This lesson and other great lessons by Counselor Keri can be found here!
Kindergarten is wrapping up their anger unit using the Stop, Drop and Roll strategies to manager their anger. You might see your kiddos coming home with bracelets or badges that say things like, "I can stop, I won't act in anger". These reminder bracelets are a great way to reinforce the lessons and encourage your conversations at home too! We are learning that when our body gives us those warning signs that we are getting really really angry...we need to first: Stop- get away from the situation and go to your happy place; then Drop- use your calm down (extinguisher) strategies to lower your anger level; and finally, to Roll- recognize when your body and mind are calm and move on with your day or confront the problem!
This lesson and other great lessons by Counselor Keri can be found here!
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Anger manifests in similar ways for most people, however we all experience the feelings of anger in our own bodies in our own way. Students are learning how to "find the fire" in their own bodies so that they can both recognize the physical warning signs of anger as well as the physical and mental strategies to help to calm it. The students created these books to help them to identify how each part of their body exhibits signs of anger- they did a great job!
Kindergarten is learning about emotions in the body! The first step to recognizing your bodies "anger alarms" is to take a look the science behind it. We watched a clip from this video to talk about how the average person experiences strong emotions. After that, the kids mapped out their own emotions and even picked the colors that represent their own feelings (with a little help from the book, My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss of course)!
We have been talking about anger lately. We use the comparison of anger to fire because they have a lot in common: 1. The color red, 2. They both can burn or hurt (ourselves or others), 3. They can both spread, 4. We need to do something to contain it or put it out, and 5. Neither anger nor fire are bad- they are both normal and sometimes essential/helpful; it's what we do with them that makes the difference. Over the next few weeks we are focusing on extinguishing our anger fires and body mapping our angry emotions.
Keep an eye out for "anger bracelets/badges" coming home with your little ones as they complete another lesson in their anger workbooks. Now...if it would just stop snowing, we might just be able to get a little work done (the kids love that I tell them that snow days are making my anger fire "flare up"). I am thrilled to announce that ALL THREE of our classes have earned over 1,000 class points on ClassDojo and will be receiving one extra recess time as a reward! Students will not know when the extra time is coming to it is a nice surprise that they have earned by demonstrating good listening, following directions, being a good friend, etc. etc. This extra time is also a great time for students to practice skills that we learn and discuss in class and for Mrs. Cicchino to work with students during real-life interactions and play.
Nice work students! Angry Arlene, The Grumpy Red Jellybean visited this week as we focus on anger management. My kindergarten friends know that no feeling is bad...anger is normal and healthy; it's what you do with a feeling that can be good or bad. By the end of these lessons, we hope we’ve given Arlene (and our students) some helpful tips on controlling our anger.
Here is a link to a great article from Scholastic on ways to help your child when they are angry: www.scholastic.com/parents/resources/article/praise-discipline/anger-management-children
We read Glad Monster, Sad Monster by Ed Emberley & Anne Miranda this week and the kids loved it! A great follow up to our "what makes me happy when I am sad?" projects :)
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