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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: 4098 days ago From GuidanceGroup global.duration: 54.30 Views: 35495 | Comments: 0       Play-2-Learn Dominoes on Empathy Counts Ages: 5-10. Play-2-Learn Dominoes on Empathy Counts teaches young people to understand the concept of empathy, to be empathetic, and to take positive actions towards others based on empathy, all while playing dominoes and having fun! There are four decks of cards, each covering a different aspect of players' lives: Friendship, Activities and Hobbies, At School, and All About Myself. It can be used by teachers and counselors in a school setting, parents at home, or therapists as play therapy. 2-5 players./nThis game is also part of the Play-to-Learn Dominoes Set. By Franklin Rubenstein, Ph.D./nwww.childswork.com Added: 4129 days ago From GuidanceGroup global.duration: 52.00 Views: 5945 | 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: 4153 days ago From GuidanceGroup global.duration: 46.30 Views: 2034 | Comments: 0       The You & Me Social Skills Board Game Ages 4-12. The You & Me Social Skills Board Game is a cooperative game that teaches day-to-day social skills and social awareness. Designed to help children become socially aware of the world they live in, as they build the social skills they need in everyday life: helping, sharing, being polite, cooperating, understanding different points of views, listening, following rules, acting assertively, and being a friend. Players work as a team, there are no individual winners. 2-6 players./nContents: 48 ACT cards 48 TALK cards 48 DRAW cards 2 Dice Sand Timer 100 Chips 6 Pawns Instructions/nThis board game is also part of The You & Me Social Skills Collection./nwww.childswork.com Added: 4153 days ago From GuidanceGroup global.duration: 60.53 Views: 8113 | 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: 4154 days ago From GuidanceGroup global.duration: 54.47 Views: 2147 | Comments: 0       Figure Me Out Board Game Ages 6-12. The Figure Me Out board game helps kids get to know each other. The game develops social skills by helping children learn to gather information about others and share information about themselves. Children take turns assuming the role of a reporter, getting to the bottom of a story by using Who, What, When, Where, and How questions to figure out what another player is thinking. These conversational skills are used to teach children how to begin and maintain an interesting conversation. A variety of topics (a hobby that interests me, a movie I saw recently, my favorite season, etc.) are used to generate ideas, or stories, for the players to figure out. The object of the game is to complete a full circuit of the game board and file your story by the deadline. Designed for children with Asperger Syndrome in mind. For 2-6 players./nContents: Game board Die 6 Pawns 48 Topic Cards 6 Question Cards 6 Card stands Second Chance Spinner Instructions/nThis product is also part of the Social Skills/Asperger's Syndrome Game Set. Added: 4158 days ago From GuidanceGroup global.duration: 47.73 Views: 3306 | Comments: 0       Friendship Farm Puzzle Games Set of 4 Ages 5-10. Friendship Farm Puzzle Games gives kids a new way to learn social skills, featuring "3 games in 1." Players start off laying out the 20 pieces of the puzzle, each with a question designed to stimulate social learning. As each question is answered, the piece is turned over an the players cooperatively form the colorful and engaging puzzle. When the puzzle is completed, players must search the pictures to find the animals on Friendship Farm who are socially appropriate. Created by game expert, Dr. Lawrence Shapiro, we know that kids will want to play these games again and again. The games are designed to be played in counseling sessions, in the classrooms, or at home. Each puzzle comes with its own instructions. Puzzles are 15" x 21" and made of sturdy cardboard designed for years of play. 1-6 players./nSet includes one each of the following puzzles:/nWho is Being Friendly? Friendship Farm Puzzle Game Who is Being Helpful? Friendship Farm Puzzle Game Who Is Following the Rules? Friendship Farm Puzzle Game Who is Being Responsible and Respectful? Friendship Farm Puzzle Game/nPuzzles also sold individually. Added: 4158 days ago From GuidanceGroup global.duration: 63.93 Views: 1811 | Comments: 0       The Helping, Sharing, and Caring Card Game Ages: 4-11. The Helping, Sharing and Caring card game is designed to teach children the importance of helping, sharing, and caring in a fun way. As they play, children learn to match the solution to the given problem. Example: a child sneezes; another child hands him a tissue. When a match is made, the player must tell why that particular behavior is important. The game is cooperative; all players win by helping each other solve the problems. When all of the problems have been solved, everyone wins! There are two levels of play for younger and older children. 2-4 players./nContents: 24 Problem Cards 24 Solution Cards Instructions/nThis card game is also part of The Helping, Sharing, and Caring Collection Added: 4158 days ago From GuidanceGroup global.duration: 53.30 Views: 1777 | Comments: 0       The Helping, Sharing, and Caring Workbook with CD Ages: 4-12. By Lisa M. Schab, LCSW with Richard A. Gardner, M.D. Containing more than 60 activities, games, and puzzles, this book helps to reinforce the social skills that are so important in making friends. Designed to help children learn, value, and practice altruistic attitudes and behaviors towards others and themselves. Children learn how their own caring thoughts and actions help to make their immediate world, and the world in general, a better place./nThis workbook is divided into eight areas: Kindness, Empathy, Good Manners, Sharing, Respecting Yourself, Safety and Health, Doing the Right Thing, and Helping Others. Each section of the book teaches the importance of the particular topic area, and specific ways to express this virtue through thoughts, words, and actions. Children are able to practice the concepts by completing simple activities, puzzles, and games./nThis workbook is 88-pages, spiral-bound, and includes a CD./nThis workbook is also part of The Helping, Sharing, and