Deb Landry
Sticks Stones and Stumped is an interactive dramatic play for children 4-8, focusing on raise awareness of social behaviors through character education.
The vulnerable new student, Billy Bob Opossum becomes the target of Bull E Moose as he uses both verbal and physical bullying tactics to intimidate Billy. The issues that arise are real for both the victim and the bystanders. Should Billy tell anyone, his mother, his teacher, or his friend about the bullying or should he keep quiet and say nothing? The bystanders have a similar problem. Should they tell their teacher and be labeled "tattletales" and possibly become victims of the bully themselves or should they do nothing and hope the moose will get tired of picking on Billy and leave him alone?
That looks like a great activity for the students. The interactive aspect should really allow the students to put themselves in the mind set of the characters. This should help them to understand all the perspectives and problems associated with bullying. I think it will lead to some great discussions.
ReplyDeleteI love that this is set up at an interactive play! The kids will enjoy this and what a great lesson! I see this issue a lot with students not wanting to tell the teacher something that happened because then they will be labeled as a "tattletale" and become a victim of bullying. Sad!
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