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Chicken Nugget #1--Is Everyone Ready for Fun? "BOOKS! BOOKS! BOOKS!"
Intro
Chicken Brains, Chicken Power, Chicken Guts--BIG Chickens
Books--Go to the LIBRARY
Build Community, Problem Solve, Develop Stress-Hardinees
Chicken Cheeks-sit on yours
Too Many Frogs--Heart Talk/I-Messages--"Love to Listen! Well Done! Toodle-oo!"
Chicken Little--Have a Plan!
One participant asked about books for 4 years? Try ELEPHANT AND PIGGIE Books by Mo Willems!
Chicken Nugget #2--Priority on "Processing"
student created books
1) hotdog fold, hamburger fold, taco fold, cut on the four lines "of the top" flap
2) hamburger fold-glue together, pop-up variation--send home for comments/family sharing
3) composition--journaling--Small as an Elephant, Wonder, and The One and Only Ivan
pair share, chit chat--triangle/chimes gathering the group back to whole group
Chicken Nugget #3--The Games People Play
Topple--balance
Target--how close are you? How can you achieve "bull's eye?"
Marbles--choices/consequences
Sand/strainer--gotta let the problems go . . .
Play "Classroom Scavenger Hunt" to practice fun with responsibility. p.155 Child Support Small Group Counseling Resource
Look for a pencil, crayon, scissors, tissue, and jacket.
Select a student to find each.
Celebrate job well done--turn around 3 times, shake a hand of another kindergarten friend, sit down
Bowling for Butterflies--children are butterflies, sticking to one spot on their chicken cheeks. Two players roll an exercise ball back and forth to "bowl for butterflies." Butterflies do "plank" when they get knocked down. I get knocked down, but I get up again (and am stronger for it)!
Chicken Nugget #4--"Pick-a-litte, talk-a-little, Pick-a-litte, talk-a-little, CHEEP, CHEEP, CHEEP, talk-a-lot, pick-a-little more!"--Songs, Chants, Cheers
Chicken Dance--flap your wings!
C-H-I-C-K-E-N song
_________ has a __________ on her head! Laurie Berkner-Laurie has a pig on her head!
If You're Happy and You Know It Shout _______________
(Red Ribbon Week, I am responsible!)
There are No Bananas in the Sky-like "head shoulders knees and toes," children are quiet at the end of the song and they're ready to work!
Habit 1--(show muscle) BE PROACTIVE
Habit 2--BEEgin with the END in MIND
Habit 4--Not Your Way, Not My Way, OUR WAY
Habit 6--It takes you, it takes me, WORKING TOGETHER--SYNERGY
Chicken Nugget #5--Visual Learning--Can't You Just See It?
Props, hats, "kits," Story Souvenirs, Puppets
Magic Wand--problem solving, don't HAVE a magic wand. The magic is listening and solving the problem together.
slinky--scare-o-meter
Todd Parr Feelings Flash Cards
triangle/chimes
Format for sharing: Bumblebees, hero sandwich, fish bowl with fish
Chicken Hat--Oriental Trading $6.75. #FC-26/2620
Frog Hat--stuffed animal glued to headband
Listening Kit--ears, heart, hands, eyes, brain, no mouth--mouth resting
Animal Friends Bag
Leadership Booklet
Breathing Toolbox-also like having a magic wand
Nose/Eyebrows/Moustache Glasses--The President Goes to School
band-aids--apologies
pinwheels & bubbles--breathing
smiley stamper--"thanks for making me smile"
crayons--Be yourself! Encourage others to make the world a better place in the way only they can do it! "Little Boy Went First Day of School"
Grover, Little Red Hen, Henry the Bat--Practice problem solving, talking, i-Messaging the stuffed animal/puppet
21st Century Chicken Nugget #6
Student Created Videos
video clips--if a picture's worth a 1000 words, what is the value of a video?
Finding Nemo's Peach "Find a Happy Place" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUHvB6vH-xU
You're a Shining Star--Earth, Wind, Fire
baseball player/incredible hulk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vNjMCbzOsM
Sesame Street "What I Am" (Will.i.am) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyVzjoj96vs
Belly Breathe (Common and Colbie Caillat) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mZbzDOpylA,
Don't Give Up (Bruno Mars) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWp6kkz-pnQ
Chicken Nugget #7--Together is Better
Build Relationships--Seek First to Understand--Interrupting Chicken
Ask Questions (Diane Senn's Resources)
Keep on Keeping On
Chicken Nugget #8--Chicken Power
Surfer Chick--CHOOSE Courage
You never know who is watching . . .
"Life is Short and So Am I"
How You Live Your Dash
highest compliment -- http://vitamindb.blogspot.com/2012_10_01_archive.html -- Wednesday, October 17, 2012
I want my life . . . To make a difference.
I want my life . . . To make a change.
I want my life . . . To do some good here.
I want my life . . . To make a change.
Rachel Kurtz
"Be the change"--Gandhi
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