Can a hug change the world? The Texas nursery school teacher thinks so, and that's why she has devised a system for Your students start the day with signs of affection.
One of the children acts as a host and receives his companions with a handshake or a hug. Something that, according to this teacher, has a very positive impact on children's self-esteem and is more respectful of their classmates.
A very tender routine
Ashley Taylor is a teacher with 18 years of experience with children who teach at a Keene nursery in the United States. Every first day of the course for a decade she receives her students with a handshake and kind words "to establish the tone of behavior expected in the classroom", in her own words.
Throughout the course children take their place and, every week, a student is in charge of welcoming their classmates who, delighted with this routine, are not limited to formal handshakes, but also give hugs, kisses and any sign of affection May you feel like it.
The teacher says that starting the day like this can really make a difference:
"In class we talk about being a family because we spend a lot of time together. Also about how important it is to listen to each other and how we should treat each other. Morning greeting is just another form of respect. And I I realize that, compared to other classes, my children seem to interact with their classmates better, with good old-fashion manners and greater eye contact. "
In fact, according to Ashley, the boy who welcomes his classmates in the video when he came to class did not speak, he did not want to be close to his classmates or anyone to touch him. "Now he is the one who asks me to be part of this," explains the professor, "I have been able to see his magnificent evolution and how he was gaining comfort day by day and that is a reminder of the powerful effect that a simple sample of kindness can have on the children, "he adds.
It has gone viral
This teacher decided to share her class routine through this Facebook video, which has already gone viral.
His goal was simply to offer something beautiful to a shocked society after 10 people died in shooting at a school in Santa Fe, Texas.
"So far this year there have been 23 incidents in schools where at least one person has died or been injured. I wonder if the shooters or the bullied children would have felt that someone was on their side would have acted differently. These discouraging facts have many causes, but what if learning goodness as well as learning to read or arithmetic at an early age could end these things? "
The message of this veteran teacher has inspired many other teachers, who are already implementing their educational methods: hugs to start the day at school.
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