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The One Stop's Monthly E-News
February 2020
Our Inclement Weather Policy Please note that if Springfield Public Schools is closed due to weather then TheOne Stop is closed as well. It is important for all to be safe! Thank you forunderstanding!
Connection & I Love You Rituals This month we proclaim our love and friendship for each other through cards,candies, toys and other trinkets as we celebrate Valentine's Day. Each card wesend is an effort to let the recipient know we care about them, and it makes us feelloved and connected to that person. As human beings we crave connection withothers. We have a need to belong and when we feel like we are connected wewant the best for the other person and want to help them and love them.
Connections have four components: eye contact, touch, being in the momentand playfulness. The more of these components we have in an encounter, thestronger the connection. When you greet your children after school with a hug, akiss, a fist bump, ask about their day and really listen without looking down at thephone or answering a text while they are talking you are making a connection. Playing basketball with your older child and talking about whatever is on theirmind, holding an infant and singing while gazing into her eyes or playing peek-a-boo is making a connection. Sitting next to your spouse and holding hands whiletalking about your day is making a connection.
All of these are examples of making connections or I Love You Rituals. They areways we strengthen the bonds with our loved ones to make them feel special andknow that we love them. So on this month that we celebrate the love we have forour friends and family keep in mind that with each hug, fist bump, game you playor Valentine's Day card you give out, you are strengthening the bonds andconnection you have with that person.
Tell Me More About I Love You Rituals...Dr. Becky Bailey, founder of Conscious Discipline, coined the phrase, "I Love YouRituals". A ritual is a sequence of activities involving gestures, words, and objects,performed according to set sequence. So using this definition, Dr. Bailey createdan entire book of I Love You Rituals that help build bonds of unconditional love,increase attention and decrease power struggles, encourage cooperation andcaring and boost brain potential.
Join us for Conscious Parenting in 2020!
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Original Series
Campbell Early Childhood Center
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I Love You Rituals can help busy families stay close, help children cope withchange and affirm the parent-child bond that protects children from violence andpeer pressure. (Taken from the book, I Love You Rituals, by Dr. Becky A. Bailey, Ph. D.).
Dr. Bailey has taken several of the nursery rhymes we are familiar with from ourchildhood and reworked them and added gestures to help create fun, playfulmoments to build connections. Most are specifically targeted for children 0-7, butas we discussed earlier, for older children an I Love You Ritual can be a specialhandshake, playing a game or a simple hug. Also, don't worry about the specificgesture, make up your own and make it your own!
Here are a couple I Love Rituals to try with your children:
Resource Spotlight: Triple P classes Trainings hosted by Community Partnership of the Ozarks. You can still attend a class in March.
Connect with Staff417-887-3545 or 800-743-8497
Kayla Grosshart
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Lori SchumerAssistant Director
Nicole Piper Director
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Annual Bookmark Contest The Springfield-Greene County Library annual contest!
Called to Care for Kids Conference: Registration closes on February 28thWe are excited to host the 8th annual Called to Care for Kids Conference onMarch 7, 2020!
Note the change in location. We are pleased to host this year's event at CampbellUnited Methodist Church.
NEW ! This year instead of pre-purchased box lunches, FOOD TRUCKS will beavailable during lunch in the parking lot with seating available inside.
We will once again have conference t-shirts available to purchase!
The most exciting announcement is that we are bringing Conscious Discipline totown! Our keynote is Velda McKenzie, a certified Conscious Discipline Instructor,who will be presenting Triggered and Terribly Tired: The Secrets to Managing OurEmotions.
We hope to see you there! Thank you!
For full event details: Called to Care for Kids Conference Brochure
Visit our website at: www.ccozarks.org
Past editions of the Enews are availableat: www.ccozarks.org/theonestop
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