Composure
How we __________ an event will dictate our composure level.
What is perceive?
This classroom tool helps build predictability and safety into the children’s day by telling them what is next.
What is Visual Daily Schedule?
Adult encourage children by _________ and describing instead of judging.
What is noticing?
These display your class rules in pictures showing two positive choices of acceptable behavior and one negative choice of unacceptable behavior.
What are picture rule cards?
This center allocates time and materials for children to express their appreciation, concern and caring for others.
What is the We Care Center?
This classroom visual consists of photos of everyone in the School Family, including school personnel and the children’s extended family.
What is the Friends and Family Board?
Visually represented stories in picture book format that describe challenging social situations or classroom procedures and appropriate responses or behaviors needed to be successful.
What are social stories?
All children have a ________________ each day that provides them with opportunities to be significant contributors to the School Family.
Meaningful Jobs
Power comes from _________, not force.
What is choice?
By teaching this skill, educators help students to recognize and respect others' feelings and perspectives.
What is empathy?
This classroom routine is composed of activities to unite, reduce stress, connect and commit. At Lil Hawks, it usually happens in the morning.
What is Brain Smart Start?
Using Assertiveness and the Power of Attention we teach children this instead of teaching them what not to do.
What is "what to do"?
Activities that promote connection through eye contact, touch, presence and playfulness. They help children increase attention span, reduce hyperactivity, build self-esteem and develop language skills.
What are I Love You Rituals?
In this brain state, we give short direct commands not choices.
What Red Brain or Survival Brain?
Teaching empathy helps children see the impact of their actions on others' ____________.
What are feelings?
This is a classroom space where adults instruct and guide children through the self-regulation process. Children may remove themselves from the group to practice ways to handle emotional upset through active calming here.
What is the Safe Place?
The elements of M.A.P. used to teach classroom routines.
What is Model, Add visuals, Practice?
Children must be _________ before they can cooperate, learn and succeed.
What is connected?
When giving two choices, they should both be ________ to the child not punitive.
What is positive?
All _______ serve an important purpose in our lives. They are our internal guidance system and moral compass. They tell us when we get off track and nudge us to return to a path of love.
What are emotions?
An intentional moment of connection with each child that helps ease the transition from home to school. It should include eye contact, a smile, novelty and fun.
What is Greeting/Goodbye Rituals?
What, we as adults, focus on the most indicates to children _________.
What is what we "value and cherish"?
When using this technique, staff display illustrations of expected behaviors at children’s eye level, refer to them often and acknowledge acts in ways that show how they contribute to others.
What is "Ways to be Helpful"
In this brain state, we can help children begin to recognize their own choices by asking “What are your choices?”
What is Green Brain or Executive Brain?
This power provides a frame of mind that promotes change, removes judgement, and allows access to empathy and problem solving.
What is acceptance?