNT I L THE AGE OF 7 A CHI LD
DOES WHAT YOU TEL L THEM AND
AF TER THEY DO WHAT THEY
SEE.
BE CONSCIOUS OF THE EXAMPLE
I AM GIVING AT AL L T IMES.
“ A F A T H E R S A Y S T O H I S S O N - CAREFUL
WHERE YOU WALK - HIS SON RESPONDS
- Y O U B E C A R E F U L , I ’ M F O L L O W I N G
Y O U R S T E P S ”

8. 7 . THE GI F T OF A PROBLEM
I HAVE THE CHOICE OF
SUF FERING OR CHAL LENGING
EACH DI F F ICUL TY MY CHI LDREN
EXPERIENCE.
EVERY PROBLEM IS A
POTENT IAL GI F T OF LEARNING
IN DISGUISE

9. 8 . CREAT IVI TY
THE GREAT EST GI F T OF HUMAN
POT ENT IAL IS CREAT IVI T Y AND AL L
CHI LDREN ARE BORN WI TH I T .
IMAGINE, INSPIRE, CREAT E SPACES
WHERE CREAT IVI T Y IS A NATURAL
RESPONSE TO WHAT IS HAPPENING -
BY SO DOING MY OWN CREAT IVI T Y
WI L L ALSO F LOURISH
“ W H E N Y O U D O N ’ T K N O W W H E R E T O
G O … F O L L O W T H E P E R F U M E O F A D R E A M ”

10. 9 . EMPATHY
ENCOURAGE EMPATHY BY
MODEL L ING EMPATHY.
EMBRACE AND ENCOURAGE THE
NATURAL OPENNESS OF
CHI LDREN TOWARDS THEIR
EMOT IONS TO HELP THEM TO
UNDERSTAND THE VALUABLE
MESSAGES EACH EMOT ION
BRINGS

11. 1 0 . ACCEPTANCE
HELP THEM TO SEE THEY ARE PERFECT AS THEY ARE AND
THAT THEIR GREATNESS IS NOT ABOUT BEING BET TER OR
WORSE THAN ANYONE ELSE
“ Y O U A R E W H A T Y O U A R E L O O K I N G F O R ” R U M I

12. 1 1 . AT T I TUDE
MAKES AL L THE DI F FERENCE TO
WHAT WE LEARN AND HOW WE
LEARN, TO WHAT WE PERCEIVE
AND THE EF FECTS THOSE
PERCEPT IONS HAVE ON OUR DAY
TO DAY REAL I TY
“ T O D A Y I D I D N ’ T K N O W W H A T T O
W E A R …
S O I D E C I D E D T O W E A R A S M I L E ”

13. 1 2 . DREAMS
GROW THEIR
DREAMS EVERY
DAY, THEY ARE THE
BLUEPRINTS OF A
HAPPY L I FE …AND
BY DOING SO, I
ALSO FURTHER MY
OWN.

14. “being the best teacher I have within is the best
service I can give to those young, impressionable
and magnificent hearts that trust in me”
– F IONA JAMES -
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