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Mrs. Haynes Kindergarten Life Principles and Quotes

	Word of Week
1 Aug 15	Effort		Doing your best (Doing one’s best in an endeavor) No farmer ever plowed his field by turning it over in his mind. Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there. Take the t off can’t and say I can. Marva Collins No bees, no honey, no work no money. Excellence is a habit. The things you do the most are the things you do the best. ~UKA Fable: Tortise and the Hare
2 Aug 20	Loyalty	L	Be a good friend (Faithfulness to another) One for all and all for one. Three Muskateers The best way to have a friend is be one. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson Fable: Lion and the Mouse
3 Aug 27	Optimism	O	Look on bright side of things (An inclination to put the most favorable construction upon actions and happenings or to anticipate the best possible outcome.) Is the glass half empty or half full? How you think about a problem is more important than the problem itself – so always think positively – Norman Vincent Peale Fable: Madam Rhinoceros and the Dress
4 Sept 3	Gracious	G	Kind, polite, courteous, and giving Instead of poinging a finger we should hold out our hand~UKA Always have a smile on your face and laughter in your heart. ~UKA
5 Sept 10	Honesty	H	Telling the truth Let your "yes" be "yes" and your "no" be "no". Being honest means you actions match your words. ~unknown Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom – Thomas Jefferson If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything. ~Mark Twain Fable: The Shepherd and the Wolf, Pinckney p. 11
6 Sept 17	Temperance	T	Don’t go to extreme.(Moderation in action, thought, or feelings) It’s easier to leave angry words unspoken than to mend a heart those words have broken ~ unknown Fable: The King and His Hawk Children’s Book of Virtue page44
7 Sept 24	Perseverance	P	Keep trying (Ability to persist or continue striving to the end) The man who moves mountains begin by carrying away small stones. Never, never, never never, never,give up! ~ Winston Churchill A winner never quits and a quitter never wins. ~UKA Excellence is a habit. The things you do the most are the things you do the best. ~UKA Fable: Crow and the Pitcher
8 Oct 1	patriotism	A	Love and devotion to ones country Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country. ~John F. Kennedy
9 Oct 8	Determination	N	Decide to get something done no matter how hard. ( making a decision after firm condisderation of one’s character and actions It is a very funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best you often get it. ~ William Somerset Maugham. You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re to go to bed each evening with satisfaction. ~George Horace Lorimer What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog. Dwight D. Eisenhower The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person's determination. Tommy Lasorda Fable: The Little Red Hen
10 Oct 15	respect		Allowing myself and others to do our personal best. Do unto others as you would have them do into you ~Golden Rule Fable: The Bear and the Crow
11 Oct 22	manners	M	Words or actions to show you care about something or someone Politeness cost nothing and gains everything. ~unknown
12 Oct 29	Integrity	I	Do what is right (acting according to a sense of right and wrong) Quality means doing it right even if no one else is looking. ~Henry Ford
13 Nov 5	service	S	service – giving of one's time and energies to help others. Quote: Serving the needs of others is the light that brightens each day. ~Unknown Fable: The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
14 Nov 12	Forgiveness	F	Tell someone it is ok when they do something wrong (Act of forgiving for an offense; pardoning) The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything Bishop W C McGee
15 Nov 19	gratitude		Being thankful for things we have (feeling thankful for what you have or expressing thankfulness to others by letting them know through words and actions how they have venefited you. For today and its blessings, I owe an attitude of gratitude. Be thankful for what you have ~UKA
16 Nov 26	Responsibility	R	Make good choices (Making the choice to be reliable and dependable) Your life is determined by the choices you make Bill Rago Fable: The Young Rooster
17 Dec 3	compassionate	K	Help others. (a feeling of wanting to help those in misfortune. No act of kindness, however small is ever wasted. ~unknown One of the most difficult things to give away is kindness, for it is usually returned. Don’t find fault, find remedy! ~Henry Ford
18 Dec 10	Behavior	B	Way we act (way one conducts him/herself) Behavior is what one does, not what one feels, thinks, or believes.
