Use Creative Road Signs to Pave the Way to Smart Vacations
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Where does Responsibility Drive lead students and teachers? This road leads to Opportunity Expressway!
In summertime (Northern Hemisphere) or winter (Southern Hemisphere), vacation time is…
a time when many children go “on the road” with family or friends to destinations near and far.
Creative road signs in school can help pave the way for smart vacations.
What’s a smart vacation?
Answer: Time away from the classroom when children continue to learn, even as they enjoy a break.
Use street signs in your room and along nearby halls that impart important messages in school to point children in the right direction out of school…
before they leave class for vacation breaks between terms.
Head down Responsibility Drive – Find or make street signs named for character traits and other motivators to help K – 5 kids find the right road to their futures.
Post a sign on a classroom bulletin board or school hall that reads Responsibility Drive and challenge students to guess where this road leads.
Responsibility Drive leads to Opportunity Expressway!
Create Creative Road Signs – Use creative road signs before smart vacations to:
“Peppi,” a small dog hand puppet “helps the class discuss responsibility.” This “stage” may then be posted along Responsibility Drive.
- catch and keep kids’ attention
- assist with classroom management
- make strong curriculum connections
- help motivate students
Order Customized Street Signs Online or Make Your Own – “Sign on to a road show” for your classroom or school hall walls.
Order customized road signs online that feature just about anything you want, including desirable character traits like responsibility.
Add Tabletop Visuals to Drive Home Desired Character Traits – Look for small posters that impart important messages, like Responsibility – It’s All Yours!, that can double as mini puppet stages.
Hold a small hand puppet behind the poster “stage” and lead a class discussion about key character traits.
Make the puppet “come to life” by using any voice other than your own to make the puppet “talk.” (No professional training required.)
How else can you pave the way to smart vacations? (more…)
Barbara Cleary has been serving as a resource to hundreds of educators for more than 25 years.
An award-winning writer, producer, teacher, and trainer, Barbara’s focus is on offering easy, fun tools and tricks that support K-5 curricula and assist teachers with classroom management.
