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Activities for Building Character, Social Learning GR 1-2 Activities for Building Character & Social-Emotional Learning Grades 1-2. /nOne of the key components of the Grades 1–2 materials is teaching kids to get along. Teachers are encouraged to use classroom meetings (circle time) throughout the day to deal with misunderstandings, bullying, inappropriate language, and social conflicts that arise inside and outside the classroom. By doing so, a forum is created where students can share their feelings, as well as review, process, and discuss ways to positively resolve conflicts. The more than 100 lesson plans and activities give multiple opportunities to capitalize on the teachable moments./nKey concepts explored in the program:/nMe and my safe and caring school—how to be an Ambassador of Peace/nDiscovering our feelings—learning how to Stop, Think, Choose/nMy support system—caring for others and being a friend/nRespect yourself and others—using good manners or bad manners/nCaring about one another—helping to prevent bullying/nCooperation—how to team up for success/nGetting along with others—using conflict resolution skills/nThe power to choose—growing responsibility/nFollow your dreams—using my gifts and talents/nThis book is also part of the Activities for Building Character and Social-Emotional Learning Set. Added: 4094 days ago From GuidanceGroup global.duration: 54.30 Views: 35486 | Comments: 0       Play-2-Learn Dominoes on Bullywise Game By Franklin D. Rubenstein, Ph.D./nAges: 5-10. Play-2-Learn Dominoes on Bullywise is a new game, players have fun playing dominoes while learning how all kids can work to reduce bullying and violence. Before playing a domino, a player picks a card from one of the four decks and either answers a question or practices a skill. The cards turn the players into experts on bullying. They are called upon to give advice to targets of bullying, bystanders, and even the bullies. They also give advice on whether situations call for the aid of an adult. The Target Expert cards help players learn specific nonviolent steps that targets can take to reduce bullying. The Bystander Expert cards demonstrate the power of bystanders to reduce bullying and help players learn specific things that they can do to reduce bullying. The Bully Expert cards help bullies understand that they can achieve their goals of popularity and social status without resorting to bullying. The Getting Help cards give players guidelines about when kids should try to handle situations themselves and when going to an adult is essential. 2-5 players Added: 4129 days ago From GuidanceGroup global.duration: 40.47 Views: 3739 | Comments: 0       Stop Being So Mean! Board Game Ages: 5-10. Written by Max and Marcia Nass. Stop Being So Mean is a game of cooperation, children learn to recognize when they are being mean to others and how to stop it. They also learn how to respond when others are mean to them. The players work together as a team to gather more tokens than the Mean Dragon collects. As the players go around the game board, the Good Dragon gives them tokens and the Mean Dragon takes tokens away from them. No one knows whether "meanness" or "kindness" will win out until the game ends and the tokens are counted. By playing this adventure-filled game players will learn how to become caring and compassionate, respecting themselves, their friends, their family, and their environment. For 2-4 players./nContents: Game board 48 Stop Being So Mean! Cards 4 pawns Die Chips Instructions/nwww.childswork.com Added: 4149 days ago From GuidanceGroup global.duration: 46.30 Views: 2034 | Comments: 0       Roll A Role Series Ages: 6-10. Children learn new skills best when they can practice them in safe and fun situations. Series consists of three large Roll-A-Role cubes and five card games. Each card game has 2 decks of cards; one deck of cards focuses on "people," the other deck focuses on "situations." Each cube has a pocket in which to insert a card. Players roll the cubes and follow the instructions on the card that turns up. Players win points for using an appropriate "Positive Action" as outlined in the game. For 2-8 players./nSet includes one pack of 3 Cubes and 1 each of the following card games:/nA Game of Anger Managementl: Many children have problems controlling their anger and expressing it in appropriate ways. This game is designed to help children learn a variety of anger-control techniques by practicing them in common situations that often trigger inappropriate responses. Item # 389922 /nA Social Skills Game: Social skills are an important part of a child's emotional intelligence. This game is designed to help children learn a variety of friend-making skills. Item # 389925/nA Game of Non-Verbal Communication: Many children have difficulty reading nonverbal language. They may misread facial cues, posture, gestures, voice tone, or any other subtle aspects of nonverbal communication. This game is designed to help children pay more attention to the nonverbal aspects of communication. It is intended to help them be aware of both of their own nonverbal language, as well as nonverbal language used by others. Item # 389928/nA Bullying Prevention Game: Every day, countless children face bullies at school, on the playground, and in