Leaders reveal what they’ve learned from those they guide
Director, Yeshiva Ktana of Passaic Ohr Dovid preschool
Nechama* was a bright, sweet four-year-old who had a bad habit. She often brought home things that weren’t hers — her friend’s new bouncy ball, the classroom’s new doll, all sorts of stuff.
It could have been a bigger problem, but we were blessed that Nechama’s mother, Rena, would check her daughter’s schoolbag nightly and send Nechama back the next day with whatever goodies weren’t hers.
We never lost anything of significance, but we clearly needed to work with Nechama to train her out of this bad habit. We settled on a sticker chart: Every day that Nechama came home empty-handed, she’d get a sticker, and at the end of the week, five stickers bought her an ice cream. Her teacher Mrs. Schein* worked with her as well, gently guiding her to return her friends’ toys and snacks after free play.
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