Being a Good Citizen
Name one way you can be a good citizen
Helping a friend
Cleaning up your community
Sharing toys
Name one way we can help the community
Picking up trash, playing nicely at the park
When we go to a new place, what is one rule we should follow?
Keeping personal space, using nice words, etc...
What is an unwritten rule?
a rule that is not written down but everybody is expected to follow
What is a community rule for the library?
Keep a quiet voice
Your teachers tells everyone to get out a pencil, your friend does not have one. What can we do to be a good citizen?
We can let our friend borrow a pencil or a similar response.
Why should we help others?
To be nice, because they have helped us, becuase every body needs help sometimes
You are at a trampoline park, how would you behave differently at the park vs. at home
You can jump around and yell inside at a trampoline park, at home you can't yell inside and you can only jump in certain places.
Name an example of an unwritten rule
Being quiet when everybody else is being quiet, lining up when other people is lining up
Sally is at the park, she pushes Ryan off the swing. What community rule did she break?
Keeping hands to herself and being nice to others
Betty wants to play tag, Sally wants to swing. Sally decides to play tag with Betty first. Is Sally being a good citizen? How do you think Betty feels? Sally?
Yes, Betty probably feels happy because her friend is playing with her. Sally probably feels happy because her friend is happy.
Stacy lost her favorite stuff animal, how can we help Stacy? Why should we help Stacy?
We can help her look for it, we should help her because she is our friend and it is the kind thing to do.
Why can we jump on a crash pad but we can't jump on our beds?
Because the crash pad it made to jump on and our beds are made to sleep on. It can be unsafe to jump on the bed, we can break it or we can fall off and get hurt
How do we know when there is an unwritten rule?
We can look at others and see what they are doing to determine if there is an unwritten rule
Lily is playing at the playground and she finds trash under the slide. What should Lily do? What community rule is she following?
Pick up the trash and keeping the common areas clean.
You go to the park with your friend John. You both eat a snack, you throw your trash in the trash can and John throws his down the slide. Who is practicing being a good citizen? What should you tell John?
You are being a good citizen. We should tell John that we should put our trash in the trash can and that we should keep the park clean.
Diane is at the store and she can't find something she is looking for, what should she do? Who is going to help her?
She should ask for help, the grocery store worker can help her
You and your family went to a visit a family friend. You have never been to there before. All the other kids are upstairs playing with blocks quietly and building a city. What is a rule you should follow?
Sharing the blocks, having an inside voice, using kind language, and be safe with the environment.
Everybody is sitting in their seats quietly. Sally is walking around screaming. What is the unwritten rule that Sally broke?
She is not sitting in her seat quietly
Jeremy and Jack are having a picnic at the park. Jack throws his trash on the ground. Jeremy puts his trash in the trash can. What is the community rule? Who is following the community rule? What should he say to the person who is not following the community rule?
Jeremy, not littering, and he should tell Jack that he should put his trash in the trash can.
What have you done today that makes you a good citizen?
Helping someone
Picking up trash
Being Nice to others
You can ask them if they need help and help them if they say yes.
Because it is the nice and right thing to do.
Gabby is at a park she hasn't been to before, she sees that a swing is open and while she is walking to it someone else sits on it and starts to swing. What should Gabby do?
Ask for a turn and wait, or do something else until the swing is open
Emily is yelling during story time, everybody else is quiet. what unwritten rule is Emily breaking? How do you think the others in the room are feeling?
being quiet during story time, others might be annoyed because they are trying to listen or they might think Emily is beingrude
Why should we follow community rules? Name one community rule for a place you have been? School, therapy, playground etc.