Behavior Bonanza
This is what ICARE stands for.
What is I need/I appreciate, Choices, Ask, Redirect, and Engage?
Name this game: Baleen to Citrus! Citrus to Pika! Pika to Frontier!
What is Name Bop?
These are three conversation topics you could use with 6th-graders at lunch tomorrow.
What are "if you could press a button and turn into a horse, would you?", "if you could live in any fictional universe, which would you choose?", "what are your top 5 favorite things/songs/books/movies?" and SO MANY MORE IT'S OVERWHELMING. Talk to the kids :) yay!
This is who to talk to if you need a break or game ideas or to get on the campfire set-list or SO MUCH MORE!
Who is YOUR PROGRAM LEADER??? TALK TO US! WE LOVE YOU AND ARE HERE FOR YOU!!
These are at least 5 different things you could do on your break to refill your cup.
What are practice a song/skit, take a shower, take a walk, hang in YOUR cabin, decorate your wood cookie, access your phone, and have floor time? (There are other examples! Take care of yourselves!)
This is what you should do if you've tried your best to solve a problem and feel yourself getting overwhelmed or don't know what else to do.
What is ask for help from a staff member or fellow student leader?
I went on a walk and saw 3 bears in the dining hall, 20 bears at the giant dune, and half a bear in my water bottle. How many bears are there?
What is 5?
This is where you can go if you or a 6th-grader needs rain layers, boots, or a water bottle.
What is the gear library?
This is what to do if you need help at night.
What is send your co-leader or a buddy pair to the emergency radio at the Wellness Center?
These are all the program beads.
What are zzz, ultimate challenge, campfires, tsunami evac, cabin unity, community care, and labyrinth? (Bonus points for donkey twine... You don't actually get more points, sorry.)
This is a recommended ratio of proactive vs. reactive behavior management to be using.
What is the 80:20 rule?
ACTION ITEM: Pick a representative from your team to play head, shoulders, knees, water bottle! Whoever wins gets the points...
:-)
These are at least 3 key components of move-ins.
What are any of the following:
Assigning bunks (alternating nametag placement), doing intros/rapport building, making a cabin agreement (sitting on the floor), going through the cabin box, and getting ready for field study?
These are 2 times we meet at habitat lines.
What are before lunch/dinner and during a fire/evacuation drill?
The button that turns you into a land mammal with none of your past memories or knowledge of being a human.
What is the horse button? (neighhhh)
You see Arthur punch his classmate Francine. Arthur says Francine called him a slur, but Francine denies it and is upset that she got punched. What are you gonna do??
What is ask a staff member for help?
A useful tool for figuring out how long to play a game.
What is the bell curve of fun?
These are all the things a 6th-grader (and you, yes, you) need to be field-study ready. There are 7 (yes, 7).
What are closed-toed shoes, a full water bottle, an empty bladder, a rain layer, a warm layer, long pants, and a name tag?
This is your go-to resource for figuring out what's next on the schedule.
What is the mini schedule on your wood cookie?
This is the total number of times you'll have field study this week.
What is 6?
What is try an incentive (like a site challenge for a bead or a fun game or skit) or tap in your program leader for support?
These are 5 different games you could play during a transition.
What are common ground, boppity bop bop bop, savage rock, period, contact, poison dart frog, scream and run, rock paper scissors split, and HUNDREDS MORE! Ask your PL for ideas! (There's also a games binder in the SLounge...)
This is what you should do if you and/or your students wake up before your PL comes to do wake-ups.
What is quietly stay on your bunk?
This is our process for getting seconds at a meal.
What is make sure the doors are closed, check with an SL or staff (for 6th-graders), scrape your plate, and get a new plate?
This is the 1st verse of Big River (yes, you have to sing it).
What is "There's a big river flowin', it'll be there tomorrow / It's time we should be goin', there's no time for sorrow / the stars will light your way back home, the song will keep the fire / remembering the days we roamed, the song will lift you higher."