their neighborhoods. This game presents problems children commonly encounter and provides them with techniques to respond to those problems. Item # 389931/nA Good Behavior Game: This game is designed to teach children a range of positive behaviors that can be used with common situations that often trigger misbehavior. Item # 389934/nwww.childswork.com Added: 4150 days ago From GuidanceGroup global.duration: 54.47 Views: 2147 | Comments: 0       No More Bullies Board Game Ages 5-12. By Marcia and Max Nass. The No More Bullies board game is an entertaining and stimulating game that can help players learn how to handle bullies and stand up for themselves. Players will learn how to avoid being picked on, what to say to a bully, and who to talk to about the problem. Bullies will learn why they act the way they do and how they can handle their anger and frustrations without taking it out on someone else. This is a cooperative game in which all players must work together to get their possessions back from the bully, who has taken them. Players must also turn the "mean" bully on the board into a "reformed" bully - Mr. Nice Guy! - by covering him with puzzle pieces. 2-4 players./nContents: Game Board 28 Cool Off Cards 24 Talk About It Cards Die 8 Mr. Nice Guy Puzzle Pieces 4 Pawns 20 Possesion Cards (a ball and rope, a jacket, money, a watch, and a snack) Instructions/nThis board game is also part of the No More Bullies! Set. Added: 4154 days ago From GuidanceGroup global.duration: 46.21 Views: 4928 | Comments: 0       No More Teasing! Board Game Ages: 6-12. The No More Teasing game is designed to teach children 10 ways to deal with being teased including: using confident body language, avoiding teasers when you are alone, and learning what provokes teasing. In this game players will learn how to deal with teasing, while earning enough chips to attend the "classroom party" at the end of the game. Players read the Situation Cards and use the "10 Ways to Stop Teasing" listed on the game board to describe how they might react. A unique feature of the game is a CD of children making teasing comments that may be used in place of the Teasing Cards.For 2-6 players./nContents: Game Board 24 Situation Cards 24 Teasing Cards CD Die 100 Chips 6 Pawns Instructions Added: 4154 days ago From GuidanceGroup global.duration: 44.20 Views: 3425 | Comments: 0       Circle of Friends Board Game Ages: 5-12. Kids learn friendship-building skills such as listening, patience, and paying attention, and how to deal with various friendship issues such as teasing, bullies, jealousy, anger, and more. This game features a "small town" board where the friends live and socialize. The players are asked questions, and with the right answer, acquire new friends and Pop-it beads. When enough beads are collected to form a "circle of friends" around all players, everyone wins! For 2-6 players Added: 4155 days ago From GuidanceGroup global.duration: 49.20 Views: 1972 | Comments: 0       The Conflict Resolution Board Game Ages: 6-12.This imaginative game helps children deal with such day-to-day problems as teasing, protecting one's property, and handling arguments, as well as more serious problems like the bully, the drug pusher, the stranger, or the kid with a gun. Players lose turns when they don't respect someone's rights or refuse to mediate a problem, and are moved ahead when they help others solve problems or express their feelings. For 2-6 players. Added: 4155 days ago From GuidanceGroup global.duration: 56.53 Views: 1986 | Comments: 0       The Angry Monster Machine Board Game Ages: 5-10. The Angry Monster Machine board game shows how to teach Kids How to Express Anger. This game is designed to provide insight into both the root(s) of the problem and to introduce alternative coping mechanisms to deal with symptomatic anger. Each player learns to verbalize what makes him/her angry as the game progresses. In addition, normal conversation during the course of the game acts as a catalyst for the children to reveal the issues and conflicts that underlie their anger./nIn this game, each player uses a truck to cart a Play Doh monster to the Transforming Machine. The player then selects an adaptive way to transform the angry feelings and the Play Doh monster into something positive. The object is to be the first one to capture and transform four Angry Monsters. The players learn anger coping skills as they play. 2-4 players./nGame Board Die 12 Reader Transformer Cards 12 Non-Reader Transformer Cards 4 Trucks 4 Jars of Play Doh Angry Monster Maker Mold Instructions/nThis board game is also part of The Angry Monster Machine Bundle Added: 4156 days ago From GuidanceGroup global.duration: 51.04 Views: 4676 | Comments: 0       Kelly Bear Teaches About Bullying Children discover that bullying is not only physical intimidation and extortion, but teasing, gossiping and excluding. They learn why peers sometimes bully others, words to say and actions to take when confronted by a bully, and that the victim, bully, and bystander are all hurt by bullying behaviors. This DVD features the life-size green bear named Kelly, who serves as a hero and a teacher. Kids readily identify with the green bear who makes mistakes but keeps trying to do his best. Interactive songs highlight this program; songs include "Take Action" and "Bullies." This