When I was pregnant with my first child, I noticed pregnant women everywhere! Certainly pregnant women were nothing new, but I was tuned-in in a way that I had never been before. Positivity is like that too! The more you look, the more you’ll find!
While there are lots of ways to reinforce positive behavior, I’m not a fan of many of them. Mostly because there is often a flip-side to these techniques where something is taken away or witheld when behavior is not-so-positive. There’s a lot of see-sawing and keeping track and I have a hard time being consistent and equitable. Maybe that’s just me!
While there are lots of ways to reinforce positive behavior, I’m not a fan of many of them. Mostly because there is often a flip-side to these techniques where something is taken away or witheld when behavior is not-so-positive. There’s a lot of see-sawing and keeping track and I have a hard time being consistent and equitable. Maybe that’s just me!
Class cheers, however, are something I can really rally around! They encourage me to look for the positive and, together with the children, celebrate accomplishments, good deeds, kind words, and more! They are also just plain fun and the kiddos light up like a Christmas tree when the cheer is for them!
So, if you’d like a few cheers in your “back pocket,” I’ve written one for each month of the school year allowing you to introduce a new seasonally-themed cheer from September to June. Use these to recognize individual children, partnerships, teams, or even the whole class while building classroom community and creating a positive learning environment.
You can get the March Cheer FREEBIE here:
or the whole set here!
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Thanks for dropping by!
Jackie
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