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| The Lady of Shalott John William Waterhouse, 1888 |
Today I read a note from one of my friends who recently moved to another state. Both of her children were my storytelling students a few years ago, each equally amazing, smart, talented and kind in their own unique way. Of course a new home means a new school system and this should be an exciting time filled with new adventures and friends so it was upsetting to read that her youngest is experiencing problems with his new classmates. I pray they will recognize what a great and supportive friend he will be if only they will extend a welcoming hand.
I have put together a number of resources below. I hope you will pass them on to your children’s teachers and perhaps read them as well. Hopefully you will never need them but information is power and it is important to know the signs if your child is being bullied at school.
"Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. " ~ Leo F. Buscaglia
I have put together a number of resources below. I hope you will pass them on to your children’s teachers and perhaps read them as well. Hopefully you will never need them but information is power and it is important to know the signs if your child is being bullied at school.
"Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. " ~ Leo F. Buscaglia
A Guide for Educators – Bullying, It’s Not Just Child’s Play from the University of Pennsylvania. Although this information was compiled and published in 2002 there is still useful information for educators and administrators. http://pubs.cas.psu.edu/freepubs/pdfs/ui367.pdf
Anti-Bias Lesson Plans and Resources for K-12 Educators: Words That Heal – Using Children’s Literature to Address Bullying - A good place to start if you are planning a program or lesson on anti-bullying. The site offers discussion guides, extension plans statistics and an annotated bibliography of children’s fiction. http://tinyurl.com/66kyjp
Children’s Literature to Address Bullying - A good place to start if you are planning a program or lesson on anti-bullying. The site offers discussion guides, extension plans statistics and an annotated bibliography of children’s fiction. http://tinyurl.com/66kyjp
COPS – Center for Problem-Oriented Policing by Rana Sampson – Bullying in Schools
http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/files/ric/publications/e07063414-guide.pdf Cyberbullying.org – From our friend in Canada, a useful website with related resources. http://www.cyberbullying.org/
Education Guardian – A number resources that specifically address bullying in the United Kingdom. http://tinyurl.com/3okglg9
Education World - Many sites, activities, lessons plans and resources to use in the classroom and community to help eradicate bullying. http://tinyurl.com/26r2l48
International Bullying Preventions Association – Research, newsletter, conference information and more. http://www.stopbullyingworld.org/
Seeds of Peace - "A non-profit, non-political organization dedicated to preparing teenagers from areas of conflict with the leadership skills required to promote coexistence and peace. Their outreach program also includes a Conflict Resolution CD Rom which is used in both Israeli and Palestinian schools. They also publish The Olive Branch, an online magazine to further their work in the world.” http://www.seedsofpeace.org/
Stop Bullying Now - This site is full of resources to help address the problem of bullying. There are specific areas for teachers, administration, communities, parents and other professionals. There are also games and webisodes for children to help them deal with the issue of bullying. Use this link to access the main page. http://www.stopbullyingnow.com/
Stop Bullying.gov – Information for parents, teens, educators on intervention, monitoring and prevention. http://www.stopbullying.gov/
Story-Lovers.com – Jackie Baldwin offers a collection of stories, books, and more to assist you in presenting an anti-bullying program. http://tinyurl.com/34jazlr
Unlocking the Classroom: The Storytelling Project’s Anti-racism Curriculum - “…developed at Barnard and in NYC schools and includes over 30 lessons for high school students that include arts-based storytelling activities to discuss racism.” http://tinyurl.com/25zwa8r
ACTIVITIES
Activities that Connect Kids – Some wonderful ideas for the classroom to encourage cooperation and friendship.– These activities will help students learn about empathy and compassion. Two sites:
http://tinyurl.com/42qnbvc
http://tinyurl.com/43krpakhttp://tinyurl.com/42qnbvc
Grab a Bully By the Horns – Videos’, quizzes, word searches and a downloadable activity book.
http://www.grababullybythehorns.com/kids-corner/ ARTICLES
American Psychological Association
New York Times – Pages and pages of articles about bullying in all of its forms. The sheer volume of articles speaks for itself! http://tinyurl.com/3n2k2o3
BLOG
Sue Black @ WordPress.com – My friend and colleague is passionate about storytelling and using it to address the epic problem of bullying in schools. She is also a Certified Bullying Prevention Specialist. From time to time she posts an original story to help address the issue. Visit her work at http://sueblack1.wordpress.com/ .
BOOKS
Storyteller Sue Black has compiled an amazing bibliography of “Books with themes of inclusion, friendship, self esteem, peer pressure, empathy, compassion, being brave, standing up, holding fast to dreams, being new, being different, and bully behavior: verbal, physical, social, cyber."http://www.sue-black.com/bullybiblio.html
CRAFTS
Caring Chain to Stop Bullying
http://tinyurl.com/43rl2f5DLTK-KIDS – Friendship crafts for ages 3 and up.
READER’S THEATER
Tolerance.org – Why Frog and Snake Never Play Together
http://www.tolerance.org/sites/default/files/general/r&r_pourquoiplay.pdf
http://www.tolerance.org/sites/default/files/general/r&r_pourquoiplay.pdf
Karen Chace 2011 ©
This blog post was painstakingly researched and compiled by Karen Chace. Permission for private use is granted. Distribution, either electronically or on paper is prohibited without my expressed written permission. For permission please contact me at storybug@aol.com. Of course, if you wish to link to my newsletter via your website, blog, newsletter, Facebook page or Twitter please feel free to do so; I greatly appreciate your support and personal integrity.
This blog post was painstakingly researched and compiled by Karen Chace. Permission for private use is granted. Distribution, either electronically or on paper is prohibited without my expressed written permission. For permission please contact me at storybug@aol.com. Of course, if you wish to link to my newsletter via your website, blog, newsletter, Facebook page or Twitter please feel free to do so; I greatly appreciate your support and personal integrity.
1 comments:
Please add Empowering Children to Help Stop Bullying at School: A curriculum for grades three and up by Carol Wintle to your list of books. It is available at www.carolwintle.com
Also, asking your child's school to put together a friendship group to help them as a new student, socially can be a powerful way to protect them from further harm.
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