Life can be frustrating. You’re not always going to get along with your friends and family, and they won’t always get along with you. And anger and frustration are natural human emotions, so there’s no way you can avoid feeling them. But there are ways to disagree without being disagreeable—and in this BrainPOP movie on conflict resolution, you will learn all about them! First, you’ll find out why it’s a good idea to take a deep breath and collect yourself before you respond to a situation you’re not thrilled about. You’ll discover different ways to compromise, and how placing yourself in another person’s shoes can change a potential screaming match into a friendly discussion. Why risk alienating your friends and hurting people’s feelings, when you can settle your differences fairly
A basic belief underlying The Responsive Classroom approach to teaching is that how children learn to treat one another is as important as what they learn in reading, writing, and arithmetic. We believe that social skills such as cooperation, assertion, responsibility, empathy, and self-control are essential to children’s academic and social success and we emphasize the teaching of these skills, along with academics, throughout the school day.
This resource provides teachers with classroom strategies to build community, improve communication, and enhance classroom discussion. This resource also has a listing of professional books related to these topics.
This is a large collection of games designed to enhance and strengthen communication, cooperation, and team work.
In addition to a description of the learning activities, there is also an informative video demonstrating how the activity is designed.
This resource is 9 printables that can be used to explain hula hut team challenges. These activities can be used to practice teamwork, communication, and cooperation. These printables can be used in a station-style format or displayed digitally to explain before students participate.
The purpose of this assessment is to see if students can identify the four steps used when solving minor problems.
Players need to work together to find solutions to group/individual challenges. Cooperation games put an emphasis on team building, communication and trust. Tactical problems relating to cooperation games include communication, cooperation, teamwork, trust, and problem-solving. This resource includes multiple descriptions and illustrations for cooperative games.
This video is part of the Healthy Kids project. It quickly reminds students that mistakes are a natural part of learning. It’s important to speak with kindness, encouragement, and compassion, whether we are talking to ourselves or to others.
This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.
This is a great resource for teachers when teaching students how to handle conflict and find resolution during disagreements.
