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| Ages |
7-14 |
| Skills |
Social pragmatics,
emotions |
| Cost |
$68.00 |
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Windows |
The four animated stories in the Just
Like series offer much-needed support for children facing difficult
issues. Topics such as bullying, disruptive behavior, and dealing with
parental expectations and conflict at home are de-mystified by the
series. Each story and the accompanying activities facilitate exchange
between students, teachers, and guidance counselors about issues
relating to personal and social development that affect emotional
well-being, behavior, and learning. Each CD in the series is based on a
true story, and portrays children who display courage, humor and
compassion when faced with adversity. The aim of the series is to give
children a sense of hope and a belief that change can happen, as well as
to foster empathy, tolerance, and understanding in the classroom,
school, and communitiy. The stories in the series include:
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Just like every other...student!
Parental expectations are at the core of this story, which brings
issues of pressure, achievement, and relationships into focus.
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Just like every other...school bell!
The focus of this story is conflict at home, including issues such
as fear, disclosure, and relationships.
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Just like every other...class!
Disruptive behavior, learning, expectations, and relationships are
at the center of this story.
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Just like every other...morning!
Bullying, isolation, fear, and relationships are explored in this
story. |
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Each story contains an animated story book with audio and narration,
making them accessible to all levels of reading ability. Key text,
audio, and visual content can be replayed to reinforce comprehension
but also enables children to identify significant content on a
personal level. Children may then write in response to each story.
By providing the same animation for each page as the pages in the
story, omitting the text, and providing a word bank of emotions,
children can retell the stories in their own words. This activity
enables children to interpret, recreate, and claim ownership of both
the issues and the story. Children can get an increased sense of
personal achievement by printing their story.
The animations of each page of the story are shown again, this time
accompanied by two questions relating to the issues raised by that
page. The first question reinforces comprehension but focuses on the
emotional content of the story. The second question has the same
focus but encourages children to self-reflect on the issue in terms
of their own experience.
Finally, two "Word" activities reinforce comprehension.
Matching emotions to the characters in each story encourages
children to view the story from each character's perspective,
helping them to develop a sense of empathy. Another activity lets
children relate actions and feelings to everyday environments,
enabling children to explore the sources of both positive and
negative experiences and to increase their understanding and
awareness of themselves and others. Minimum
System Requirements
PC: Win 95+, Pentium, 166 MHz, 64 Mb RAM, 800x600, 256 Colors |
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