Board game that stimulates creative thinking and vocabulary building. There are two similar board games available for download: Name 3 Things (easy) and Name 7 Things (Hard). - ESL worksheets

This Random Acts of Kindness Choice Board is the perfect way to foster kindness in your classroom! You can challenge students to complete all the squares in a certain time frame, or challenge them to complete one from each row or column in a week. For a fun twist, see who can get four in a row fir...

This is a game to help students revise vocabulary related to sports, daily routines, the home, school, and leisure activities.

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So, I absolutely LOVE the anchor charts I’ve been seeing on blogs and on Pinterest. Apparently, anchor charts are supposed to be minimalistic so as not to confuse the children with extra inf…

Display classroom rules, procedures, expectations for treating others and supplies, and sub behavior policies in these anchor charts!

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This is a great board game activity to practice building comparatives in English.

With this fun board game, you can practice vocabulary and spelling in an enjoyable way with your ESL students.

There is always a special relationship between siblings. I remember the ways I used to annoy my own brothers and sisters to get them going. My mom would always tells us to stop annoying one another, and would try to get us to cultivate more of a loving relationship. To help cultivate your children to […]

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Hey! I'm back to talk about the assembly we just hosted at our school. At our school 2 teachers are in charge of putting together the character assembly each month. Our character trait was integrity! To teach the kids about integrity, first I told them the exciting news that we would be part of the assembly this month. Then we jumped right in and started to learn "The Integrity Song" You can find it on YouTube here --> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RUWnfEFSK0 Then I asked the kids what they think integrity means. We came up with the definition, integrity means doing the right thing even when no one is watching. Then we read the book "Horton Hatches an Egg" by Dr. Seuss. At the end of the story I told them this was an integrity story and that Horton shows integrity in the story by doing the right thing. Then they shared how they thought Horton showed integrity. Then we talked about how we could show integrity in the school. (You can see the ideas they came up with on the chart above.) Then we picked a couple students to talk about integrity in the assembly and we practiced our speech. The students worked with my ECE and wrote their ideas at centre time. The speech at the assembly went like this... Student 1: In Miss Naka & Mrs. Tyrrell's class we read "Horton Hatches the Egg" by Dr. Seuss. Student 2: Horton says "I said what I meant and I meant what I said an elephant's faithful 100% Student 3: I show integrity when I tidy my snack spot after I eat my snack everytime. Student 4: I show integrity when I use nice words all the time. Student 5: I show integrity when I sit criss-cross with my hands in my lap even when my teacher isn't looking at me. Student 6: I show integrity when I only play the games that Miss Naka said we could on the SMARTBoard. (I laughed when I heard his idea!) Student 7: I show integrity when I share spots with my friends without being asked to. It is the right thing to do. Studen 8: How do you show integrity? Thank you! We also decided to film the song ahead of time so we combined our two classes and had them sing while we recorded a video on the iPad :) At the actual assembly I was working the projector so I had my partner welcome the students/parents and introduce our character trait. Then we played our integrity song video. (Here is a screen shot of the beginning of our video. I added the words (title & lyrics) using Movie Maker.) After that my kids stood up and did their speech. Oh my goodness. They were amazing! I have some awesome public speakers! We were so proud of their hard work for the assembly this month. I hope that this post can give you some ideas if you are in charge of an integrity assembly!

