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Sophie’s Classroom: Changing Table and I Love You Rituals

How to Use Changing Table and I Love You Rituals in Sophie’s Classroom

Dr. Bailey designed I Love You Rituals as a playful means to promote optimal brain development, increase attention span, reduce hyperactivity, build self-esteem, amplify cooperation and facilitate language development. These transformative rituals can be enjoyed in an adult-child setting or between children, and are essential in early childhood classrooms.

I Love You Rituals are structured connecting activities that include eye contact, touch, presence and playfulness. They help ensure all children in your center receive the brain-building personal connection required for optimal growth.

Conduct your I Love You Rituals at the beginning of the day, during circle time, after transitions and on the diapering table. The diapering table is an especially helpful place to conduct these rituals because diapering is a personal experience many children resist. Hang the I Love You Ritual Posters above your changing table and conduct a quick ritual every time you change a child’s diaper. This ensures every child gets one-on-one contact every day and helps transform an often-resisted event into a cooperative, caring one.

I Love You Rituals are helpful for all children, but are particularly essential to fostering healthy connection and development when enjoyed with children with challenging behaviors, who are at-risk or who experience special needs. Schedule regular one-on-one I Love You Ritual time with children who call for help through difficult behaviors like aggression, tantrums or withdrawal.

Expose families to I Love You Rituals by conducting them at drop off and/or pick up. Conscious Discipline’s copyright policy also allows you to send these wonderful activities home to families by reprinting a ritual in your center’s newsletter when you also print a credit to the I Love You Rituals book and our website.

The I Love You Rituals book contains 75+ activities. Some of our top I Love You Rituals are featured on the I Love You Rituals Poster Set and the I Love You Rituals on a String. Music that supports the I Love You Rituals can be found on the Songs for I Love You Rituals CDs, Volumes 1 and 2.

Video Examples: Changing Table and I Love You Rituals in Sophie’s Classroom

Children with Special Needs: I Love You Rituals - Hot Dog with PreK Special Needs
Children with Special Needs: I Love You Rituals - PreK Special Needs Teacher Explains I Love You Rituals
Children with Special Needs: I Love You Rituals - Under the Blanket I Love You Ritual with Special Needs
Children with Special Needs: I Love You Rituals - Peter Peter with Special Needs
Younger Children: I Love You Rituals - Father and Baby at Home
Younger Children: I Love You Rituals - Your Guide For Meaningful Connections
Younger Children: I Love You Rituals - Round and Round the Garden with Dr. Becky Bailey
Younger Children: I Love You Rituals - I'm Hidden Under The Dome
Younger Children: I Love You Rituals - Flannel Board for Parents and Kids to Connect
Younger Children: I Love You Rituals - Humpty Dumpty
Younger Children: I Love You Rituals - Here's The Bunny with Toddler
Younger Children: I Love You Rituals - Here's The Bunny
Younger Children: I Love You Rituals - Dancing Hands
Younger Children: I Love You Rituals - Kindness Cream
Younger Children: Changing Table - Ready for Diaper Change Ritual
Younger Children: Changing Table - Diaper Change Routine by Matching the Cards
Younger Children: Changing Table - Georgie Porgie I Love You Ritual
Younger Children: Changing Table - Choice of I Love You Rituals
Younger Children: I Love You Rituals - Sister does I Love You Ritual with New Baby Sister
Younger Children: Safe Place - Diaper Change Ritual - Caretaker is not Attuned
Younger Children: I Love You Rituals - Here's The Bunny with a Boy