Description
Students will identify ways to stop a negative or harmful thought with this exercise from Tamara Zentic's 13 & Counting: Rescue Me? Start the morning off with smelly trash in a trash can in the classroom without saying anything to your students. This lesson will give students the opportunity to realize self-control allows them to be able to stop negative thoughts or "stinkin' thinkin' and replace them with positive messages.
This exercise is recommended for grades 5-12.
Materials needed:
- Writing utensil
- Scissors
- Tape
- Smelly trash in a trash can
- "Cube Template" handout (provided as a PDF)
- Boys Town Social Skill, "Stopping Negative or Harmful Thoughts" (provided as a PDF)
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Produced by Boys Town Press
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