Banking on your abilities...

How is it that I didn't know about community Time Banks until today? Using your own skills and abilities to help others, and then, in turn, you get to benefit from the skills and abilities of someone else. All hours of work are valued equally. Wow! Wonderful concept... great way to build community, and an innovative way to contribute, while getting a job done. What's great is that just about everyone can participate because everyone can do something... even if it's simply to keep someone else company for a while. Click here to learn more, and to see if there's a Time Bank program in your area (check out the short video on that site about Time Banking... the video was created entirely with Time Bank hours!).

The Can Do! Ability Survey

The new school year is about to start! Consider kicking it off by having your students complete a Can Do! Ability Survey. It's a great way for kids to start recognizing all the things they CAN do, as well as how they use their many abilities. Students can store their completed survey in their individual student portfolios, and then complete another copy of the survey again at the end of the school year. Students, parents, and teachers will have fun comparing the "before" and "after" surveys - seeing how students and their responses have changed and grown over the course of the school year, as they've learned new things, gained new perspectives.

You can find the free Can Do! Ability Survey by
clicking here - just download and print!