Caring Collection Added: 4158 days ago From GuidanceGroup global.duration: 49.47 Views: 1818 | Comments: 0       Let's Talk About Separation and Divorce Card Game Ages: 6 and Up. The Let's Talk about Separation and Divorce card game is designed to help foster a positive relationship between separated and divorced parents and their children. The more than 100 cards in this game are intended to give children the opportunity to express their feelings and to give parents a chance to model positive ways of thinking and feeling about separation and divorce. The cards are specifically written to help children focus on solutions to the problems created by separation or divorce rather than to complain or blame others./nThe card game will help children: Not to blame themselves Not to be caught in the middle of the parents' disagreements To have a positive self-image To cope with stress To be a good problem solver To see friends and family as a source of support To communicate feelings and accept the feelings of others/nContents: Over 100 Let's Talk...cards Spinner Instructions Added: 4158 days ago From GuidanceGroup global.duration: 50.10 Views: 2019 | 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: 4159 days ago From GuidanceGroup global.duration: 49.20 Views: 1972 | Comments: 0       Berenstain Bears: Visit Fun Park A ream of free ride tickets given to Mama at the supermarket prompts the Bear family to go to the amusement park. Brother boasts to friends and family that he'll fearlessly ride the legendary Thunderbolt roller coaster. However, when Brother sees how scary the ride actually is, he spends the rest of his day desperately trying to avoid it. The moment of reckoning for his boastful behavior comes as Brother is about to board the dreaded ride and backs out at the last moment. Added: 4221 days ago From GuidanceGroup global.duration: 179.29 Views: 2047 | Comments: 0 Ten Signs of Relationship Abuse Combining powerful interviews of battered and verbally abused teens with expert commentary, video delivers key facts about dating abuse. Emotional abuse includes isolation from friends, family, and outside activities; using insulting names or degrading terms; displaying jealousy and possessiveness; controlling a partner’s clothing choices and behavior; using excessive cell phone use to monitor behavior; and threatening self-harm to control behavior. Sexual and physical abuse includes extreme roughhousing; pushing, grabbing, restraining, and other violent behaviors that don't leave marks or bruises; touching a partner’s body in ways that make him/her feel uncomfortable; and making threats as a means of coercing a partner’s consent to sexual activity. Teen speakers and dating abuse experts offer helpful advice on how teens can get away from potentially unhealthy, dangerous relationships. Added: 4223 days ago From GuidanceGroup global.duration: 197.02 Views: 2325 | Comments: 0 PeaceTalks Handling Peer Pressure and Gangs Handling Peer Pressure and Gangs deals with a variety of issues concerning peer pressure, values and friendship, by examining why kids join cliques, groups and gangs. Teenagers are challenged to decide what they would do if a close friend wanted them to do something wrong, illegal, or dangerous, and are asked to examine the types of friendships they are making. The meanings of true friendship and the value of positive peer pressure are highlighted as ways to make good friends and stay out of trouble. Added: 4229 days ago From GuidanceGroup global.duration: 136.75 Views: 1569 | Comments: 0 Lookin' Out 4 U: Three Stories About Abusive Relationships Presenting an honest and graphic picture of dating abuse, this DVD tells the story of three young women who are caught in unhealthy relationships. Their boyfriends say they are acting out of love and concern, even as they subject the girls to accusations, putdowns, domination, and disrespect. Added: 4234 days ago From GuidanceGroup global.duration: 102.27 Views: 2304 | 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: 4234 days ago From GuidanceGroup global.duration: 155.07 Views: 1860 | Comments: 0 Maple Ave Jenny's Reasons: A Story About Teen Depression This program provides a haunting look at teen depression and family dynamics that surround it. Jenny is in the throes of clinical depression, unable to understand the reasons she feels so bad all the time. Deeply confused and desperately overwhelmed, she makes plans to end her life - plans that are ultimately thwarted when her best friend, Tanya, confronts her and shares a dark secret of her own. Added: 4234 days ago From GuidanceGroup global.duration: 108.84 Views: 2056 | Comments: 0 Maple Ave Loves Me Not: Dating Violence Focuses on dating/domestic violence from the point of view of a 17 year old deceased victim named Cari. Cari was relentlessly beaten by her boyfriend, Marcos and so viciously bullied by his friends after leaving him that she, ultimately, took her own life. Now Cari finds herself helplessly watching the same thing happen all over again to another girl, Sharon (Marcos’ new girlfriend). Added: 4234 days ago From GuidanceGroup global.duration: 129.58 Views: 1986 | Comments: 0 Maple Ave More Than This: Body Image Donnie turns to steroid abuse to help him "measure up" on the basketball court. Not long after, he finds his life slowly spinning our of control as his girlfriend, Angela tries in vain to help him kick his addiction. In the meantime, Angela is also struggling to convince her friends, Dara and Lucy, that, contrary to what they've read on the internet, anorexia and bulimia are not "lifestyle choices" but, instead, serious medical disorders. Added: 4234 days ago From GuidanceGroup global.duration: 116.16 Views: 2119 | Comments: 0 Maple Ave P.S. I Miss You: The Aftermath of Suicide After a year and a half, Tanya and her family are still trying to cope with the suicide of her older brother. During this time, Tanya has been coping by helping others, but gradually this proves not to be enough, and she turns to drinking to ease her pain (in between haunting dreams about her dead brother). Ultimately, things get out of control and her best friend, Jenny, intervenes to get her friend some much-needed help. Added: 4234 days ago From GuidanceGroup global.duration: 112.96 Views: 1841 | Comments: 0