Lil Dragons

We use a Love-Based approach to instruction!

Welcome! Diane Reeve instructs her teachers on the importance of just saying yes.

Whenever a child tries their best, they are rewarded with praise, stickers, patches and often even applause. Instructors are trained to always speak in the affirmative, and thus we call ourselves a "Love-Based" program. We want the children to feel successful and confident every time they attend class.

The Lil Dragons program is one the rare formats in which a child may develop holistically, or as a martial artist would say, using the mind, body and spirit.

The National Organization for the Education of Young Children, based in Washington, D.C., has defined the most important levels of learning in child development as follows:

1. Physical
2. Emotional
3. Social
4. Cognitive
5. Meta cognitive
6. Creative
7. Moral

The Lil Dragons program incorporates all seven levels of child development! This is very special. In teaching these lesson plans, you will be contributing to the development and growth of the "whole child." There is no greater gift you could give your children or yourself!

• Speak in the Affirmative: Avoid using the word "no." Instead, rephrase a negative, and the say the same thing in a positive way. Example: "Johnny, it is time to listen now, okay? "opposed to, "Johnny, you’re not listening." Avoid using negative phrases, even when you are disciplining the student.
• Ask Questions: By asking a question, the child becomes part of the discipline by having to answer the question. Example: "Johnny is that what we are supposed to be doing right now?" As opposed to "Johnny, stop it, that's not what we're doing."
• Motivate through Praise: Use uplifting phrases to stimulate your students. Example: "Wow, Johnny, you are getting better and better every time I see you!" or "Johnny, you trying so hard today. Give me a high five!" As opposed to "That kick's not good enough yet."
• Make a Agreement: Make the student part of the discipline process. Have the child agree that if the misbehavior occurs again, the child will be responsible for completing a project or spending "time out" thinking.

Example:

"Johnny, if you fall on the ground one more time, you will have a time-out. Do you understand?" (Johnny nods, then you repeat the agreement.) "Okay, so next time you fall on the ground, you will have a time-out, right?" In this way, the children understand that there are consequences that they have agreed to, and if the time comes for a time-out, they are not surprised because they have willingly participated in their own discipline.

So make S.A.M.M. your buddy when working with kids!

1. Warm up and stretching: Teaches a lifetime of physical fitness
2. Tae Kwon Do techniques.
3. Self-defense: Featuring Stranger Danger and "How to Defeat a Bully Without Fighting."
4. Cardio/karate fun: in a specialty obstacle course which incorporates hand/eye coordination skills and tumbling, or Kata/Sparring training for higher belts.
5. Word of the week: Character development and positive life skills.

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