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Whenever we are with other people, we are being...
What is social?
Our thoughts are represented by this.
What is a thought bubble?
Listening with 8 body parts.
What is whole body listening
What is our feelings keeper/
What is our heart?
Facial expressions and body language tell us this.
What are feelings?
When we are part of a group and do activities, we are following this.
What is a group plan?
Our utterances such as compliments, greetings, questions that we want others to hear.
What is a speech bubble?
We use our eyes to show others that we are thinking of them.
What is thinking with your eyes?
"Show me you are listening with your hands" is a verbal cue that you can give.
What is whole body listening?
When your body is not too far or too close from the group.
What is body in the group?
When children instinctively know not to run in a classroom or yell in a library.
What is following the hidden rules?
When we follow the hidden rules we are using these.
What are expected behaviors?
When you do what is expected, those around you feel this.
What is comfortable?
When everyone in the group is thinking about the same thing or sharing the same thought bubble.
What is brain in the group?
When you follow the group plan you are doing what is expected, when you follow your own plan your are doing this.
What is unexpected?
When you cue a child with "show me you are thinking of me".
What is thinking with your eyes (eye gaze direction)?
Following the group plan, thinking with your eyes, keeping your body in the group and using your whole body to listen.
What is expected behavior?
We make this when we have some clues, think with our eyes and use what we already know.
What is a smart guess?
If you don't think with your eyes, listen to what is going on around you or use what you already know you may do this.
What is make a wacky guess?
Adapting in the moment across people and places.
What is being flexible?
When we are unable to stop what we are doing or thinking based on what's happening around us.
What is stuck thinking?
Problems come in different sizes, but most problems can be solved quickly and without help.
What are small problems?
Feelings happen on the inside of our bodies. To help us talk about these feelings we use words.
What is happy, sad, frustrated, hungry?....(any feeling word)
Being interested in only one thing, not seeing the whole picture or thinking there is only one solution to a problem.
What is stuck thinking?
Your emotional reaction to a problem needs to match this.
What is the size of the problem?