Thinking & Feeling
The Group Plan
Thinking With Your Eyes
Body in the Group
Whole Body Listening
100
What body part do you use when you think?
Your brain! Your brain is where you think a thought. It's your thought maker.
100
Turn to page 9. Is everyone following the group plan? Who is? Who is not?

Turn to page 10. How do the others feel?

Evan is not following the group plan.

They feel sad and upset.

100
How are eyes like arrows?
Eyes point to what we are looking at
100
Turn to page 15. Is everyone's body in the group? Who does not have their body in the group? How do the other kids feel?
Molly. The other kids feel upset and uncomfortable.
100

What does it look like when we are not listening with our whole bodies? 

What does it look like to use whole body listening? 

Student should act both out.
200
Turn to page 11. What is this bubble called? Do other people know what we are thinking in our heads?
Thought bubble
200
Turn to page 7. What is the Group Plan? Is everyone following the Group Plan?

Turn to page 8. What is the Group Plan?

Group Plan: to get the ingredients to make a delicious apple pie and ice cream. Yes, everyone is following the Group Plan. They are all thinking about the same thing.

Group Plan: To get apples.

200
When we are looking at something, that means we are thinking about it. True or False.


On page 24, the alien is looking at the boots. What is he thinking? What does he want to do with them?

True! We think about what we look at.


Brainstorm an idea.

200
How many people is a group?
Two or more people sharing space and a plan.
200
Look at the picture on page 10. Are the kids listening with their whole bodies? If the answer is no, which body part are they not listening with?
No, the kids are not listening with their arms.
300
What is one of the jobs of the heart?
To feel! Your heart is your feelings keeper.
300
What do others think and feel about us when we are not following the Group Plan and following our Own Plan?
They feel upset, unhappy, sad, or uncomfortable. 
300
Turn to page 21. Think with your eyes and figure out what the alien is looking at. How do you know?
He is looking at the boots! His eyes are pointing toward the boots.
300
What do others think and feel when our bodies are NOT in the group?
That we are not interested in them or that we don't want to be around them. It might hurt their feelings.
300
What is whole body listening? Name at least three body parts that we have to listen with.
-Listening with your entire body, not just your ears!

-Eyes, ears, arms, hands, legs, feet, mouth, heart.

400
What is a feeling? How do other people know what we are feeling?
A feeling is something that happens in your body. They can tell by how your face looks, what you do, and what you say.
400
What does it mean to follow your Own Plan? Are you following the Group Plan when you are following your Own Plan?
Doing what you want to do and not following the Group Plan.
400
How do others feel when we think with our eyes?
They feel good! They know that we are thinking about them.
400
How do people feel when our body is in the group?
Happy and comfortable. It shows others that we are interested in them and that we are following the same plan.
400
How do teachers and other kids feel when we use whole body listening?
Proud, happy, and comfortable around us. They have good thoughts about us and want to spend time with us.
500
Turn to page 17. What is Ellie feeling in each of the pictures? Act out each feeling.


Turn to page 20. What is each child feeling?

Happy, sad, surprised, angry


Happy, scared, mad, sad

500
What is a Group Plan?
When everyone is thinking about and doing the same thing.
500
What does it mean to "think with our eyes?"
We use our eyes to find out information about what is happening around us.
500
What does it mean to keep your body in the group?
Keeping a comfortable distance between you and other people - not too close, yet not too far away.
500
Why is it important to use whole body listening?
-To make our brains available to take in all the information around us.

-To show other people we are listening and to figure out what is going on.

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