OPENING HEARTS
Fourth International SEAL Conference in Argentina - February 15-16-17, 2002

Mónica Méndez Arias

An English teacher since 1964 (including 26 years in Belgrano Day School) Mónica has thirty four years experience of teaching young children. In addition, she is a formally trained Self Esteem Practitioner by Robert Reasoner.

In fact it was in one of her classes that Verónica de Andrés began the initial experiences in the subject, and since 1993 Mónica has been putting ideas into practice. She has been an active SEAL member for more than seven years having participated in Conferences in the UK and Argentina.

A Sip of Self-Esteem

Let's sample a variety of self-esteem activities in the classroom: Including:

• Expressing our daily feelings. Why do we feel like that?
• "Friendly Deeds Copybook" - What is it for?
• Writing from the soul - Samples
• Results from "Building self-esteem in the classroom", Bob Reasoner's folder -Samples.
• Positive thoughts - Letter-box
• Activity: Write a message to a friend.