After School Programs Recognized
After School Programs Recognized
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WINGS got a big vote of confidence and a four-year $677,490 federal grant that will help support the new after school program we’re launching at North Charleston Elementary School. This is the 4th time that WINGS has won a 21st Century Community Learning Center, or CCLC, grant! These highly competitive grants are awarded to help spread and support the best after school programs across the country.
PBS News Program Spotlights Social and Emotional Learning
PBS News Program Spotlights Social and Emotional Learning
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Peek inside the classrooms of a Brooklyn public school and see social and emotional learning at work, in this video from a report on The NewsHour with PBS's Jim Lehrer. The 4 Rs program they use - Reading, Writing, Respect, Resolution - was developed by the Morningside Center, which is working to advance social and emotional education in this country. As founder Tom Roderick says, "When people work together in a cooperative way to solve problems, then we can do anything!"
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Not Rotten in Denmark
Not Rotten in Denmark
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For 30 years, studies have shown that Denmark is the happiest nation in the world. More than two-thirds of Danes report being "very satisfied with their lives." James W. Vaupel, a demographer who's investigated the findings, says it's a function of their expectations, which are not too high, and a focus on the here and now. Teaching kids to understand their own expectations and how to regulate them means they, too, can be happier people!
Can you name 26 feelings?
Can you name 26 feelings?
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Quick - how many feelings can you name? Here's an alphabet of feelings. At WINGS, we help kids develop their social and emotional intelligence from a very young age by starting with that question - what are some feelings? It's amazing how quickly they learn to recognize emotions besides "sad," "happy" and "mad" once they get going.
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Social Media Meets Random Acts of Kindness
Social Media Meets Random Acts of Kindness
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There's a great new iPhone application called DoGood that serves up an inspiring idea of the day. Dreamed up by 3 University of Michigan graduates, the newly launched application encourages users to perform one small and simple kindness, with the vision of uniting all these collective acts into a significant movement. When they launched, the creators said: "We felt the world could use an app like DoGood - which, by it's very nature, is free." These guys define emotional intelligence - and bring it to the palm of your hand!
