The Kelso Booster Curriculum Kit

The Booster Curriculum Kit offers additional Kelso's Choice resources and activities to support the conflict management curriculum. The program is comprised of two sections for grades K - 3 and grades 4 -5. The same core concepts and philosophy are taught in both sections with slight differences to reflect the varying developmental and maturity levels. Grades K -3 lessons are designed around Kelso the Frog, and offers nine options students can choose from to resolve conflicts. Grades 4 - 5 lessons are based around K.C.'s Choices which present eight verbal and nonverbal choices. Students are taught to use these choices and differentiate between problems they can handle on their own and those requiring adult intervention. They will also be empowered with skills to make, and become accountable for, their own choices.Booster Leader's GuideKelso's Booster Curriculum Leader's Guide offers an outline for Parents/Guardians to learn the concepts and components of the Kelso's Choice Curriculum, provides grade appropriate reinforcement activities, and a CD for reproducible masters. The Booster Leader's Guide outlines activities designed to further reinforce themessage that all children are strong enough and smart enough to solve small problems.This guide includes:- Parents' Night Letter- Parents' Night Poster- Printable and Reproducible Kelso's and K.C.'s Wheels- Kelso's and K.C. Games- Kelso Classroom Activities (Including instruction on how to make a Willow Pond Theater - to be used with paper puppet cutouts)- Four Extension lessons for Grades K -1- Four Extension lessons for Grades 2 -3- Four Extension lessons for Grades 4-5- A CD to make it even easier to print out reproducible handoutsThe scope and sequence of the lessons are flexible and can be adapted to your needs. School counselors, teachers, and administrators can present the lessons and extended activities to students. The curriculum is easily adapted to a variety of setting: classroom, small groups, individual counseling, and school-wide programs. A suggested time allotment and grade-level range are noted on each lesson.Note: If your school uses the Kelso's Choice Wheel for 4th and 5th grade students, activities and crafts can easily be adapted, and instruction is provided on how to do so.Putting Kelso into Play DVD: Brand New!See Kelso' Choices in action! Short, true-to-life vignettes. The DVD is split into two sections: for grades K-3 using the Kelso's Choice Wheel and for grades 4-5 using K.C.'s Wheel. Help students see how kids use conflict management solutions to solve everyday problems.It's Your Choice Card Game: Grades K-3A deck of 60 cards to quiz students on how to use conflict management skills to solve common, age-appropriate scenarios and questions on the Kelso's Choice core concepts. Can be used by teacher to student or student to student. åÊIt's Your Choice Card Game: Grades 4-5A deck of 60 cards to quiz students on how to use conflict management skills to solve common, age-appropriate scenarios and questions on the core concepts taught in the program. Can be used by teacher to student or student to student..åÊPaper Puppet Cutouts: Brand New!Use these colored character cutouts from the Willow Pond Storybook to bring the stories and lessons to life! Colored illustrations printed on thick, gloss paper can be cut out and adhered to a popsicle stick to create paper puppets.åÊ