Teaching Manners Lessons - Overcoming Challenges
During the development of the Boost Kids program we asked educators what challenges they face in implementing opportunities for manners lessons in their classroom. The most frequent challenges sighted regarding manners lessons were time and structure.
Challenges for Teachers Seeking to Add Manners Lessons to Their Cirriculum |
Challenges |
Reasons For Being a Challenge |
| Time Constraints |
Student preparation for mandated testing
Lack of time to adequately prepare for even required coursework |
| Structure of Manners Course |
Lack of standard, structured curriculum of manners lessons that is current, interactive, and fun for students learning in the technological age |
An Easy Solution: BoostKids
In listening to educators concerns about teaching manners lessons, Boost Kids based the development of our curriculum specifically on helping meet those needs. The curriculum is designed to form around the needs of the teacher because Boost Kids can be adapted to be taught:
Great Ways to Teach Boost Kids Manners Lessons in the Classroom |
| Quick 5 minute Boost manners lessons ideas: |
Show a video from the Boost Kids interactive CD-ROM or
Do one or two of the Boost Kids flash cards or
Spend 5 minutes practicing a Boost Kids skill |
| Longer class period Boost manners lessons: |
Show the video, review together the chapter in the Boost Kids book, practice time, and finally complete the chapter quiz. |
How BoostKids Can Help:
BoostKids is a program that can help increase a child’s confidence by teaching social skills to children and building their character. BoostKids has been and is currently being taught in schools, non-profit organizations, and after-school programs. The program is now available as an at-home training program for children and their parents. The key training tool of the BoostKids program is an interactive CD-ROM that shows kids the right-way and the wrong-way to handle social situations. They learn from real kid actors in real-life scenerios!
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