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You're Not Teaching Social Skills for the Fun of It

But That Doesn't Mean Teaching Social Skills Lessons Can't Be Fun

The Seven C's of Thinking Clearly, Grades 2-6, Activities, Games, and Stories for Teaching Social Skills

        "In reviewing The Seven C's of Thinking Clearly, I felt it added a dimension to Social Skills that I had yet to find. One of the strengths was how it combined language-based skills into the social skills lessons.
        Another strength was the creative activities which are a part of every social skill presented. It is, by far, the most creative social skills program I have ever reviewed.
        A third strength is the number of activities from which one can choose. The most frequently used social skills programs are those that don't demand much advanced preparation for those using it."
                            Sandy Sanders
                            Covered Bridge School District

The Seven C's of Thinking Clearly, Grades 5-9, Activities, Games, and Stories for Teaching Social Skills

Introducing The Seven C's of Thinking Clearly

The Seven C's of Thinking Clearly is an invaluable two volume collection of powerful character based lessons —activities, games, and stories — designed to help young people develop their emotional, social and thinking skills. Try the following lessons with your students and see how they respond.

What Teachers Are Saying

“The imaginative activities and examples make the teaching fun and that’s when teachers and students get excited.”
                                                      T. Helmstetter,
                                                      Media Generalist,
                                                      Forest Hills Elementary

The books are very “teacher friendly.” The stories can easily be integrated into an existing curriculum, adding a broader perspective and teaching of life skills while teaching what is required in state core. The other thing I like about these books is that they can be used for any subject area and are a great resource for ESL and special needs classrooms.
                                                      Chris Campbell Gremler
                                                      Coordinator, Community of Caring
                                                      Granite School District

Our district has used many character education programs as part of the regular curriculum, but this one is the best we have found so far. The characters become real to the students as they readily identify with the characteristics they see as most desirable for their own behaviors.
                                                      Nedra Call
                                                      Curriculum Coordinator
                                                      Nebo School District

The activities and stories are fun because they involve doing things kids like to do, but they are not cotton candy. These are serious lessons relevant to experiences your students have on a daily basis and which touch their lives in very personal ways. They are designed to help students:

DEVELOP THEIR THINKING SKILLS
By helping young people focus on developing their thinking skills, several important things happen.

It allows teachers and students to examine together the thought processes that lead to self-defeating behaviors in fun, objective, and non-threatening ways
It helps students to understand the connection between attitudes, behaviors and consequenses
It enables students to recognize the relevance of what they are learning, and
It encourages students to take greater ownership of their choices and actions
All of which are essential ingredients for positive social interactions.

DEVELOP ESSENTIAL CHARACTER TRAITS
Every lesson in The Seven C's of Thinking Clearly provides students opportunities to develop virtues such as personal responsibility, self-respect, respect for others and trustworthiness—all essential to overcoming the three social skills deficits.

DEVELOP UNDERSTANDING
The Seven C's of Thinking Clearly employs several important comprehension and retention stratgegies designed to help students understand why certain attitudes and behaviors are more beneficial and productive than others.

A rich literature base of high interest stories enables students to understand the inescapable link between attitudes, behaviors, and consequences.
The mental imagery of "The Stinkn' Thinking Gang", "EPT", and "The CT Team" characters is especially helpful to students in learning to overcome negative and counterproductive thinking.
A wide range of fun, "Is-Like" learning activities enable students translate familiar everyday experiences into an understanding of abstract concepts, which in turn, helps them to better distinguish appropriate behaviors for given situations.
The use of Hindsight, Insight, Foresight questions along with other cooperative learning strategies require active student involvement in the learning process.
The activities and stories are relevant to experiences your students are having on a daily basis.

These short, literature rich lessons are curriculum friendly, easy to prepare, and fun to present. Each lesson is compatible with core curriculum requirements, thus facilitating its integration into your daily schedule.

Put these all together and you have multiple opportunities every day for teaching the critical social skills your students need. You also have comprehension, retention, and motivation strategies that help students generalize what they are learning from the classroom to natural settings.

"I felt like I was teaching something very valuable to my students."                                                        J. Bewick, Northridge Elementary

"Students really relaxed and had fun. Some commented on how good the stories were."
                                                       L. Stevens, Northwest Intermediate

"Extremely appropriate for my students. Skills they are lacking and need desperately. They stayed involved and were able to participate"
                                                       J. Stuy, Lindon Elementary

"The students were very attentive. They enjoyed the subject matter and were able to bring their own experiences into the discussion and relate to it."
                                                       R. Tiffany, Highland Elementary

"My students surprised me with their depth of feeling and comments."
                                                     D. Ricks, Franklin Elementary

Each book is priced at only $24.95 plus shipping and handling.

Order both books for only $49.90 plus shipping and handling and in addition you will also receive
a hard cover edition of "Mac and Zach from Hackensack", a $12.95 value, Absolutely FREE.

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Try these books for 90 days. If you are not completely satisfied, simply return the books with a copy of your sales receipt, and I'll quickly and cheerfully refund your full purchase price, including the amount we billed you for shipping and handling. As you can see, the full risk is mine. I personally don't think it is much of a risk, but you get to be the judge.

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In addition to the mini-course, you will receive our monthly newsletter titled “Cinch by the Inch” which contains additional tips and sample lessons. You can unsubscribe at any time, but we believe you will find the information invaluable in helping your students develop the social skills they so very much need to learn.

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