Books
Teaching Values of Being Human
A Curriculum that Links Education, the Mind and the HeartBest-selling author Mark Le Messurier has crafted a curriculum filled with guided conversations, practical lessons and activities that link education, the mind and the heart. He moves beyond positive mindsets to immersing students into the beauty of what it is to be human, focusing on kindness, perseverance, optimism, integrity, assertiveness, empathy, responsibility, teamwork, creativity and more.
His work paves the way for practitioners to develop an emotionally responsive environment where young human beings can grow. This practical book encourages children to look inside themselves, discover their identity, find happiness and equip them with skills they can use effectively in the future.
This book is a gamechanger. Mark's practical approach is applied through a humane lens; "with soft eyes
and warm hearts" to better understand children’s development, emotion and behaviour. For more:
TeachingValuesOfBeingHuman.com.au
What's the Buzz? For Early Learners: A complete social skills foundation course
Has been written by Mark Le Messurier and Madhavi Nawana Parker as a response to the popularity of their previous 'What's the Buzz?'
It's designed for children aged from 4 to 7 years and uses the same format to build social and emotional connections between kids. It will be available in October, 2014.
Each lesson follows the exploits of Archie, the loveable little character on the cover of the book. Lesson by lesson, the children have the opportunity to listen to a story about how Archie finds himself in yet another social dilemma. The goal of each lesson is for the children to discuss, role-play and decide ways Archie could deal with this new social predicament constructively. Each lesson concludes with the remainder of Archie's story. The anticipation from the children is palpable as they sit and listen, hoping that Archie has found a way to deal with the problem that was similar to their solutions.
As we continue to write a number of our friends who work in schools and organisations are trialing lessons from the book and we're ever so grateful. If you wish to trial some of these lessons please email Mark - mark@marklemessurier.com.au
What's the Buzz? A social skills enrichment programme for primary students
What's the Buzz? is a unique 16 lesson social skills enrichment programme designed to explicitly teach children how to think and relate socially.It is for children, who for all manner of reasons, struggle to make friends and fit in socially.
Current research reveals that teaching 'social thinking' to young people with social delay does improve children's ability to interact socially. Kids can learn these vital living skills through direct teaching, role-play practice and social games in the context of a small friendly group.
What's the Buzz with Teenagers?
This is the latest addition to the series, and Archie has grown up! He’s now about 14 years of age. Young teens are faced with a continually changing and complex social world which not only involves face-to-face action, but also online and social media interaction. What’s the Buzz with Teenagers? Is a practical and relevant program designed to explicitly teach young people, aged 12 to 15 years, the skills to maintain healthy relationships and good emotional health.
Raising Beaut Kids
Mark has written a new book with his dear friend and colleague, Bill Hansberry. With a little luck, it is due for release in September 2013.It's cookbook-styled, with each chapter offering a typical problematic scenario that parents often face at home with their children and teens - accompanied with the ingredients that fire things up!
Then we offer a Recipe rescue as a problem solver: a practical way to respond to kids when they serve up tricky behaviours. Our Recipe rescues are designed to help parents steer the behaviour of their kids (and their own behaviour) in more positive directions, within the context of building healthy relationships.
The book, "Raising Beaut Kids", is now out of stock and no longer available.
Parenting Tough Kids:
Simple Proven Strategies for Success
This latest release is bursting with ideas to improve behaviour, organisation, learning, friendship & emotion of all children. While the primary audience is for parents who experience difficulties with their children, the heart of the book is a healthy collection of real case studies and real suggestions useful to every mother and father. It is a book that delivers optimism and confidence in the company of a thoroughly "hands-on" approach.
Teaching Tough Kids:
Simple and proven strategies for student success
Teaching Tough Kids is written to enrich the ways we think and work with the kids the author affectionately refers to as
'Tough Kids'. They are complex kids who comprise at least 12% of our student population and find life tougher than most.
Indeed, managing their emotion and behaviour presents educators with a spectacular challenge in schools today, and
numbers are on the rise.