encouraging excellence in your child
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ENCOURAGING
EXCELLENCEWHAT YOU SAY WILL DEFINE YOUR CHILD
INTRODUCTION
Jessica Parnell
Bridgeway Academy
www.bridgewayacademy.com
Homeschooling Help
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Essential Learning Systems
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AREAS COVERED
Reticular Activating
System
Power of Focus
The Thoughts That
Define Us
Maximizing Potential
CHALLENGE
Take a moment to complete
this sentence…
When <name> becomes an
adult, I want him/her to be…
CHALLENGE
The one area in which I want
<name> to grow and
develop is . . .
DID YOU KNOW?
Your thinking about your
children and their future
either unlocks and amplifies
their potential or smothers it.
RETICULAR ACTIVATING
SYSTEM
Screens out what
you are not
interested in
Billions of bits of
information at any
given moment
Picks out only those
things that you are
interested in
RETICULAR ACTIVATING
SYSTEM
Screens out
outside noise
Information can
break through
the clutter
RETICULAR ACTIVATING
SYSTEM
Can shift focus
if something
significant to
you is
mentioned
RETICULAR ACTIVATING
SYSTEM
Becomes our
spotlight
drawing our
attention to
what we tell it
to notice.
LET’S TRY IT!
Test of your Reticular Activating System
RETICULAR ACTIVATING
SYSTEM
Draws you to
whatever you
deem important
Draws you to what
you are interested
in--good or bad
Programmed by
our beliefs
RETICULAR ACTIVATING
SYSTEM
Becomes our
spotlight
drawing our
attention to
what we tell it
to notice.
WHAT DOES THE BIBLE
SAY?
Finally brethren,
WHAT DOES THE BIBLE
SAY?
whatever things are true,
WHAT DOES THE BIBLE
SAY?
whatever things are noble
WHAT DOES THE BIBLE
SAY?
whatever things are just
WHAT DOES THE BIBLE
SAY?
whatever things are pure,
WHAT DOES THE BIBLE
SAY?
whatever things are lovely,
WHAT DOES THE BIBLE
SAY?
whatever things are of good
report,
WHAT DOES THE BIBLE
SAY?
if there is any virtue and
if there is anything praiseworthy-
WHAT DOES THE BIBLE
SAY?
think on these things.
Philippians 4:8
WHAT DOES THE BIBLE
SAY?
Summing it all up friends, I’d say you’ll
do best by filling your minds and
meditating on things true, noble,
reputable, authentic, compelling,
gracious -
The best, not the worst;
The beautiful, not the ugly;
Things to praise, not things to curse.
- Philippians 4:8 (MSG)
RETICULAR ACTIVATING
SYSTEMDo not judge anything
Obey commands
Respond to focus
Zero in on all areas of interest
including negative ones
Continually draw your
attention to what you think
most about
Put the subconscious mind on
the requests of the conscious
mind
CONSIDER THE IMPACT
In which
direction are
you sending
your child’s
reticular
activating
system?
DID YOU KNOW?
Your emotions have
the power to change
your brain.
DID YOU KNOW?
Our emotions leave a mark on
us and have the power to
make us who we are, to
influence how we think and to
determine what we accept and
do not accept.
DID YOU KNOW?
Mirror Neurons:
Your feelings have
the power to
change another’s
brain.
OUR CREATOR KNOWS US!
But encourage one another daily,
as long as it is called “Today,” so
that none of you may be
hardened by sin's deceitfulness.
Hebrews 3:13
OUR CREATOR KNOWS US!
Therefore encourage one another
and build each other up, just as in
fact you are doing.
I Thessalonians 5:11
OUR CREATOR KNOWS US!
Let no corrupting talk come out of
your mouths, but only such as is
good for building up, as fits the
occasion, that it may give grace to
those who hear.
Ephesians 4:29
OUR CREATOR KNOWS US!
