May's character word is Acceptance. Some other words that have similar meanings are tolerance, patience, understanding and respect. When you are accepting you can cope with some change and it can lead to strong friendships with others. Acceptance can also refer to getting along with others. It means that you are willing to recognize and respect the beliefs and practices of others and that you treat them with respect, kindness and understanding. Check out the Acceptance Activities page for ideas of things to do this month.
In April we are going to visit several different character traits that can be helpful when thinking of future careers. We often think of "what are we going to do at our job" and what skills are necessary to be a vet or a pilot or a teacher or a truck driver or a professional wrestler or even an engineer. We think about math and science and reading and more specific knowledge-based skills we will need to be successful. However, research has shown that there are other skills that are just as important, but often not taught or thought about. Sometimes these are referred to as people skills or soft skills. These are the social-emotional skills that help us work with others, be self-motivated, and be dependable workers. These are things that we have been discussing and practicing during our classroom counseling times and our monthly character words that have been on the bulletin boards and announcements. Thanks to The Learning Tree providing a free subscription for the next couple of months, I have some short videos and activities that you can do with your whole family. These are being sent via Class Dojo.
Character Trait words are Hope, Curiosity, Teamwork, Respect, Perseverance, and Integrity.
The month of March, we are focusing on fairness. Some other words that fit with fairness are: equity, patience, taking turns, and following the rules.
Here are some links to activities that you can do with your kids
https://www.storylineonline.net/ This link allows you to listen to someone read books out loud. Choose two and compare and contrast the characters' levels of fairness.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyBlX2XkMbY this is the story of Horton the Elephant - listen and then discuss the following questions:
1 - why did Horton agree to watch over the egg?
2 - how did Horton feel when Maizie didn't come back?
3 - how did Horton feel when his friends made fun of him?
4 - what are three problems Horton had to cope with that weren't any fun?
5 - do you think the ending of the book was fair for Horton? Why or why not?
Crisis and/or trauma can have an adverse effect on our children - however, there are things that can be done to help them increase their resilience (or ability to cope with events). Below are 15 suggested activities that they can do.
https://www.storylineonline.net/ This link allows you to listen to someone read books out loud. Choose two and compare and contrast the characters' levels of fairness.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyBlX2XkMbY this is the story of Horton the Elephant - listen and then discuss the following questions:
1 - why did Horton agree to watch over the egg?
2 - how did Horton feel when Maizie didn't come back?
3 - how did Horton feel when his friends made fun of him?
4 - what are three problems Horton had to cope with that weren't any fun?
5 - do you think the ending of the book was fair for Horton? Why or why not?
Crisis and/or trauma can have an adverse effect on our children - however, there are things that can be done to help them increase their resilience (or ability to cope with events). Below are 15 suggested activities that they can do.
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During our classroom guidance lessons, we have been working on learning how to solve problems. Big problems are things that are dangerous and risky and need to have an adult's help. Little problems are things that children can work to solve on their own. There are four steps in our problem-solving steps that all children K-5 have been discussing:
S - say the problem (without blame)
T - think of possible solutions
E - explore the consequences (what could happen next)
P - pick your plan
Below are grade level family-child activities that you can do to review the problem solving steps and apply them to things that might be happening in your home over the next few weeks.
S - say the problem (without blame)
T - think of possible solutions
E - explore the consequences (what could happen next)
P - pick your plan
Below are grade level family-child activities that you can do to review the problem solving steps and apply them to things that might be happening in your home over the next few weeks.
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