19 Dec 17	Understanding	U	Share feelings for others (sharing feelings for another’s situation; being cooperative or mutually tolerant If we were suppose to talk more than we listen, we would have 2 mouths and 1 ear. Mark Twain
	Generosity		To give and share (willingness to give or share; unselfish) One of the most difficult things to give away is kindness, for it is usually returned Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out .~unknown Fable: The Fisherman and his Catch
20 Jan 7	citizenship	Z	Following rules of school, community and country (Behaving in a responsible manner as a citizen of a community.)
22 Jan 14	Courtesy	C	Using manners to show respect. Kindness is a language the deaf can hear and the blind can see. Mark Twain Fable: The Pelican and the Crane
23 Jan 21	Etiquette	E	Correct manners (socially correct behavior) Etiquette is behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely necessary
24 Jan 28	Sincerity	Y	Honest and truthful (honest of mind; the act of showing truthfulness) If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything. ~MarkTwain Put your creed in your deed. ~UKA A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds. English Proverb
25 Feb 4	Dedication	D	Really Care about something (devoted to a cause or purpose; a setting apart for a purpose) Dedication is not what others expect of you, it is what you can give to others
26 Feb 11	Virtue	V	Know what is right and acting in the right way Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it. ~unknown Fable: The Little Hero of Holland, Book of Virtues p 2
27 Feb 18	Justice	J	Being fair, right and upholding what is right Treat others as you wish to be treated. Fable: The Poor Old Dog
28 Feb 25	Flexibility	X	Be able to make changes (Ability to make adjustments or alter plans) Tis’ Better to bend than to break ~Chinese Proverb There’s an old saying: Erasers are for people who make errors. But a better saying. Erasers are for people willing to correct their mistakes. Fable: The Oak and the Reeds
29 Mar 3	Wisdom	W	Learn how to make good choices (Power of judging rightly based what you know, what you have done, and what you understanding,) I will study and get ready & maybe my chance will come. Abraham Lincoln
30 Mar 10	Curiosity	Q	Wonder why things happen (Desire to learn, to explore and to investigate Those who read succeed) He who asks a question is a fool for 5 minutes. He who does not ask a question is a fool forever. Chinese proverb The more you know, the less you fear. ~unknown Fable: The fox and the Grapes Recommended Book: Oh the Places You Will Go by Dr Suess
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32 Mar 24	patience	V_	Being able to wait calmly (ability to wait without becoming annoyed or upset. The key to everything is patience. You get the chickens by hatching the egg, not smashing it. Arnold H Glasow
33 Mar 31	Self discipline	Ck	Mind without being told (Ability to choose and control one’s own actions) Form good habits. They are as hard to break as bad ones. If we don’t discipline outselves, the world will do it for us.
34 Apr 7	Friendship	Sh	Caring for and trusting one another "A friend loves at all times." The Bible: Proverbs 17, 17. "A faithful friend is the medicine of life." – Apocrypha Fable: Lion and Mouse
35 Apr 14	enthusiasm	th	Excited about something ( being interested in something and excited about it. The sky’s the limit when your heart is in it. ~ Unknown Fable: Lobster and the Crab
36 Apr 21	Cooperation	Oo	Working together We must all live together as brothers or perish as fools. Dr. Martin Luther King Instead of pointing a finger, we should hold out our hand.~unknown Team Together Everyon Achieves More
37 Apr 28	Courage	v-e	Doing the right thing even if you are afraid (strength to act even when afraid or uncertain) If you are not afraid to face the music, you may be leader of the band Courage is doing what you’re afraid to do. There is no courage unless you’re scared—Eddie Rickenbacker If you find a path that does not have any obstacles, it probably doesn’t lead anywhere. ~unknown Fable: The Lobster and the Crab
38 May 5	Cheerful	ch	Happy (Glad, gay, joyful, bright and attractive It is easier to leave angry words unspoken, than mend a heart those words have broken.
39 May 12	leadership	Ar, or, er	Lead others (ability to lead, guide and direct othes) He that cannot obey cannot command. ~UKA
39 May 19	success	vccv	Finishing something (Satisfactory completion of something) If at first you don’t succeed, try try again. ~unknown Fable: The Camel Dances
	Accountability		To be responsibility for your own actions. Every pot must sit on his own bottom ~unknown Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. John Wooden