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world. It is crucial to reinforce the win-win concept, where the students are capable of resolving
their own conflicts looking for the common good more than just the personal one.
Suggestions by Ages
1’s
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Involve other members of the community in the activities and projects

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Invite the parents to participate in the classroom´s activities

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Model the conflict solution taking into account the “win-win”

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Model the month´s value and other values previously presented to the children

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Design a “spy” (explained in depth in module 4) to recognize the value of the month both

2’s

3’s

in and outside the classroom
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Communication: Visit other classrooms to share Works, anecdotes, reading, etc.

4 & 5’s
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Extend the school´s projects to the home and possibly to the community (e.g. “If I Were
an Astronaut…” – Understand time and space)

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Reinforce the importance of listening to each other and take everybody´s ideas into
account

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Promote empathy, validating all the children´s answers (e.g. A boy that decides that his
space ship has multiple colors and another that thinks that space ships are like airplanes).

Suggested Thought Routines:
Is it well done?
Making it Fair: Here, Now, Later