Friendly Kids, Friendly Classrooms
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Helen McGrath and Shona Francey
- Pearson
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30/09/1991
- ISBN: 9780582870956
RRP: $82.25 (Inc. GST)
Description
A book for every teacher! Here is the key to a happy classroom:
- Help your students learn social skills that will help them to get along with their classmates.
- Create a positive and fun filled classroom where everyone can develop confidence and feel good about themselves.
- Learn strategies, games and activities to help students who are shy or awkward.
- Follow the author’s suggested program, or create your own, from the wealth of ideas that make up Friendly Kids, Friendly Classrooms.
Contents
Part A: Introducing the Program
- Finding your way round the book
- A range of diagnostic tools
Part B: 21 social skills
- The Skill Mastery Strategy and other practice techniques
- 21 important classroom and playground skills, including
- ways of trying to join others in their games
- standing up for yourself
- ways of dealing with bullies
- handling being teased
- negotiating to get what you want
- being a good loser and a good winner
- being positive towards others
- speaking in front of an audience in an interesting way
- good ways of getting the attention you want from others
Part C: Happy classrooms, happy children
- Increasing self esteem and self confidence
- Finding solutions to social problems
- Creating a happy classroom
- Working with a small group
Part D: Games and resources
- Everything from Spit! and Giggle Gaggle to Generosity and Global Solutions, to practise specific skills – and have great fun at the same time!