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Cool Kids is a character-building social and emotional learning program for pre-k students and kindergartners through ninth graders. Cool Kids teaches children skills and character principles for handling interpersonal and emotional situations, such as peer pressure, anger, responsibilities, bullying, and conflicts. Children learn the skills taught in Cool Kids through Cool Kids TV epsisodes, tips on handouts, discussion, role-plays, online games, morning announcement recordings, and drawing activities. Research indicates that social and emotional learning program positively impact student behavior and academic performance. To learn about the latest outcome studies on Cool Kids, click here.
School counselors, teachers, and PTAs may use the Cool Kids Lesson Kits for guidance lessons, character education, parent education, PTA programs, and assemblies. Schools subscribing to Cool Kids for the 20010-2011 school year will receive access to 18 Lesson Kits, 5 online Cool Kids games that can be used as lessons, morning announcement recorded "Coolcasts," and parenting talk outlines for parent coffees and meetings.
When you subscribe to Cool Kids, you receive an User Name and Password to access the resources at www.coolkidschannel.com. The Lesson Kits include:
COOL KIDS LESSON KITS |
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| TOPIC | COOL RULE | CHARACTER TRAIT |
RESOURCES |
| Respecting peers |
Give Respect |
Respect/Integrity | Kit with Cool Kids TV/E-tips |
| Homework and responsibilities |
Get it Done |
Responsibility/Perseverance | Kit with Cool Kids TV/E-tips |
| Dealing with anger |
Stay Cool |
Self-discipline | Kit with Cool Kids TV/E-tips |
| Showing care |
Give Respect |
Caring/Citizenship | Kit/E-tips |
| Family relationships |
Stay Cool/Work it Out |
Fairness/Self-discipline | Kit with Cool Kids TV/E-tips |
| Conflict resolution | Work it Out |
Self-discipline/Fairness | Kit with Cool Kids TV/E-tips |
| Peer pressure |
Work it Out |
Courage/Self-discipline | Kit/E-tips |
| Telling the truth |
Work it Out |
Honesty/Integrity/Trustworthiness | Kit/E-tips |
| Self-esteem | Be Confident | Perseverance/Resilience | Kit with Cool Kids TV/E-tips |
| Taking tests | Get it Done/Be Confident |
Self-discipline/Perseverance | Kit with Cool Kids TV/E-tips |
| Setting goals for school, higher education, and career |
Get it Done | Self-discipline |
Kit with Cool Kids TV/E-tips |
| Dealing with bullies | Work it Out/Be Confident |
Resilience/Self-discipline | Kit with Cool Kids TV/E-tips |
| Accepting and respecting differences – diversity |
Give Respect |
Caring/Citizenship |
Kit with Cool Kids TV/E-tips |
| Having a good attitude |
Stay Cool |
Perseverance | Kit with Cool Kids TV/E-tips |
| Dealing with sadness |
Stay Cool |
Perseverance | Kit with Cool Kids TV/E-tips |
| Making choices to prevent substance abuse |
Work it Out |
Self-discipline/Courage | Kit with Cool Kids TV/E-tips |
| Following directions |
Get it Done |
Integrity | Kit with Cool Kids TV/E-tips |
| Listening | Give Respect |
Respect | Kit with Cool Kids TV/E-tips |