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The worksheet presented is a practical tool aimed at developing conflict resolution skills by exploring various strategies. Under the title “Conflict Resolution Strategies,” the directions at the top instruct users to contemplate a personal conflict and determine the most applicable strategy for resolution, also questioning why a particular approach is favored. This reflective process is...
Some general do's and don'ts of conflict resolution. This handout is great for classroom discussion on conflict resolution: ask students if they agree or disagree on the "rules" ask them what they would add or remove from the list, give them an opportunity to discuss reach rule and why they agree, disagree, or neutral about it. Have them check off things they do well in conflict and areas they need to improve. This handout can be used during classroom guidance, SEL time, or for start/end of day for classroom relationship building. This can also be used in small groups or in individual sessions with students.
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Are you looking to encourage discussion around how to solve minor conflicts in your preschool, pre-k or kindergarten classroom? These conflict resolution scenarios will be a great addition to your Unit on Conflict Resolution and will get your students brainstorming ways to deal with different types of conflict they may encounter in the classroom. What’s included in this Conflict Resolution Scenarios resource? 24 Conflict Resolution Scenarios Guiding Questions Versions: PDF Color and Black & White Vibrant PowerPoint Version ⭐️ Download this PREVIEW to learn more: Conflict-Resolution-Scenarios-PREVIEW When to use these Conflict Resolution Scenarios? Use these conflict resolution scenarios with the whole class, small group or with an individual. Use at the beginning of the school year or as a review after a break. Great addition to your Conflict Resolution Unit. How to use these Conflict Resolution Scenarios? Role play the scenarios and brainstorm ways to deal with each conflict. Spotlight one scenario and have your students work in pairs or small groups to come up with possible solutions. Use scenarios as writing prompts. Use one scenario a day as a quick daily focus to reinforce conflict resolution skills. A great Think-Pair-Share activity. Looking to add to your unit on Conflict Resolution? Check these resources out ... Preschool Conflict Resolution Clip Cards Conflict Resolution Lesson & Activities
After a year-and-a-half hiatus of in-person schooling, many students are struggling the most with conflict resolution. Sure, we expected children to find it difficult to make friends and socialize, but we may have overlooked the importance of resolving conflicts on their own. Considering we are now in the second semester of the school year, hopefully, your kiddos have established a few solid friendships. But with new friendships come new conflict, and the need to teach students how to navigate them effectively. While conflict resolution must be taught and modeled explicitly, there are a number of other skills that need to first be built on. 1. Teach Students to Identify and Understand their Emotions Many students lack the ability to resolve conflict simply because they are unable to tell how another person might be feeling or how their actions might affect/impact the other person. When students are able to process and label their own emotions, they are slowly but surely going to be able to do the same for those around them. I love using this free Feelings Check Poster in all three settings of school counseling. Feelings anchor charts too are great for helping students understand what an emotion looks, sounds, and feels like. This exercise helps them understand that we could each have a different emotional response to the same stimuli, and it is, therefore, imperative to understand that even during a conflict, each person involved could feel differently about it, and will therefore respond accordingly. Conflict resolution calls for recognizing these differences and yet trying to find a compromise. 2. Teach Perspective-Taking Once my kiddos are familiar with identifying their own and others' feelings, I love to get them talking about why we feel these different feelings. We talk about perspective-taking and optical illusion visual aids such as 'duck or rabbit' or 'vase or faces' are exercises I use to drive home the point. Here's when it's important for students to see that it is possible to have different or conflicting feelings/behaviors from another person, and that does not necessarily mean one is wrong and the other right. This then leads into a natural discussion on conflict resolution. 3. Talk about Size of the Problem Vs Reaction Now that your students are able to recognize emotions and understand that it is normal for each person to have their own perspective/feelings regarding a situation, the next step would be to ensure that they are able to manage their own emotions well. Helping students identify the size of their problem is a big part of self-regulation and the first step in getting them to react appropriately to life's challenges, conflicts included. Being able to put problems into perspective will help students both inside and outside of the classroom. Some of my favorite activities to use with kids to teach this topic include this set of Size of the Problem Activity Pack, a Size of the Problem Scoot Game, and this Size of the Problem Digital Activity. Once students are more familiar with how to categorize their problems/conflicts as tiny, small, medium, and big, and react accordingly, teaching conflict resolution strategies explicitly is not such a Herculean task. 4. Address Conflict Resolution Explicitly Like most other skills, conflict resolution needs to be taught and modeled explicitly. And the good news is that there are a plethora of interesting ways to go about it. I tend to use a combination of them all depending on the situation and the students involved. Here are my typical go-to's: I-Statements: One of the most valuable school-wide lessons I teach is on using I-statements. I think it's so important for students to be able to express how they feel, why they feel that way, and what they would prefer the other person to do differently the next time. This I-Statements Board Game is quite handy and fun. I also find that it is extremely helpful to teach children how to apologize appropriately. Kelso's Choices: Providing children with choices helps them feel more in control of their situation. When it comes to conflict resolution, I swear by Kelso's Choices, the leading tool for teaching conflict management skills for elementary school children. Kelso the frog is a fun and engaging way for children to learn conflict management and Kelso's choice wheel that has 9 conflict resolution strategies to choose from, also teaches children the difference between big problems and small problems. I love to show this funny video that the kid's can rap along to too! (For more school counseling videos, check out this post!) Role Plays: If your kiddos enjoy charades, then role-playing is a fun way to teach conflict resolution, especially in a Tier 1 or Tier 2 setting. Assign conflict scenarios for students to solve and provide positive feedback along the way. Games: Just like a remote control can pause a movie, stopping to pause and think of a solution is a helpful way to resolve conflicts and avoid problems. This Pause It and Resolve It game is a fun place to start. I also enjoy using these Conflict Resolution Reflection Cards which you can grab for free. Groups: Every year, when I send out my Needs Assessment Form there is almost always a lot of kids who need extra help with problem-solving and conflict resolution. That's when I bring out this 8-week conflict resolution group that helps students practice being peacekeepers rather than 'pirates'. Students will learn how to resolve conflicts and how to implement conflict resolution strategies within their friendships both inside and outside of the classroom. What are your favorite ways to teach conflict resolution? Let me know in the comments.
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Teaching empathy to kids can be tricky. Our little ones in particular have a tough time putting themselves in other people’s shoes and thinking about how other people feel from their point of view. Emotion sliders are a fun and interactive way to help teach little kids about other people’s big emotions. With my small groups, I start by discussing each emotion in depth. We use these posters and chart as a guide. We go over each emotion, one at a time, describing how the emotion feels and providing examples of situations that may make us feel that way. Once we have a clear understanding of each feeling, we move into the “What Emotion Do You See” card game. I place all the cards upside down in a pile and give each student their own sunglasses sliders template, allowing them to choice the color sunglasses they wish to use. I always have to give the kids a moment to play with the sliders before I can start the game. They are fascinated with manipulating the slider piece and playing with the sunglasses cards. Once students get playing with the templates out of their systems, we start our empathy builder game. Taking turns, students pick a card, read it out loud and then show how that situation would make them feel using the emotions slider. They move the slider until the emotion they think the person would feel is displayed in the middle of the sunglasses. It is such a fun way to get kids thinking about how others feel. The conversations that follow and the reactions to the sunglasses sliders are truly interesting. Download your own copy here! Let's Connect: Follow Me on TeachersPayTeachers Follow Me on Facebook Follow Me on Instagram Follow Me on Pinterest
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