Anti- Bullying

A needed component of today’s curriculum and instruction.

Bullying is no longer an isolated occurrence in today’s society.  If it does not happen on the school campuses, it will certainly be encountered on the many social media platforms that are available.

      Bullying is no joke.   It has the potential to cause irreparable harm in many instances.  When schools take on the challenge of seriously preventing bullying, and treat every report or claim respectfully, a positive change takes place in schools and society.  

    Our program educates children about the most obvious behaviors that are considered bullying, as well as the subtle behaviors that are so often overlooked by adults.   In addition, the program provides information to schools on starting a conflict resolution program to provide help to the bully and bullied.  Punishment is a temporary solution to bullying; education by way of interactive programs for students of all ages will create a positive school climate where all students feel valued and welcomed.

Language Development

Language development is more than a child learning to say words at a certain age.  It is the successful development and connection of spoken language, the written symbols, and cognitive connections simultaneously. 

When children learn symbols in isolation,  there is no real significance.
Symbols learned in conjunction with ideas give a sense to spoken words and create a platform for later language learning and expression.   When young children are provided opportunities to hear language through stories, pictures, and conversations, they are able to make connections immediately, which later transfers to formal reading and writing. 
  
Programs for teachers provide the latest research in language development and ways to improve language development and cognitive development.  In addition, Cirrius Press’s Little Creatures Series focuses on language development and stories are relevant for two year olds to ten year olds.

Folk Stories

Great stories become the bridge to language learning, expressions, and lessons in identifying character traits, foreshadowing clues, and other standards that students must achieve.
Not only are folk stories entertaining; they have the potential to awaken the mind to different ways of thinking about daily events and promote an understanding of people and the complexity of culture and its value in shaping a person’s identity and value system.
Stories are told from a broad spectrum and can be tailored to meet any instructional need for school assemblies or classroom lesson.  All stories have a lesson or moral that allows students to tap into the story language and easily identify the constructs of the story – beginning, middle, end – and the significance of each part in arriving at the lesson or moral.

One-on-One Lessons

Students, as well as teachers, often need additional guidance away from the mainstream.  It is very difficult for some to receive corrective or directional instructions in the classroom.  It can often be embarrassing or will result in the individual pretending to understand information and this only extends the problem.   Unfortunately, many teachers find themselves not understanding standards and instructional materials they should teach students.  This often results in students’ low achievement.  By providing modeling for the teacher during active learning, the partnership has the potentional  of creating an effective learning environment.

By engaging students or teachers in “prescriptive” learning activities one-on-one, there is a greater opportunity to identify and correct the problem in a shorter span of time at the individual’s pace.

These tutorials are offered in the areas of English, reading, and social studies.