Tool 1:Problem Size
If your pencil tip breaks, this is the size of your problem.
What is a Small problem?
Boundaries are these types of clear lines.
What are Body, Space, Belongings, Time, and Feelings?
The four main steps in order to feel big feelings and make helpful choices.
What are STOP, BREATHE, NOTICE, and CHOOSE?
The core phrase that describes empathy in Tool 4.
What is "Empathy is curious, not certain"?
The main rule shared by Mr. Zelios about our jobs in the classroom.
What is "Feelings are okay. Safe choices are our job."?
This size problem means you may need help to solve it.
What is a Medium problem?
The starter words you can use to state a boundary clearly and kindly.
What are "Please...", "I need...", and "Stop..."?
This rule states which feelings are okay and which choices are not okay.
What is "All feelings are okay, but hurting people or things is not"?
The three steps to practice empathy.
What are NOTICE, WONDER, and ASK OR HELP?
The group motto we say together about building skills.
What is "Skills get stronger with practice!"?
When someone is badly hurt on the playground, you have this size problem and need to get an adult immediately.
What is a Big problem?
What you should say when a friend is standing too close to you.
What is "I need more space, please"?
The breathing technique where you trace up to breathe in and trace down to breathe out.
What is 5-Finger Breathing?
Kindness helps people feel these three things.
What are SAFE, RESPECTED, and INCLUDED?
In the Playground Challenge, when the ball hits Maya's game and Jordan grabs it back, this is the first tool step used to evaluate the scenario.
What is Problem Size (Medium)?
If a classmate keeps taking your ball after you tell them to stop, the problem is this size.
What is a Medium problem?
True or False: Setting a boundary cannot sound kind.
What is False? (A boundary can sound kind AND clear).
Name two physical calm-down choices from the toolbox besides breathing.
What are Wall push, Name 5 things, or Ask for a break?
An example of a "Wonder" statement when you see a friend with low shoulders.
The boundary spoken during the Playground Challenge.
What is "Don't grab"?
This phrase describes what you can do on your own when a problem is small.
What is "I can solve it"?
What you should say and do when a game gets too rough.
What is "Stop. I don't like that. I'm getting an adult."?
Why it is best to practice calm-down tools when you are already calm.
Why is it makes them easier to use later when you have big feelings?
True or False: Being kind means saying yes to everything.
What is False? (Kind is not the same as saying yes to everything).
The final action taken using Tool 5 (Kindness) in the Playground Challenge.
What is "Fix the game together"?