Handouts & Worksheets
This handout, also found on my Teacher's Guide to Students With Anxiety, is perhaps the most important of any resource I have created. Handing out these printable resources to students in middle and high school not only normalizes mental health issues, but also prevents students from having to approach a publicly posted version in their school, or frantically make google searches.
Clay Related
Drawing
General
Beehive Design Collective Specific:
Reflections
Assessment Game
Musical Shapes
The game I am calling “Musical Shapes” is a take on musical chairs, where students will learn to quickly spot differences between geometric and organic shapes. Identifying geometric and organic shapes is listed as one of the learning targets for 1st graders from https://ecompton.wixsite.com/letsplayagame/learning-targets.
For the prototype, I made five geometric shapes and five organic shapes, which will act as the “chairs” element of the game based on how musical chairs is played. The shapes should be laminated and taped to the floor to prevent tripping and slipping. Students will walk around the shapes and have to keep moving when music is played. When the music stops, the instructor will call out geometric or organic, and students will have to find a shape of the correct category to stand on/near. There should either be enough shapes for every person to be able to stand on, or allowance for students to double up on shapes, meaning you are not “out” of the game unless you choose the wrong shape. This means that we can accurately take note of who understands shapes, in a fun, low pressure environment. The game can be played until the instructor has enough info, and students are done playing.
Alternatively, you could play like in traditional musical chairs and take shapes away as the game goes on, only allowing one person per shape. This allows for someone to “win” the game. I imagine possibly playing the former way first, and then introducing the latter, more competitive way if the group can handle it..