Sometimes a book can change a heart.
From teaching tips and parental strategies, to anti-bullying activities and games, these ideas offer great inspiration to help kids stand up to bullying!
Need Wonder activities for your classroom or home school Wonder teaching resources? We have Wonder lesson plans, Wonder worksheets, and more ideas for book projects, kindness activities for middle school, and diversity lessons to make a great study unit for students using both the novel by RJ Palacio and teaching with movies (including the popular precepts project!).
Simple, yet effective social responsibility strategies you can try today to teach kids to be more responsible, make good choices and set attainable goals.
Use these 35+ Books to Teach Rules and Procedures for the classroom. Helpful for any teacher. Combat blurting out, tattling, lying, stealing, and bullying.
Learning how to treat others with respect is a huge part of growing up. Use this worksheet to help guide a discussion of what buddies do and what bullies do
Need Wonder activities for your classroom or home school Wonder teaching resources? We have Wonder lesson plans, Wonder worksheets, and more ideas for book projects, kindness activities for middle school, and diversity lessons to make a great study unit for students using both the novel by RJ Palacio and teaching with movies (including the popular precepts project!).
Make learning fun with these anti-bully bracelets. It includes 22 anti-bully bracelet templates to use with your anti-bullying campaign or lessons. Not only will kids love wearing these at school, but they will also communicate to parents what we are learning. This resource was created by Nikki and ...
Educating kids about bullying. Book based lessons and art activity for the book "The Hundred Dresses".
10 technology themed read aloud books for tech inspired lessons. Digital citizenship, online safety, powering down, cyber-bullying, cyber-safety, 3D printing, coding, evaluating websites and technology moderation are all topics covered.
I think we have all seen the benefits recess has for kids. However, the playground can also be a source of conflict. Books can help! Here are some of my favorite recess books for kids. These include stories about handling bullies, finding a friend, following the rules, cold weather, and learning to get along.
Do you need a hands-on, sensory lesson to teach about kind words? You will love this! Perfect for preschool, kindergarten, and even older kids! Also part of the Virtual Book Club for Kids!
The picture book One by Kathryn Otoshi has a simple yet powerful anti-bullying message. While it's appropriate for younger kids, the concepts are a little abstract. Here is an activity box that children can use to retell
Teachers can use these 15 friendship books and videos for the classroom to teach kids friendship skills: how to make friends and how to be a good friend.
Have you ever had a student like Pete from The Juice Box Bully? I have! Here are some activities I paired with this story to help my classroom situation.
These It's Okay to be Different activities help elementary teachers create a bulletin board display featuring students' writing and crafts.
There are many Cliches in my school. The main four are the Jock, the Popular Girls, the Bullies, and the Nerds. Of course, I had to fall in the worst category possible- the Nerds and Him the bullies. Rightfully married to @chunnie_Mymag1c
As Spring Break approaches, I find that my fifth graders are in need of some reminders as to what it means to be kind to each other. In general, they are sweet kids, but at times the words they use and actions they take, particularly on the playground, aren't the kindest. Our read aloud for the month is Wonder by RJ Palacio so the theme of kindness fit right into our room. It just so happens that a new book, We're All Wonders by RJ Palacio, a picture book intended for younger readers to access the story, came out this week as well. So the timing was perfect. (the two links above are my affiliate links and will take you to Amazon to buy the books.) I began by asking the students what kindness is. We brainstormed a list of ideas and created an anchor chart. Then I read the picture book to the students. Because we had just finished Wonder, they were so excited to read this new version. When we finished, I asked the kids to think of all the ways, in both the picture book and the novel, that people were not very kind to Auggie (the main character). The kids were able to fill our entire circle map in no time. It was easy to recall how people would scream in his face, recoiling at the way he looked. They remembered the names Auggie was called and the no-touching game that was played. The instantly told me about all the awful things that happened to him. I then asked the kids to brainstorm ways that, if they were in the novel with Auggie, they could be kinder to him. Again, they had no problem thinking of ways they could be kind to Auggie. Next, I asked the students to think about their own real life. I asked them to reflect upon how they personally treat others and how they personally could make better choices when speaking to others. Here is where things got a little challenging. You see, when students are talking about fictional characters, or reading news stories about OTHER kids they don't know being treated unfairly or unkindly, they know exactly what they would do if they were there. Because they aren't there. They know they never will be there. But when