Whilst at Megan's seminar in Sydney last week Megan spoke of a positive reinforcement method she used in the classroom called a 'smile' book. In her example she called it 'The Pool Room' ... People who have seen the movie 'The Castle' will understand that reference. Basically, if she saw something that was great and 'smile' worthy she would say 'that's going straight to the pool room!' which was a scrap book containing all these precious moments.
I've adapted that concept a little bit.
In my classroom, if a child does something that makes me smile I will say to them something like 'LOOK at what you have made Miss K do' (whilst pointing at my dimple and smiling)... 'you made the dimple come out that's fantastic!' So I made the same scrapbook concept and called it 'The Dimple Files'
Inside it says...
This book is dedicated to all who are in it!!!!
*insert school abbreviation here* 4K 2009.
These people managed to achieve something fantastic which brought a smile to Miss K's dial....
:)
A bit of fun and not a heap of preparation involved.
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