If you work with older students, they have probably been surly and negative for quite a while.
Even younger children can have deeply entrenched negativity. To
expect words to rapidly change longtime, entrenched, bad attitudes is naive. There are
so many alternatives to mere words. Our resources are packed with these more effective,
alternative strategies that work much better than outdated, conventional approaches.
There are so many alternatives to words that it is a long list, but
a few of the best substitutes include cartoons, handouts, games, quizzes, experiments,
contests, experiential learning, and other indirect methods that turn the light on over the
student's head. Students are so practiced at deflecting words. They are not as practiced
at avoiding the insight generated by unexpected approaches. For example, a student may
have a bad attitude about attendance and punctuality. That classic classroom management
problem can persist, and students often disregard verbal admonitions, advice and sanctions.
This fun, light intervention handout (shown below) can transform a chronic, negative classroom management
problem into an enjoyable learning activity with none of the contentiousness normally associated
with working with truant and chronically late students. This fun activity will out-perform
words every time.
We offer this activity as both a
poster (click) and
as a handout in our Behavior Change Handouts: Becoming a Successful Student
book; (click here or see the book pictured below).
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