confronted with their own lives, and real possibilities for what they would have to do to step in or change situations, it is a bit harder for them. So I asked them to brainstorm 15 different ways they PERSONALLY could show kindness to our classmates. (I drew a lot of inspiration for this next part from Study All Knight's FREE Kindness unit, which you can grab here.) The students then used tempra paint and painted 15 (or so) rainbow sunshine rays. They also drew their own Wonder-Inspired portrait. (I have previously done this before, but had them focus on precepts and writing....if you would like to do that, click here. It is one of my fav lessons too!) The students then glued their Wonder portraits into the middle of the rays, used Sharpie to outline and write the 15 ways they could show real kindness in their lives (one way per ray) and were done. They came out amazing. (See the picture at the top of the post!) What is better though, is that the past two days, my students are actively trying to be kinder to each other. They are watching their words. I have seen people purposefully go up to those who tend to wander during group time and invite them into the group. I have seen students smile at others just a bit more. It truly has been a Wonder. Right now, for a limited time, Amazon has the book available for $3.99!!! Snag up to 4 copies at that price. Use my affiliate link here to get your copy ASAP before they are all gone!! SaveSave
15 empathy books and videos for the classroom to teach kids about empathy, compassion, inclusion, and community. Use these social awareness books and videos during social-emotional learning lessons.
Bullying seems to be a pervasive problem in every school. Sometimes it seems that no matter what we do, the problem continues or gets worse. One effective way I found to deal with bullying, is to address it head-on using different picture books. Not only are the books engaging and entertaining, they also simply lay out what bullying looks like and how it makes the other person feel. I found that books on bullying helped to build empathy among my students. I'm going to list 10 of my favorite books on bullying that you (probably) haven't heard of, and 10 we all know and love.
Do you use visuals in your classroom? Visuals support students understand what you are trying to teach them. They encourage students to associate pieces of information with visuals. Visual learning helps you to store information for a longer period of time. It is said that videos and images are directly processed by long term memory. The visual ... Read More about Classroom Visuals
La felicidad de nuestros hijos: Guía para ejercer una paternidad responsable (Clave) : Dyer,Wayne: Amazon.es: Libros
Un libro que muestra a través de solapas y de viñetas muy divertidas la importancia de ser amables con quienes nos rodean, en una etapa en la que los pequeños empiezan a descubrir que los demás también tienen sentimientos.
Discover the secret weapon in classroom management: story time! Learn how books can foster positive behavior in this post.
Raise bully proof kids who are healthy at home and strong in the world with this simple, yet controversial parenting lesson.
There has been a lot of talk about bullying the past few years. Kids are being taught strategies for what to do when bullying comes to play in their lives. One very good visual is to read the book Chrysanthemum. I love this book because it shows that mean words can and do hurt. They hurt hearts. As Chrysanthemum enters school she is bullied by classmates about her name. As I read the book to the class, I pass around a large paper heart. Everytime one of the characters in the book makes fun of Chrysanthemum, the kids take turns crumpling up the paper heart. As it turns out, at the end of the story Chrysanthemums teacher has an interesting name as well. She announces that she might name her child Chrysanthemum! The other characters stop bullying Chrysanthemum! In class we try to smooth out the crumpled heart, but it never is quite the same. I let the kids put bandaids on the heart and hang it up as a yearlong visual to the importance of using kind words!!
Disney movies have some very deep lessons to teach kids. Zootopia lesson plans are perfect for teaching kids about bias vs. sterotypes.
Howdy! Welcome back! Today we read one of my favorite beginning of the year books, Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes. It has become a fav of...
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Need Wonder activities for your classroom or home school Wonder teaching resources? We have Wonder lesson plans, Wonder worksheets, and more ideas for book projects, kindness activities for middle school, and diversity lessons to make a great study unit for students using both the novel by RJ Palacio and teaching with movies (including the popular precepts project!).
Spreading the message that everyone fits in and is accepted is an important part of any program, whether you are working with children or young adults. This DIY puzzle idea is a great way for you to let your group … Read More
Teaching children to get in the habit of doing kind things and paying it forward helps build a better future and can change our world.
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Howdy! Welcome back! Today we read one of my favorite beginning of the year books, Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes. It has become a fav of...
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