Insights is a collection of over 100 career development activities for grades K-6. Originally developed for the State of Florida, each activity is designed to meet one or more specific competencies established by the National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee (NOICC). Insights takes the core curriculum of basic skills and makes it relevant to today’s workplace. It integrates academic and vocational education, making both meaningful to children. Insights begins this task in Kindergarten through grade six by developing students’ self-esteem, knowledge of the value of work and exposure to careers.

Insights : A Self and Career Awareness Program for the Elementary Grades

Children's Books

Akin, Terri

Education & Reference

Innerchoice Pub

Grab the attention of your students with something that’s fun and important to them—games. This enjoyable, eclectic, non-competitive collection of kid-friendly games focuses on a win-win approach while teaching valuable skills of cooperation, inclusion, self-esteem and creativity. Everyone plays, learns, has fun, and no one loses. Written with easy to follow step-by-step instructions, the wide variety of games offerS hours of activities. Everything from physical action games to brain games to creating games, and more. If you’re working with kids in any capacity, you need this book. All ages.

Everybody Wins!

Self-Help

Schiling, Dianne

Relationships

Innerchoice Publishing

This timely book contains effective experiences for helping children understand and cope with three intense emotions which, left unmanaged, can lead to deep psychological disturbances and/or inappropriate acting-out behaviors. With this collection of activities and ready-to-use blackline masters, you can help children explore, understand and express their feelings in safe and acceptable ways. Special emphasis is placed on learning to make positive behavioral choices in response to feelings of grief, fear, and anger. This easy-to-use, yet powerful collection of experiences and information can have far ranging beneficial effects—both as an effective prevention program and a tool for immediate intervention. Grades 3-8

Helping Kids Manage Grief, Fear, Anger

Cowan, David

Palomares, Susanna

Schilling, Dianne

Parenting & Relationships

Like adults, kids make choices daily and in many different ways-freely, obligingly, casually, studiously, alertly, habitually, playfully, wisely, impulsively. Occasionally a poor choice leads to a good outcome, but, as anyone who has suffered the consequences of a foolish mistake can attest, good outcomes usually come from wise, thoughtful decision making. This book is based on two beliefs: One, that making wise choices is a teachable, learnable process, and two, that developing the skill (and habit) of wise choice-making automatically reduces the incidence of risky behavior. Focusing on key ingredients like self-esteem and personal strength, the authors provide essential health and safety information and guidelines while teaching vital decision-making skills. Activities are fun and engaging, yet packed with enough important information and skill practice to put even clueless pushovers on a speedy path to wise choice making. Topic areas include: Self-Esteem
OTC Drugs, Smoking and Marijuana Stress Management
Peer and Gang Pressure Decision Making and Problem Solving
Resistance and Refusal Skills Anger Management
Role Models &amp; Support Systems Health &amp; Safety Grades 3-6

Helping Kids Make Wise Choices and Reduce Risky Behavior

Dunne, Gerry

Jalmar Press

Education & Teaching

Dunne PhD, Gerry

Schools & Teaching

Grief, fear, and anger are significant emotions-so weighty, in fact, that they often drive children to think irrational thoughts and engage in unreasonable behaviors. Such responses, left unchecked, can easily spiral into destructive actions. If we want children to succeed in life, we must equip them with the tools to manage all feelings, especially those that are intense and difficult. These activities, discussions, role plays, simulations, and worksheets are designed to help children explore, understand and express their feelings in safe and acceptable ways. Easy-to-understand explanations coupled with skill practice promote healthy responses to intense and sometimes overwhelming emotions. Children become more centered and focused, communicate more effectively, and demonstrate greater interdependence and understanding. Use these practical and powerful activities to help children: • understand and successfully cope with grief and loss • learn strategies for effectively dealing with fears and worries • develop practical ways for overcoming irrational fears and anxieties • learn how thoughts impact feelings • discover how to substitute moderate thoughts for anger thoughts • identify feelings that precede or precipitate anger • practice acceptable ways of expressing negative feelings • learn self-control and self-management strategies • learn simple meditation experiences to relieve stress and regain emotional balance

Helping Kids Manage Grief, Fear and Anger

Death & Grief

This learning guide for the elementary grades teaches your students how to reduce and control anger and to settle disputes in a pro-social manner. These student-tested activities help children to: ¦ understand the dynamics of conflict and anger ¦ improve communication skills ¦ examine the cause and effect of conflict ¦ become aware of their sources of anger ¦ appreciate different perspectives ¦ distinguish between the language of anger escalation and effective resolution ¦ develop tolerance ¦ manage anger and aggression ¦ achieve win-win outcomes. This book is chock full of enjoyable, challenging activities that include step-by-step guidelines, reproducible experience sheets, and relevant discussion questions that encourage higher order thinking and collaborative problem solving. A highlight of this book is the section presenting a unique role-playing process that makes positive behavioral rehearsal easy, fun and relevant. This is a must have book for all educators who want to develop in their students the important social-emotional skills of creative conflict resolution and anger management. Use these high-impact lessons to teach your students to become conscious of the choices they typically make in anger and conflict situations, and to learn real-life strategies to replace ineffective behaviors with those that work. Grade Levels: K-6

Anger Control and Conflict Management for Kids: A Learning Guide for the Elementary Grades

Everyone gets angry, and kids are no exception. Anger is a powerful emotion that must be dealt with throughout life. Emotionally mature adults have learned to acknowledge and control anger, and to release it in healthy ways. Many children--particularly those who lack emotionally mature adult role models--require extra support and practice in order to develop anger-management skills. Don't leave this process to chance or depend on temporary "Band-Aid" approaches. Provide direct, explicit instructions through fun activities involving movement, relaxation, coping techniques, role-plays, the arts, activity sheets, sharing circles, literature and more. Activities are clearly presented and easy to use. Grades 2-6

Learning the Skills of Anger Management

Stress Management

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