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Throughout the school year, Partin students are learning important social-emotional and life skills through the Overcoming Obstacles curriculum. These lessons focus on skills like cooperation, responsibility, respect, integrity, kindness, perseverance, conflict resolution and more.
Our PTA Social-Emotional Learning Challenge gives families a simple way to continue those lessons at home, while giving students a fun way to show what they’ve learned.
🤝 September’s SEL Theme: COOPERATION
🤝 September’s SEL Theme: COOPERATION
What is cooperation?
What is cooperation?
Cooperation means listening, sharing ideas, taking turns, helping one another and working together toward a common goal.
Learning to cooperate helps children build stronger relationships, become better teammates, solve problems together and understand that everyone can contribute something valuable.
💬 Talk About It at Home
💬 Talk About It at Home
Try working some of these questions naturally into your conversations:
What makes someone a good teammate?
When did you work together with someone today?
How does it feel when someone really listens to your ideas?
What can you do when you and someone else have different ideas?
What is something that’s easier when we work together?
There aren’t necessarily right or wrong answers. The goal is simply to get kids talking and thinking about cooperation.
🏠 Practice Cooperation at Home
🏠 Practice Cooperation at Home
Everyday family life provides plenty of opportunities to practice!
Work Together
Work Together
Complete a chore or family project together instead of dividing everything into individual jobs.
Play Together
Play Together
Choose a game that encourages teamwork, listening and taking turns.
Listen to Different Ideas
Listen to Different Ideas
Encourage your child to listen to another person’s idea before sharing their own.
Solve Problems Together
Solve Problems Together
When a disagreement happens, ask: “How can we work together to solve this?”
⭐ Celebrate Cooperation
⭐ Celebrate Cooperation
Notice it when it happens!
Try saying:
“I noticed how you listened to everyone’s ideas.”
“You two worked together to figure that out!”
“Thank you for helping without being asked.”
“That was great teamwork.”
Recognizing the behavior helps children understand exactly what cooperation looks like in real life.
Don't Forget to Turn in Your Completed Coloring Page!
Don't Forget to Turn in Your Completed Coloring Page!
All Stars: Color your page, write your name AND teacher’s name, and drop it in the PTA Coloring Challenge Box in the front office!
Students who complete and turn in all 8 coloring pages throughout the school year will earn an invitation to a special Kelly’s Homemade Ice Cream Party at the end of the year!
Partin PTA’s Social-Emotional Learning Challenge supports and extends the Overcoming Obstacles curriculum used at Partin Elementary School. Learn more at OvercomingObstacles.org.
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