Wizard & Lizard Brain
What is the Wizard Brain?
When you stop and think before you do or say something
What are Red Flags?
They are signals that warn us that we MUST stop-and-think before we say or do anything!
Where do we want to take the elevator in the "building?" Where are we going to not see or feel any "Red Flags?" What floor do we want to be on? What color is do we want to be on
The Lobby! The "green floor!" That's where the fun, calm, and relaxed things are happening.
If we stop and think about all of our choices before we do something, which brain are we using?
If we don't stop and think about all of our choices before we do something, which brain are we using?
Wizard Brain
Lizard Brain
When and why do we ask questions?
We ask questions when we do not know how to do something, if we need help, or we need to know something.
We ask questions to help us make good choices, then we will be more successful in life
What is the Lizard Brain?
When you just react without thinking. When you say or do something without thinking
What is an example of an Inside Red Flag? What is an example of an Outside Red Flag?
Inside:
Fast Heartbeat, Tight Muscles, Butterflies in our Stomach, Red Face, Heavy Breathing...
Outside:
Red Face, Tight Muscles, Facial Expressions, Stomping Feet, Loud Voice...
If we are feeling very upset (if we are on the top floor) what can we do to remove our "Red Flags" in order to lower ourselves to the "lobby"? To the "green" area?
Taking a timeout
Self-Talk
Counting
Take deep breaths
What are some of your choices that you had today?
Did you choose to come to school? Is coming to school a choice?
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Yes, coming to school is a choice! We choose to come to school even if we do not want to because we do not want the punishment of missing school without permission
If we ask questions if we do not know or understand something, which brain are we using?
If we do not ask questions if we do not know or understand something, which brain are we using?
Wizard Brain
Lizard Brain
What do you stop and think about when you use your Wizard Brain?
Am I about to make a good choice or a bad choice
What happens if we don't stop and think (think consequences)?
What happens if we do stop and think (think consequences)?
We will have more problems and we will never get rewarded
We will have less problems and we might get rewarded
On which floor of the "building," are we going be seeing and feeling the most "Red Flags?"
The top floor (the "red" and "orange" floor)
Do I have a choice to "Do Nothing?" Is doing nothing a choice?
Yes, we have a choice to do nothing. Sometimes doing nothing is the best choice!
Who can go to in order to ask questions?
Friends
Family
Teachers / Mr Klein
Coaches / Leaders
What is the Relay Center?
It is how we get information into our brains through our 5 senses? Sight, Taste, Touch, Smell, and Hear
Why do we need to stop and think before we say or do something? Is it just to get rewarded?
We stop and think to make good choices because we will feel good about ourselves, others will feel good about themselves, and Colorow will be a fun, safe, and supporting school.
What happens if we do not calm ourselves down...what happens if we do not lower ourselves down to the "green floor," to the "Lobby?"
What Brain are we going to use if we do not STOP-AND-THINK before we say or do something?
We are going to have more problems (NOT less problems)
The Lizard Brain - if we do not stop and think we will have more and more problems.
Your friend wants to break a school rule and leave the playground, and wants you to leave, too. He or she says you won't get in trouble because he or she has done it before. What choices do you have?
Leave with your friend
Tell your friend "no" and mean it
Say, "yes" and get other students to go with you
Try and convenience you friend to not do it
Do nothing
What happens if we do not ask questions when we need help?
We will not know what to do. We will not learn. We will not feel good. We will not get rewarded.
What happens to our Wizard Brain the more we use our Wizard Brain? What happens to our Lizard Brain the more we use our Lizard Brain?
The more we use our Lizard Brain the stronger our Lizard Brain becomes, and then it is harder to stop and think
What is the "Golden Rule" and why is it important?
To teat others the same way you would like to be treated! To help everyone at Colorow feel welcome, safe, happy, cared for, to create friendly relationships...
What do we do if our heart is beating? What do we do if our muscles are tight? What do we do if our face is red? What do we do if we are stomping our feet? What do we do if we are sweating because we are angry?
STOP-AND-THINK (Before we do anything)!!!
STOP-AND-THINK (Before we do anything)!!!
STOP-AND-THINK (Before we do anything)!!!
STOP-AND-THINK (Before we do anything)!!!
STOP-AND-THINK (Before we do anything)!!!
What will happen if we continue to stop and think about all the choices we have before we say or do something, and make a good choice?
If we use our Lizard Brain by thinking about all the choices we have before we say or do something, and make a good choice, we will have less problems and we will get more rewards!
Is there anyone in this world who does not have to ask questions or ask for help? If you think so, who?
EVERYONE in this world needs to ask questions at times. EVERYONE in this word needs to ask for help sometimes!