Sticky Hope

Everyone has tough days, but how do we talk about those days with our students? An occupational therapist recommends a video to open conversations in Becca's kindergarten classroom. Links mentioned in this episode: Sticky Hope Kit:  https://stickyhope.com/stickyhopekit/ Unbouncing Tigger (Walt Disney Animation Studios):  https://youtu.be/LRVzWYYWgxM?si=__QXD2tp_1bi1K5z Choice Literacy:  https://ch...

We're coming back with part two of welcoming back because we want to talk about how to help the other kids welcome back a classmate who's been dysregulated and needed to take a break, or we had to clear the room with all of the other students. When this happens, how do we continue to build and strengthen our learning communities?

It's mid-year and we're thinking about ways to welcome students and adults into our learning communities. It's not just a beginning of the year act, but something that happens all year long. We talk about welcoming the student who is always late or welcoming back a student who has been sick or welcoming the student who brought a toy (again). We even welcome Gem the cat and her unexpected cameo app...

Humans must learn to care. It's not something we are born knowing how to do. Ruth and Becca talk about ways to nourish students to want to help others.

The things we read, view, and hear influence the ways we interact with the world. How can we be authentic and keep an open-mind to learning more in a world that constantly touts a confusing mix of information? Ruth and Becca discuss paying attention to the things we pay attention to in order to nourish healthy regulation in ourselves and others.

In episode six, Ruth and Becca discuss the way bias influences the decisions educators make when responding to students who are not at their finest.

In the last episode, Ruth and Becca focused on deciding who we want to be when facing extreme behaviors. In this episode they talk about all of the other kids when an educator's attention is consumed by a child who is showing a stress response.

Still tugging threads from Episode 002: Kindergarten, Suspension, and What We Know About the World, in this episode Ruth and Becca consider taking the time to reflect and notice patterns. It begins by deciding who we want to be when faced with dysregulated behaviors.

Digging into the idea of well-nourished lives, we know it doesn't look the same for everyone. Ruth Ayres and Becca Burk discuss the importance of offering well-nourished lives to help strengthen emotional regulation. They define three questions to support well-nourished living in our classrooms and our lives.

It can be shocking to hear people contemplate suspending a kindergarten student. Ruth Ayres and Becca Burk discuss whether suspension helps students grow academically and become mentally fit. This is a complicated topic, and at the end there are still more questions to explore.

Whether you're facing a sticky situation with a student and a tricky behavior or a sticky conversation with a colleague or students' loved ones, choosing to find and provide hope is necessary. Ruth Ayres and Becca Burk decided it was time to chronicle their journey of interacting with kids.