Anxiety in a man's heart
weighs him down, but a
good word makes him
glad.Proverbs 12:25
OUR CREATOR KNOWS US!
The mouth of the
righteous is a fountain of
life, but the mouth of the wicked
conceals violence.
Proverbs 10:11
OUR CREATOR KNOWS US!
A word fitly spoken is like
apples of gold in a setting
of silver.
Proverbs 25:11
OUR CREATOR KNOWS US!
The tongue has the
power of life and death,
and those who love it will
eat its fruit.Proverbs 18:21
OUR CREATOR KNOWS US!
Likewise, the tongue is a small
part of the body, but it makes
great boasts. Consider what a
great forest is set on fire by
a small spark.
James 3:5
WHAT ARE YOU FEEDING
IT?
If junk goes in, junk will
come out.
If you are casual about
what you allow in, you
are gradually allowing
yourself to become
conformed to this world.
You become what you
think about most.
OUR SUBCONSCIOUS
THOUGHTAccepts
everything you
feed it
Makes no
judgements
No concept of
imaginary--
everything is
realitySource: Study conducted by the Wharton School of Business
IMPACT ON OUR
ATTITUDES90% of self-
talk is
negative
Problems
Self
CriticismsSource: Study conducted by the Wharton School of Business
Every thought moves you
towards your God-given
potential or away from it.
No thoughts are neutral.Tommy Newberry
The 4:8 Principle
Average person thinks 50,000 thoughts per day
And when those thoughts
are emotionally charged,
they become a command
to your subconscious
mind.
Average person thinks 50,000 thoughts per day
GUARD YOUR HEART
Guard your heart above all else,
for it determines the course of
your life.
Proverbs 4:23
WHY GUARD YOUR
HEART?
What you let into your heart
shapes what you believe, expect
and do.
For every effect in your life,
there is a thought or crop of
thoughts that are responsible. Tommy Newberry The 4:8 Principle
OUR CREATOR KNOWS US!
The good man out of the good
treasure of his heart brings forth
what is good; and the evil man out of
the evil treasure brings forth what is
evil; for his mouth speaks from
that which fills his heart.
Luke 6:43
NEGATIVE THINKING
Anxiety
Moodiness
Depression
Irritability
Sense of
Defeat
NEGATIVE THINKING
If a thought brings about worry, fear
or fatigue it is not from God.
“For God did not give us a spirit of
fear, but of power and of love and a
sound mind.” II Timothy 1:7
BANDS OF STEEL
Dwelling on the
Negative
Example: Two
Children
Begins with a
thread of an Idea
Bands of Steel
REPLACE WITH GOD’S
VIEWAffirm God’s great
plans and blessing for
the future
Feed your
subconscious or heart
with clear directions
for the future--as if you
were already there
Align your attitude with
your prayers in
advance
CONSIDER THE IMPACT
What are you
focusing on—
pointing out?
What is your child’s
subconscious doing
with/about that?
How does that
impact your child?
Why I’m a less than perfect
parent
Today’s parental shortcoming
involved
CONSIDER THE IMPACT
Kids with
confidence tend
to notice and stay
mindful of what
they do right,
instead of what
they do wrong.
CONSIDER THE IMPACT
When we see that
we’ve made
progress, even a
little, we want to
succeed even
more.
CONSIDER THE IMPACT
In life, there will
always be good
stuff and bad stuff.
Your life
experience though,
will be dominated
by what you
choose to focus
on.
CONSIDER THE IMPACT
Often we shut our eyes to
progress because we’re fixated
on perfection, which is a toxic
mental habit.
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HOW DO WE USE THIS
POWER OF THE BRAIN?Focus on the positive
Recognize that in
your children as
though they are
already there
Send a positive
command to your
child’s subconscious
every night
Philippians 4:8
CONSIDER THE IMPACT
CHALLENGE
Take a moment to complete
this sentence…
When <name> becomes an
adult, I want my child to
be…