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How do we address and nurture a child’s heart battling CONFLICT as the OFFENDER? Below we’ve recommended questions divided by school age to help you guide your child’s heart to humility and kindness.⠀ ⠀ Lower Elementary:⠀⠀ - What can you say about the wrong you did?⠀ - How should you seek forgiveness?⠀ - How will you act differently next time?⠀ ⠀ Upper Elementary:⠀⠀ - What should you have said/done differently?⠀ - Sometimes hurt people hurt other people. Tell me how your heart may be hurting right now.⠀ - What better choices can you make?⠀ ⠀ Middle School:⠀ - What does it mean to be slow to speak?⠀ - What was going on in your heart?⠀ - Have you ever been treated that way by someone else? How did it make you feel?⠀ - Have you ever delighted in evil? How can you change that?⠀ ⠀ ** Remember the nature of your own heart and ask for cleansing and a right spirit. Use the question(s) that you think are best for the uniqueness of your child. #ProbingTheHeart⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ #ForStudents #ForFamilies #ForTheKingdom
"What hope do we have? Apparently, great hope! Take heart for He has overcome the world. What a glorious truth! Amid our tribulation and declining culture, we are comforted that our God has overcome - not will overcome but has overcome - the world.   So, take heart, we are in a season to rejoice! We are to remember that the perfect lamb of God bore our sins and imputed to us His righteousness. He conquered death, and He rose from the dead and secured our eternal freedom. Therefore, let us live as a people who are free: free from the bondage of slavery, free from the delusion that counterfeit glories can satisfy, and free to love our enemies as ourselves.   Let us live according to our calling, pursuing the glory of God, the restoration of the global church, and the liberation of the captives." - David Goodrich, Middle School Principal  Continue reading more on the Perimeter School blog by searching “How Darkness Turns to Light" on our site. 
Developing strong visual skills helps your child with increased memory, processing, and spatial awareness - all essential skills for your child’s success! ⠀ ⠀ A fun activity to build these skills is to play memory games by showing your child a row of 3 - 4 objects on a table. Have your child close their eyes, mix up the items, and have your child arrange them in their original position. You can use anything from canned goods, colored markers, and small toys. ⠀ ⠀ Most kids can remember the amount of items equivalent to their age.   Once he or she masters remembering a set number of items, challenge them by increasing the amount of objects!   Parent’s you can try it too, but know that you aren’t expected to remember the number equivalent to your age.
Sarah, Perimeter School class of 2008, co-owns @StipeStudio, a film/ television and performance studio here in Atlanta.⠀ ⠀ "I am eternally grateful to Perimeter for giving me my spiritual foundation. I would give anything to attend my Bible classes again!⠀ ⠀ Perimeter also cultivated an environment that encouraged my developing creative skills. I was able to perform unique numbers at the talent shows, dress in fun costumes for the Arts Festival, and perform in some really exciting musicals. The creative avenue I was given at Perimeter School gave me the foundation and confidence I needed that I carry with me in the field today!⠀ ⠀ Perimeter also taught me how to be intentional. My favorite thing about what I do now is the impact I get to have on our students. I have the opportunity to direct short films, musicals and teach one-on-one voice lessons. I love how these opportunities allow me to invest in the younger generation to help them grow in their skills and encourage them as a performer and as a child of God." - Sarah Stipe
How do we address and nurture a child’s heart battling #CONFLICT as the OFFENDED party? Below we’ve recommended questions divided by school age to help you guide your child’s heart to forgiveness. Lower Elementary:⠀⠀ - You are angry and hurt about how you were treated. How can God help you? - What would you want those who hurt you to understand about how you feel? - How can I help you talk to them? Upper Elementary: - How are you going to find forgiveness for them? - How did you respond to what they said? - How can I help you to talk to them? - Have you in any way offended this person? Middle School: - Can you describe anything you might have done to prompt the way you were treated? - What is the history of your relationship? How does it explain how you feel? - How can you give a blessing to the people who have done wrong to you? *** Remember the nature of your own heart and ask for cleansing and a right spirit. Use the question(s) that you think are best for the uniqueness of your child. #ProbingTheHeart #ForStudents #ForFamilies #ForTheKingdom⠀⠀
“Because the world is fallen, pain is inevitable. Yet Perimeter School provides one of the safest, most beautiful environments in which to navigate suffering. ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ Ultimately, the only real peace is found in the hope that comes from Jesus, but it is comforting to know that there is a community ready and waiting to carry the load when things become too heavy.” - Tiffany Moody, Perimeter School Mom⠀ ⠀ Continue reading more on the Perimeter School equipping blog by searching “How To Bear One Another’s Burden’s” on our site.
Both sides of the brain communicate across a mass of tissue called the corpus callosum. The left and right sides have different yet significant roles, and it’s important for both sides to communicate with each other across the corpus callosum. This communication process is called “crossing the midline.” You can strengthen the brain’s ability of “crossing the midline” by physically doing exactly what it sounds like. By using your left hand to grab something on the right side and visa-versa, your brain is developing this skill. Work on this at home by cutting a slit in the top of a jar and placing pennies through a slit in the top of a jar. Place the jar to the far right/left side and have your child use opposite hand to place a penny in the jar. This is a simple activity to strengthen a child’s fine motor skills while simultaneously working on crossing the midline. #LearningThroughPlay
Jonathan, Perimeter School Class of 2001, currently works in Memphis, Tennessee as the Senior Manager of Programs at @AdvanceMemphis. Advance Memphis is a workforce development agency on a mission to empower adults in South Memphis to break cycles of unemployment, establish economic stability, reconcile relationships, and restore dignity through knowledge, resources, and skills by the power of Jesus Christ.⠀ ⠀ “I believe that my values were profoundly influenced by my time at Perimeter School and the Biblical foundation I received. Jay Varner and his 6th grade Bible class had such an impact on my life because of his intentionality and the way that he brought the Bible to life. Also, Steve Bennett’s science class gave me a love for science and a healthy appreciation for the world around me.⠀ ⠀ I work to minister among my people. We mentor, educate, and share the beauty of the African American culture and extend the great invitation into the Kingdom of God that we all have through Jesus Christ.” - Jonathan Adam
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