…we are finishing up our 7 Habits of Happy Kids! They have done a great job remembering these throughout the weeks. Here are the 7 Habits with hand motions.
1. First Things First (hold up one finger)
2. Listen Before You Speak (put your hand to your ear)
3. I’m in Charge of Me (point your thumbs to your chest)
4. Balance Feels Best (stick your hands out to the side)
5. Always Have a Plan (put your finger to your head like you’re thinking)
6. Think Win-Win (put your other finger to the other side of your head)
7. Together is Better (clasp your hands together in front of you)
We’ll continue to go over these with hand motions each time I see them, even though we will start on a different topic in January.
This week we talked about Together is Better. We learned from our story that if everyone works together as a team, you can get a lot more done! Their activity was a challenge…they had to think of as many states as they could in 1 minute. On their own, they couldn’t come up with more than 4 or 5. But with the whole class working together (and my pointing out which answers weren’t actually states), they were able to come up with 15-25 states. That’s a big difference!
The kids thought this habit meant that it’s better to always have someone to play with, or to never do things by yourself. I think it’s important to be able to accomplish things on your own and to be ok with being by yourself. But it is also really important for them to learn about teamwork, and that working with the other people on your team (or offering to help someone that needs it) helps everyone succeed.