If you are looking for ideas to make your meeting more fun while teaching your girls how to respect authority you have come to the right place. Using some of these activities below to help your girls understand who is authority and learn how to respect them by listening to their parents, teachers, police, and leader who are there to help them follow directions and rules that are made to keep them safe. I recommend the following activities that will reinforce respecting authority: Practice with activities Be creative with a craft Get moving with a game Put into action with a service project or real life experience. Optionally: If I have a song that related, sing that as well. Below are a few ideas to get you started. Respect Authority Activity Booklet Do you want to skip all the planning? If so, use the Respect Authority Activity booklet and take your girls on a garden adventure helping a family of fairies on a mission to teach the world how to live by very important values. Using the leader booklet and the girl’s activity booklet your girls will complete lots of activities to help their fairy friends plant flowers, water gardens, and learn how to put important values to live by into action. With step-by-step activities planned for you all you have to do is gather the supplies listed, you can’t ask for a easier way to run your meeting. Learn more about the activities included and get yours today! Other Fun Activities to Try for Respect Authority Respecting Authority Figures Using some of the scenario’s below have your girls act out different scenes. These scenarios are ways to have girls give their opinion on how they would handle a situation. Scenario ideas: A police officer talking to a student about being out past curfew A principal talks to a student about having a cell phone in school A teacher talks to a student about talking while she is talking A parent talks to daughter about helping clean the house A GS Leader talks to girl about being a sister to every girl Further Authority DiscussionI think its important to talk further about how parents are authority figures. Just like you need to respect authority in public it is important to respect our moms and dads at home. Explain to your girls the importance of family time with your girls and that when spending time with family to respect their parents authority. Pipe Cleaner Glasses Prep: Get pipe cleaners for each girl two 6-inch pipe cleaners and one 12-inch pipe cleaner. What to Make: Make pipe cleaner glasses by twisting the ends of the long pipe cleaner together to create a circle. Twist the circle in the middle to create 2 connected circles for lenses. Attach a 6-inch pipe cleaner to each side and bend at the ends to fit around the the girls ears. Ask the girls if they have heard glasses called spectacles and tell them these are their “respectacles.” Have them put their glasses on and give them a short children’s book about respecting or disrespecting authority to read. Ask the girls to determine if the behavior was proper or if not what should have been done differently. You can get your books from the library or here are a few ideas you can get from amazon. The Berenstain Bears Show Some Respect I Am a Booger… Treat Me With Respect! Respect and Take Care of Things Few Pinterest Finds you will love too… Here is a great idea to get your girls thinking about Respecting authority in different areas of their life. Brainstorm with girls the answers to each category. The best way to teach the girls to respect authority (and everyone else) is to demonstrate respect yourself. I found a great resource that has some ideas for games, crafts and how to demonstrate respect. check it out….Click here Song to Sing with Girls You can get the following song audio by going here: Listen to Those in Authority Listen To Those in Authority Listen to those in authority, always behave. Honesty, sincerity, are traits that you should gain.Caring, sharing, helping out, raise your hand and wait,Till you’re called on for your turn. Study hard, give your best,And you will pass the test! (Chorus)Listen to those in authority, teachers, principals.Listen to those in authority and do just what you should.No words of hate, no lies, be kind and everyday try hard to get along.Respect yourself and others. Choose right over wrong.Respect yourself and others. Choose right over wrong. No words of hate, no lies, be kind and everyday try hard to get along.Respect yourself and others. Choose right over wrong.Respect yourself and others. Choose right over wrong. Listen to those in authority, your heart knows what’s right.Bullying is always wrong, and it’s not good to fight.Appreciate every race, everyone’s unique. Work together as a team.That’s what we need in our school. Be good, obey the rules. (Chorus) What Do You Stand For? Character Building Card Game If you have read some of the other blog post for petal ideas I share this over and over, because its so great. I found this on amazon a while back and let me tell you its a great way to get your girls talking, it has amazing scenarios to work through, there are many cards that will fit into the other petals as well, so make sure to pick out the ones you want for the specific petal you are working on. Get yours here: What Do You Stand For? Character Building Card Game What do we do after your girls complete the activities? Well of course give them the badge to display proudly on their vest, they earned it! Additionally If you are like many leaders we want to award our girls when they complete something even beyond just the patch. One great way to show achievement is with a certificate. Don’t worry you don’t have to make them, I found a resource that has done all the work for you and all you have to do is print them and customize the certificates with each girl’s name, badge or award earned, date, and troop leader. Editable certificates perfect for awarding girls after earning a badge. Garden Fairy Fun Patches You are going to love these cute adorable fun patches to put on the back of your girl’s vest. I partnered with a amazing company Advantage Emblems and they are producing and shipping the patches. You can buy them individually or as a complete set. The Fairy Fun Patch Complete Set Honest and fair Friendly and helpful Considerate and caring Courageous and strong Responsible for what I say and do Respect myself and others Respect authority Use resources wisely Make the world a better place Be a sister to every girl Teach your girls about integrity and values This book was wrote by my sister – Who was a Girl Scout as a girl and a Leader for many years before starting a family of her own. This beautifully illustrated book empowers kids to be nice and kind human beings. ‘The Adventures To Me ’ is an endearing story of a little elephant on a journey to becoming the best version of “me”. Equipped with nothing other than a colorful scooter, a backpack, and a map, the little elephant starts their “Adventures to Me”. Along the way, meets new friends of all different backgrounds as encounters challenges, has to make choices, and learns lessons along the way. The road to discovering the best version of “me” is paved with lessons about confidence, truthfulness, resilience and strength, respect, kindness, responsibility, accepting differences, using what you have, dreaming big, setting goals, and looking ahead towards the future with a positive mindset. For the little elephant, the journey of life is full of a wealth of possibilities –– ready to embark on a beautiful journey alongside our elephant friend? Learn about the choices we all make to be good people and explore the great “Adventures To Me”! View on Amazon Enjoy every minute being a leader and continue to inspire your girls! Purchase this wonderful illustrated book from Amazon.

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Charades is such a fun and easy game to play with your family. Plus, it requires very little materials and setup. Play it by the campfire, in the living room, or at a party. Here is a list of 50+ charades ideas and words that people of all ages

Explore music and instruments with these books about music for kids. You will find 15 great books about music for kids that they will thoroughly enjoy.

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This is the perfect board game to play as a time filler activity for your ESL class. Your students take turns rolling the die and naming three things around the topic on the board.