Kelso's Wheel

Mrs. B. Doing the Kelso!.mp4

Is it a Big problem or a small problem? Big problems are when you are not safe and you need an adult. Small problems are when you are safe - DO THE KELSO !

Kelso's wheel helps students solve problems using talking strategies and quiet strategies. With small problems, students should try a talking strategy and a quiet strategy.

Quiet strategies:

Go to another game
Walk away
Wait and cool off (try a regulation strategy like breathing or counting)
Ignore

Talking strategies:

Talk it out
Make a deal (use Rock, Paper, Scissors)
Tell them to stop (use I feel_____, when you______, I want_______.)
Apologize (use the 4 levels of apology)
Share & take turns

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Kelso Song

Cool Off (wipe back of hand across forehead),

Walk away (Walk in place),

Find another game to play (Pretend to shoot a basket)

Talk it over (Have two hands talk to each other)

Make a Deal (Have same hands shake each other)

C’Mon everybody do the Wheel (Keep hands clasped and move them in a circle in front of you at the same time you move your hips in a circle)

Do the Kelso (Clap,Clap), Do the Kelso (Clap,Clap)

Say your sorry ( Hands half way raised, palms up on your side, head tilted)

Tell them to stop (One hand straight out in front with a stop motion)

Take Turns (Turn in a circle)

Ignore a lot (Take one hand in front of face with palm toward face and move it down from top of head to below chin with a serious face)

Do the Kelso (Clap,Clap), Do the Kelso (Clap,Clap)

(When teaching the quiet Kelso strategies you can practice the chant with only body motions and mouthing words without sounds.)

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