Faubion School

Hello Families! 

The staff in the Learning Center understand that this can be a

tricky time of year.  

To counteract the dark rainy days we’d like to remind

you to find other ways to stay warm.

Use the 10 Second Rule and have a better day or evening.

Whether it's how you wake up your child or greet your husband/wife after a long day at work, how you treat them in the first 10 seconds impacts their (and your) next 6-8 hours.  Your greeting has tremendous impact.  It sets the tone for your entire day, evening, and sometimes the whole weekend!  To positively impact your relationships, practice the 10 Second Rule:

Get to your child in the first 10 seconds.

Greet them with kindness and enthusiasm. A big hug and kiss if appropriate. :-)

Communicate that they are valued and important to you and that you are glad to see them.

Do this every time.

Greet your peoples first (kids and husband/wife), before you greet your dogs, cats, turn on your computer, unload groceries, etc.  

Don't let a "mood" distract or alter these important first moments.  Act from your values, not your feelings.

Positivity and connection first!  Got something critical to say?  Wait until you've been home for a while and have set a tone of loving connection.  Then have a calm discussion about the behavior you'd like them to change (and what you'd like them to change it to or do instead).

Hang in there!  If you try the 10 Second Rule and you get an awkward response, it just means that it is new and it takes time to adjust.

We are powerful and natural explorers.

• The desire to explore never leaves us despite the classrooms and cubicles we are in.  
• Babies are the model of how we learn: not by passive reaction to the environment but by active testing through observation, hypothesis, experiment, and conclusion. Babies methodically do experiments on objects, for example, to see what they will do.