program is field-tested and proven effective. Added: 4217 days ago From GuidanceGroup global.duration: 115.58 Views: 1778 | Comments: 0 Stepping Up To Bullying Stepping Up to Bullying, the first installment in the series, Stepping On Up, presents age-appropriate encounters with bullying in a warm-hearted skit performed by Michael Pritchard and our lovable puppet characters. Our problem-solving format sparks student discussion in guided brain-storming sessions with Michael bringing his trademark insight and caring humor to the researched-based solutions. Added: 4219 days ago From GuidanceGroup global.duration: 82.99 Views: 1765 | Comments: 0 Stepping Up to Cyber Bullying & Web Safety This program deals with the growing and complex issues of cyber bullying and web safety in a warm-hearted, uproarious skit performed by Michael Pritchard and our lovable, zany puppet characters. Our problem-solving format sparks student discussion in guided brain-storming sessions with Michael bringing his trademark insight and caring humor to research-based solutions. Added: 4219 days ago From GuidanceGroup global.duration: 108.82 Views: 2179 | Comments: 0 The Assignment: Girls, Cliques, and Cruelty This edgy depiction of a cruel clique instantly draws viewers into the lives of four adolescent girls, as they scheme to humiliate another girl whom they consider unpopular. By enabling the audience to identify with both, the perpetrators and the victim, this program promotes empathy and provides a deeper understanding of bullying behavior. The leader's guide helps students and groups explore their attitudes about popularity, bullying, group exclusion, adolescent leadership, adult intervention, and cooperative solutions. Added: 4219 days ago From GuidanceGroup global.duration: 78.70 Views: 2667 | Comments: 0 Real Life Teens: Cyber Bullying This program talks directly to teens by real teens telling their own stories and experiences. It is designed to provoke thought and conversation amongst teens on difficult-to-discuss issues and show them that their problems and issues are shared by others. Added: 4223 days ago From GuidanceGroup global.duration: 135.91 Views: 1561 | Comments: 0 LifeSteps: Empathy, Caring, and Compassion Students explore the critical skills that make up empathy, the importance of compassion, and the moral imperative to help others in need- particularly the victims of bullying. Added: 4230 days ago From GuidanceGroup global.duration: 132.74 Views: 1743 | Comments: 0 Maple Ave Ghosts in the Hall This program focuses on teen bullying and the tragedies inherent when parents as well as their teens unfairly label one another. Jim has reached the edge of violence after being the victim of incessant bullying. Unfortunately, Jim's family doesn't help cope with his problems and things get progressively worse. In contrast, Jenny's family engages in healthy confrontation as they cope with their concerns following Jenny's period of depression. Added: 4230 days ago From GuidanceGroup global.duration: 86.53 Views: 1650 | Comments: 0 Maple Ave Hating Tami: A Look at Female Bullying Angela and her friends take every opportunity to make Tami's life miserable, even going so far as to pose as a boy interested in Tami on a social networking site. During the film, we meet Tami's and Angela's parents, which gives us insight into the girls' behavior and what life stressors they face. Added: 4230 days ago From GuidanceGroup global.duration: 155.07 Views: 1859 | Comments: 0 Kelly Bear Teaches About Bullying Children discover that bullying is not only physical intimidation and extortion, but teasing, gossiping and excluding. They learn why peers sometimes bully others, words to say and actions to take when confronted by a bully, and that the victim, bully, and bystander are all hurt by bullying behaviors. Added: 4232 days ago From GuidanceGroup global.duration: 115.58 Views: 1681 | Comments: 0 Bullying, Teasing and Put-Downs: What Victims Can Do This fast-paced program highlights real kids talking about what worked and didn't work as they attempted to deal with the effects upon them of bullying, teasing and put-downs. Their stories give other kids hope that change can be made and the bullying can stop. By raising important questions about bullies and their targets, this program provides tools kids need to handle bullying behavior in a safe and effective way. Interwoven throughout, is expert advice from counselors on what motivates a bully and why bullies target some people. Added: 4234 days ago From GuidanceGroup global.duration: 97.22 Views: 2011 | Comments: 0 CARL: A Program About the Consequences of Bullying and Teasi Carl is based on a true story of a young man who experiences years of bullying and teasing by classmates, family, and coworkers. The negative experiences that Carl faces in school, at home, and at work are explored, especially the cruel teasing by classmates. Carl expresses his pain in a class presentation, causing one classmate to regret not befriending Carl sooner. Other classmates continue to tease Carl after they've graduated and are working together in the community. In the end, Carl takes his own life. Viewers are compelled to examine their own reactions to people who may be different. Added: 4234 days ago From GuidanceGroup global.duration: 116.63 Views: 4547 | Comments: 0