Counteract today’s principal social problem—bullying—with games, stories, songs, and role-playing by presenting Conquering Bullies to elementary-age children.

Twelve jungle animals are featured in a selection of story-based lessons for grades K-2 and in a selection of games for grades 2-5. The 12 animals are identified with bullying behaviors that children face in their everyday lives and for which they need coping strategies. You will find a game lesson and a story lesson for:

Loud-Mouth Lion (Gossiping)

Hurtful Hyena (Excluding From A Group)

Walloping Warthog (Threatening)

Tyrannical Tiger (Bossing)

Zany Zebra (Denying Doing The Wrong Thing)

Erupting Elephant (Putting Others Down)

Gloating Giraffe (Being Snooty)

Menacing Monkey (Ganging Up On Someone)

Harassing Hippo (Name-Calling)

Refusing Rhino (Denying Or Lying About Actions)

Snappy Snake (Whining And Complaining)

Using songs based on familiar tunes such as The Biggity, Wigity Bully sung to the tune of The Itsy, Bitsy Spider or The Bully In The School sung to the tune of The Farmer In The Dell is one of the extra options that help get the elimination of bullying messages across to young students. The other extra option is the Animal Jungle Hats. Patterns are included for making clever animal hats out of newspaper and construction paper. Students portraying a bully in the games wear the hat appropriate for the game or activity, giving a visual impression of the type of bullying to confront or avoid.

Presented in any order, this collection of innovative bully-conquering lessons will provide both the leader and the children with many creative and educational experiences. The program includes:

23 game-oriented guidance lessons for grades 2-5 (6 on recognizing bullies, 5 on dealing with bullies, and 12 on types of bullies)

12 story-based guidance lessons for grades K-2

12 Jungle Animal Hat Patterns

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TOPIC: Bullying

INCLUDES: Classroom and small-group games, stories, animal hat patterns, reproducibles

GRADE LEVELS: K-5/AGES: 5-10

FOR USE WITH: Classrooms, small groups

AUTHOR: Marianne Vandawalker

RECOMMENDED FOR: Elementary counselors, elementary teachers, youth group leaders

8.5 x 11, 256 pages, paperback, black & white illustrations, 2005