Activity Ideas
Purpose:  Learn & practice successful life tools (highroad)
BEHAVIORS / FEELINGS / ATTITUDES
Activities/Demonstrations
  1.  Communication:
Nonverbal Communication Activities
                              All feelings ok, what can you say/do when you have those feelings
                              Listening / hearing
                              Forgiveness of ourselves and others, letting go
                               Telling the truth / honesty                                


2.  Self-Esteem:  --Activities, Including Thumprint Art Project
                           --Uniquess (see thumbprint above) / Individuality
                           --Quotes from John Wooden Book

  3.  Perception/choices:  --We have a choice in how to label people, things or situations
                                    --See the good, see the possibities
                                    --John Wooden yellow book - HIQ, PIQ, EPIQ
                                    --Creative excercises (Whack on the Side of the Head creative book)

  4.  Compassion:           --Walking in other's shoes - we don't know everything about a person
                                    --People with dissabilities
                                    --We are are valuable and worthy, unique, doing best we can. .
                                    --
Mouth Foot Artists . .

  5.  Joking:                   --What's funny / What's not
Identify role model for yourself:
  1.
Person that possesses these positive characteristics, skills & traits 
       (a) from the history - find easy book to read about people with high character
       (b) adult you know or know of in your current life
       (c) peer
  2. Picture of that person for binder. 
  3. We can think of questions for interviewing that person(s)
Handout: "Be a Scholar", From Mrs. Lang's Website,
Attributes List (inlcudes 'have vision & goals')
Nominate an Amazing Kid for Amazing Kid Recognition on amazing kids.org
SPORTSMANSHIP / TEAMWORK
Coach Wooden's book
Aspects of Competetion / Teamwork, Sportsmanship
Teambuilding games - web search