JELLYBEAN JAMBOREE

6 Life-Skill Units For Young Children

Written BYSusan Jelleberg

iLLUStrated BYterry Sirrell

Jellybean Jamboree

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION .........................................................................................6-7

JEllYbEAN JAMbOREE ASCA STANDARDS ...................................... 8-11

ANGER MANAGEMENT UNIT .................................................................... 13lESSON 1: ANGRY ARlENE, THE GRUMPY RED JEllYbEAN .........................................................14-16 ANGRY ARLENE, THE GRUMPY RED JELLYBEAN ........................................................................17-18

I CAN GET RID OF THE GRUMPIES IN A QUIET PLACE ...............................................................19-20

lESSON 2: bUTTONS ............................................................................................................................21-23 BUTTONS ..........................................................................................................................................24-25

lESSON 3: WHAT “bUGS” ME ..............................................................................................................26-28 WHAT “BUGS” ME AT SCHOOL ....................................................................................................... 29-30

lESSON 4: TEMPER TANTRUMS ..........................................................................................................31-32 TEMPER TANTRUMS .......................................................................................................................33-34

lESSON 5: ANGER CONTROl I ............................................................................................................35-37 ANGER CONTROL ............................................................................................................................38-41

lESSON 6: ANGER CONTROl II ...........................................................................................................42-44 MY FRUSTRATION PLAN .................................................................................................................45-46

EMOTIONAl AWARENESS UNIT ............................................................... 47lESSON 1: EMOTIONAl EUGENE, THE FEElING blUE JEllYbEAN ............................................. 48-49 EMOTIONAL EUGENE, THE FEELING BLUE JELLYBEAN .............................................................50-51

lESSON 2: FACE THE FEElINGS .........................................................................................................52-53 FACE THE FEELINGS .......................................................................................................................54-55

lESSON 3: HAPPINESS .........................................................................................................................56-57 A RAINBOW OF HAPPINESS ...........................................................................................................58-59

lESSON 4: SADNESS ............................................................................................................................60-62 EMOTIONAL EUGENE IS ONE SAD JELLYBEAN! ..........................................................................63-64

CLOUDS OF SADNESS ....................................................................................................................65-66

lESSON 5: IT HURTS .............................................................................................................................67-68 IT HURTS ...........................................................................................................................................69-70

lESSON 6: blAH bEATERS ..................................................................................................................71-72 BLAH BEATERS ................................................................................................................................73-74

lESSON 7: I FEEl ..................................................................................................................................75-77 I FEEL ... ............................................................................................................................................78-79

HOW DOES YOUR JELLYBEAN FEEL TODAY? ..............................................................................80-81

DECISION MAKING UNIT ........................................................................... 83lESSON 1: DECISION-MAKING DEAN, THE PROblEM-SOlVING ORANGE JEllYbEAN ............. 84-85 HELP DECISION-MAKING DEAN PICK HEALTHY FOODS ............................................................86-87

lESSON 2: MAKING DECISIONS WITH DEAN .....................................................................................88-90 WHAT WILL HAPPEN? ......................................................................................................................91-92

lESSON 3: DECISION-MAKING DEAN AND CONSEQUENCES .........................................................93-95 DECISION-MAKING DEAN AND CONSEQUENCES .......................................................................96-97

lESSON 4: PROS AND CONS .............................................................................................................98-100 PROS AND CONS .........................................................................................................................101-102

lESSON 5: PERSONAl HYGIENE ....................................................................................................103-105 PERSONAL HYGIENE ..................................................................................................................106-107

lESSON 6: WHAT CAN I DO? ............................................................................................................108-109 WHAT CAN I DO? ...........................................................................................................................110-113

SElF-CONCEPT UNIT .............................................................................. 115lESSON 1: ME, MAUREEN, THE SElF-KNOWING lAVENDER JEllYbEAN ............................... 116-117 WHO I AM .......................................................................................................................................118-119

lESSON 2: FAMIlY TREE ..................................................................................................................120-123 ME, MAUREEN'S FAMILY TREE ...................................................................................................124-127

