True or False
If you feel Energy Hare-y, it's always bad.
False. Sometimes having a lot of energy is helpful! Can you think of a situation?
While riding in the car, you keep kicking your sibling's foot, even after she asks you to stop. What happens next?
Your sibling gets angry; you get in trouble.
OR
You figure out how to stop (how did you do it?)
Sketch your favorite fidget.
Great job!
Imagine you have a hard time sitting still and keep wiggling around in your chair during a test.
What strategy should you use?
Fidget, relax & breathe, ask for a short break
This is the name of the child taken over by Energy Hare-y in the Studio C video.
Kyle.
Space Invaders was a popular video game in the 1970's.
True. Space Invader is also an Unthinkable.
Come up with a situation when you would use "relax and breathe" and act it out.
Head to Hollywood!
Sketch a situation where Space Invader takes over.
Are you Picasso?
Imagine your cousin asks you to move over because you're sitting on her foot. You don't move. Which Unthinkable is at work?
Space Invader.
Name your favorite Space Invader or Energy Hare-y video.
Me too!!!
People will usually tell you right away when you make them uncomfortable because your energy is too high or you are in their personal space.
False. People usually use non-verbal social cues to communicate that your behavior is unexpected. It's only when your repeatedly don't get the hint that they finally say something.
You and your brother/sister are with your parents at a restaurant and you both get really wiggly and loud at the table. Act out what you would do to calm down.
Wow! You deserve an Oscar!
Sketch a situation where someone is take over by Energy Hare-y. Include the signals from the people around him that it's "too much."
I'm sending this to LACMA.
Imagine you are trying to whisper something quietly to your classmate and you lean in close to be heard. Your classmates pulls back, indicating you got too close. What do you do?
Apologize; say, "I'll tell you later."; consider popping in a mint.
Johnny Express is doing this during part of the video.
A. Eating a hot dog.
B. Sipping a drink through a straw.
C. Playing a video game.
B. Sipping a drink through a straw.
An apology goes a long way.
True. If you get carried away by Energy Hare-y or Space Invader invades, if you first apologize, people immediately start to feel better about you.
You fidget and lean back in your chair, even though your teacher asks you to sit in your chair the right way. What do you do?
Ask the teacher is you can take a walk, take a break, use a fidget...
Whole body listening: Draw a figure and point out the SIX components.
Eyes, ears, mouth, body, heart, brain.
Imagine you and your friends are having fun chanting an annoying song in the car on the way to the movies. Your mom asks all of you to calm down. Your friends are still laughing and chanting. Everyone but your mom is having fun. What do you do?
Stop chanting; Tell your friends to calm down; Change the subject; ask your mom to play a favorite song instead.
In the clip of Seinfeld, Eileen's boyfriend is under the influence of Space Invader. What nickname did they give him?
Close talker.
The One-Arm Rule is a strategy for defeating Energy Hare-y.
False. (It is to defeat Space Invader.)
You are playing with a friend on your trampoline. You make up a game where you jump as close to each other as you can, really high. It's fun for awhile but then you tell your friend you want to stop. S/he doesn't stop. What do you do next?
Take a break, take calming breaths (hoping your friend does the same), suggest a new game. (Not telling him again, because this didn't work!)
Sketch what the strategy "Energy Match" looks like.
Should be everyone at the same level of energy.
Imagine you are in line and you stand WAY TOO CLOSE to your friend and talk with your face VERY close to his. What are the signals to look for that your friend is uncomfortable?
Pulling away, unhappy face, putting hands up, saying directly "Back up."
This drink gave the cat in one of the videos Energy Hare-y!
Coffee or caffeine.