Dinosaur School
Hands in lap, eyes on teacher, bubble or inside voice, crisscross applesauce
Name a feeling
Happy, sad, mad, frustrated, nervous...
Name a solution
ignore, get an adult, share, ask, tell, do something else, wait and take turns..
Barbie is doing a puzzle but it's too hard to do alone, what should she do?
Ask a friend or teacher for help
You are frustrated because someone keeps trying to talk to you on the carpet.
Tell them to please stop, ignore them, or get a teacher
How old is DINA?
Name one way to calm yourself down when you're angry or sad.
Think of happy place, take deep breaths, etc.
What's a consequence?
This is what happens after you make a choice.
Rumi wants to join her friends Mira & Zoey at the art table but there's no empty chairs.
Ask a teacher to pull up a chair, ask her friends to do something else, or what her turn.
You're waiting in the lunch line and someone cuts you.
Tell them they cut you in line and ask them to go to the end. If they don't get a teacher.
What are ignoring muscles?
When you turn your body away and focus on the teacher or when you don't talk or look at your friend.
What does it mean when you're at the top in the red of the relaxation thermometer?
You're angry!
How do you know you have a problem?
You have an uncomfortable feeling like sad or angry
Angelica & Tommy both pick up a toy at the exact same time.
Take turns, one of them can do something else
Someone is being mean to your friend on the playground.
Tell them to please stop an get a teacher.
What is active listening?
When you listen with your whole body (eyes on teacher, bubble in, hands to self, listening ears).
What does "tense" mean?
When you're really frustrated and your body feels scrunched up!
How do you know you have a good solution?
It's fair, safe, and leads to good feelings.
He can ask someone to play with him.
Olly tells a lie because he is afraid he will get in trouble.
Tell the truth and apologize for lying.
Name someone else (besides DINA) who has come to visit from dinosaur school?
Carlos, Olly, & JoJo
Name five different emotions you learned in dinosaur school.
happy, sad, frustrated, lonely, proud, excited, nervous, embarrassed...
What are the first three steps of problem solving in dinosaur school?
What is my problem?
What is a solution?
What are some other solutions?
Your teacher is talking to another student but Gru took your marker and won't give it back. What do you do?
Wait for your teacher to finish talking to the other student.
Franklin can't find his crayons, he remembers loaning them to Little Bear but Little Bear says he doesn't have them.
Ask Little Bear if he will help Franklin look by checking his desk.