MY FAMILY TREE ..........................................................................................................................128-129

lESSON 3: I lIKE “bEAN” ME ..........................................................................................................130-132 I LIKE “BEAN” ME ..........................................................................................................................133-134

lESSON 4: MY STRENGTHS .............................................................................................................135-137 MY STRENGTHS...........................................................................................................................138-139

lESSON 5: I lIKE TO... ......................................................................................................................140-141 THINGS I LIKE TO DO ..................................................................................................................142-143

lESSON 6: SOME “bEAN” lOVES YOU ..........................................................................................144-146 PEOPLE I LOVE ............................................................................................................................147-148

THINGS I LOVE .............................................................................................................................149-150

SOME “BEAN” LOVES YOU! ........................................................................................................151-152

FRIENDSHIP SKIllS UNIT ....................................................................... 153lESSON 1: FRIENDlY FRANCINE, THE NEIGHbORlY PINK JEllYbEAN ................................... 154-156 FRIENDS ARE... ............................................................................................................................157-158

lESSON 2: SHARING .........................................................................................................................159-161 TO SHARE OR NOT TO SHARE ..................................................................................................162-163

lESSON 3: bEING NICE .....................................................................................................................164-165 BEING NICE ..................................................................................................................................166-167

lESSON 4: ONE lEFT OUT ...............................................................................................................168-171 ONE LEFT OUT .............................................................................................................................172-173

lESSON 5: FRIENDS lISTEN TO EACH OTHER .............................................................................174-176 FRIENDS .......................................................................................................................................177-178

IT'S GREAT TO HAVE FRIENDS!......................................................................................................... 179

lESSON 6: JEllYFlIES ....................................................................................................................180-182 JELLYFLIES ...................................................................................................................................183-184

bEHAVIOR UNIT ....................................................................................... 185lESSON 1: ORNERY ORDEAN, THE MISbEHAVING GREEN JEllYbEAN ................................... 186-187 ORNERY ORDEAN, THE MISBEHAVING GREEN JELLYBEAN ..................................................188-189

lESSON 2: RUlES FOR A REASON .................................................................................................190-191 GOOD BEHAVIOR BALLOONS ....................................................................................................192-193

lESSON 3: STEAlING .......................................................................................................................194-199 BORROWING OR STEALING? .....................................................................................................200-201

lESSON 4: TATTlING ........................................................................................................................202-204 IT'S OK TO TELL ...........................................................................................................................205-206

lESSON 5: INTERRUPTING ...............................................................................................................207-209 WHEN YOU INTERRUPT, YOU MIX UP THE MESSAGE! ........................................................... 210-211

lESSON 6: CHEATING .......................................................................................................................212-213 CHEATERS NEVER WIN! .............................................................................................................214-215

lESSON 7: bUllYING .......................................................................................................................216-219 BULLY WORD FIND ......................................................................................................................220-221

PUPPET PATTERNS ................................................................................. 223 DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING STICK PUPPETS ................................................................................... 225

ANGRY ARLENE, THE GRUMPY RED JELLYBEAN ....................................................................226-227

EMOTIONAL EUGENE, THE FEELING BLUE JELLYBEAN .........................................................228-229

DECISION-MAKING DEAN, THE PROBLEM-SOLVING ORANGE JELLYBEAN ......................... 230-231

ME, MAUREEN, THE SELF-KNOWING LAVENDER JELLYBEAN ..............................................232-233

FRIENDLY FRANCINE, THE NEIGHBORLY PINK JELLYBEAN ..................................................234-235

ORNERY ORDEAN, THE MEAN GREEN JELLYBEAN ................................................................236-237

AbOUT THE AUTHOR .............................................................................. 238

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INTRODUCTION

PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM:

Jellybean Jamboree is a lively, fun program that introduces young children to life skills necessary for social and emotional growth. It includes six units: anger management, emotional awareness, decision making, self-concept, friendship skills, and behavior. Each unit includes short lessons that can be completed in 30 minutes. Following the lesson topics are related activity sheets. These activity sheets are placed in a folder and given to the children to take home when the unit is completed. Throughout many of the lessons, new vocabulary words are introduced. These keywords are explained and used in the accom-panying lesson.

Life skills cannot be emphasized too soon. The earlier children understand their emotions and become aware of the need to control anger, the consequences of behaviors, the components of a friendship, and the importance of making good decisions, the more successful they will be in school, at home, and in all their activities.

