Teachers notes The ‘Six kinds of best’ concept uses a play on the word ‘kind’ to make it memorable and repeatable. It also reinforces the word ‘kind’. It provides a mechanism to continually reinforce good values and teach them in context. This book is divided into six sections (as above) to indicate the six core values. Each section has a number of pointers which illustrate and support the six values. The ‘Six kinds of best’ concept provides a framework and a language for teaching and reinforcing values at school and in the home. It aims to make students familiar with the six core values and internalise them by using the ‘Six kinds of best’ affirmation. (Refer to page ix, the cover pages of each section and page 115.)
These six fingers represent the ‘Six kinds of best’. Get your students to make the sign. Tell them if they apply these principles throughout their life, they will be ‘A-OK’.
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For example: • When a student makes a negative comment about himself/herself, the teacher may say, ‘Sasha! You’re not being kind to yourself! Are you?’
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Teachers and parents are encouraged to highlight incorrect behaviours and reinforce correct behaviours by using the language of the ‘Six kinds of best’.
• When one student bullies another, the teacher may say, ‘John! You’re not being kind to others! Are you?’ • When a student drops some rubbish, the teacher may comment about the child not being ‘kind to the environment’. • When the class does well in a test, the teacher may comment that they are really ‘the learning kind’.
© R•. I . Ca. Pu l i cawell, t i o ns When student doesb an assignment the teacher may say that the student is ‘the achieving kind’. •f orr ev i ew pur posesonl y• • When a group of students help to clean up, the teacher may state that they are ‘the
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Using the Values toolkit book The activities in this book may be:
– incorporated into a continuing weekly program – used incidentally as required in the classroom – incorporated into an existing personal development or values program – used in conjunction with special values events such as a values ‘supercharger’ day or values ‘week’ where a guest speaker works with the students.
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