HOW JEllYbEAN JAMbOREE GOT ITS NAME:

When the author began counseling in Minot, North Dakota, many of the younger children couldn’t remember that her name was Ms. Jelleberg. So they snagged onto the nickname she had in high school: Jellybean.

She began telling the children that to remember her name, they should think of jellybeans. It worked like a charm. She became known as Ms. Jellybean.

In reviewing the lessons for this book, turning all the character into Jellybeans became a joy. So did endowing them with special personalities for each unit.

Her hope is that you enjoy working with the Jellybeans as much as she enjoyed creating them.

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LESSON 4: ANGER MANAGEMENT

TEMPER TANTRUMS

Goal:

To explore the issue of temper tantrums and their causes

Materials needed:

For Each Child:cCopy of Temper Tantrums (page 33, color) (page 34, black and white)cPencilcChild’s folder

For The Leader:cAngry Arlene stick puppet (page 226, color) (page 227, black and white)cBoard and chalk or chart paper and marker

Lesson Preparation:

Make the Angry Arlene stick puppet according to the directions (page 225). Make a copy of Temper Tantrums for each child.

Keywords:

Temper tantrum

Lesson:

Introduce the lesson by asking:

How many of you have ever heard the words temper tantrum? (Pause for responses.)

Hold up the Angry Arlene stick puppet. Manipulate the puppet as you say:

Temper tantrums occur when someone doesn’t get his or her own way. Angry Arlene loses her temper and throws a temper tantrum when she doesn’t get her own way.

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TEMPER TANTRUMS

Angry Arlene has had a temper tantrum, so it is important to get her to the “time-out” chair. Follow the maze and, without crossing any lines, get Angry Arlene where she needs to go. Then answer the two questions at the bottom of the page.

Circle Yes or No:

Is it OK to be angry? YES NO Should you hurt anyone when you get angry? YES NO

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LESSON 2: EMOTIONAL AWARENESS

FACE THE FEELINGS

Goal:

To have the children identify feelings by sight

Materials needed:

For Each Child:cCopy of Face The Feelings (page 54, color) (page 55, black and white)cCrayonscPencilcChild’s folder

For The Leader: None

Lesson Preparation:

Make a copy of Face The Feelings for each child.

Lesson:

Introduce the lesson by saying:

Today, we are going to think about many different feelings. In our last les-son, we learned that Emotional Eugene has difficulty telling anyone how he feels. When we are finished with our lesson today, we will ask ourselves if there is any way for others to know how Eugene feels when he is unable to tell them.

Emotional Eugene may not be able to tell others how he feels. But even if someone doesn’t tell how he or she feels, we can see how a person feels by paying attention to his or her actions.

Demonstrate some feelings, and have the children identify them. For example, pound your fist on a desk, frown, laugh, jump up and down, and use any other movements or expres-sions you choose.

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FACE THE FEELINGS

HAPPY

LONELY

ANGRY

SAD

SCARED

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LESSON 2: FRIENDSHIP SKILLS

SHARING

Goal:

To help the children realize that sharing is one characteristic of a good friend

Materials needed:

For Each Child:cCopy of To Share Or Not To Share (page 162, color) (page 163, black and white)cRed and blue crayoncPencilcChild’s folder

For The Leader:cFriendly Francine stick puppet (page 234, color) (page 235, black and white)

Lesson Preparation:

Make the Friendly Francine stick puppet according to the directions (page 225). Make a copy of To Share Or Not To Share for each child.

Keyword:

Selfish

Lesson:

Hold up the Friendly Francine stick puppet. Introduce the lesson by telling the children that Francine has a story to tell them. Then say:

Yesterday, I went over to Selene Jellybean’s house to play. I was so excited that she was going to play with me. Selene has lots of toys I don’t have, and going to her house is like going to a toy store to play.

Stop the story and ask the children:

Would this make you excited, too? (Yes.)

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TO SHARE OR NOT TO SHARE Directions: Look at each picture. If it is a picture of something to share, draw a red circle around it. If it is a picture of something that should not be shared, draw a blue circle around it. Then take your pencil and put an “X” through the picture of anything that you might share some times, but not at others.

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ANGRY ARLENE, THE GRUMPY RED JELLYBEAN