JELLYBEAN
JAMBOREE
6 Life-Skill Units For Young Children
Written By
Susan Jelleberg
Illustrated By
Terry Sirrell
Jellybean Jamboree
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Paperback ISBN: 978-1-57543-172-7
REVISED 2009
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................... 6-7
JELLYBEAN JAMBOREE ASCA STANDARDS....................................... 8-11
ANGER MANAGEMENT UNIT..................................................................... 13
LESSON 1: ANGRY ARLENE, THE GRUMPY RED JELLYBEAN.......................................................... 14-16
ANGRY ARLENE, THE GRUMPY RED JELLYBEAN......................................................................... 17-18
I CAN GET RID OF THE GRUMPIES IN A QUIET PLACE................................................................ 19-20
LESSON 2: BUTTONS............................................................................................................................. 21-23
BUTTONS........................................................................................................................................... 24-25
LESSON 3: WHAT “BUGS” ME............................................................................................................... 26-28
WHAT “BUGS” ME AT SCHOOL........................................................................................................ 29-30
LESSON 4: TEMPER TANTRUMS........................................................................................................... 31-32
TEMPER TANTRUMS........................................................................................................................ 33-34
LESSON 5: ANGER CONTROL I............................................................................................................. 35-37
ANGER CONTROL............................................................................................................................. 38-41
LESSON 6: ANGER CONTROL II............................................................................................................ 42-44
MY FRUSTRATION PLAN.................................................................................................................. 45-46
EMOTIONAL AWARENESS UNIT................................................................ 47
LESSON 1: EMOTIONAL EUGENE, THE FEELING BLUE JELLYBEAN.............................................. 48-49
EMOTIONAL EUGENE, THE FEELING BLUE JELLYBEAN.............................................................. 50-51
LESSON 2: FACE THE FEELINGS.......................................................................................................... 52-53
FACE THE FEELINGS........................................................................................................................ 54-55
LESSON 3: HAPPINESS.......................................................................................................................... 56-57
A RAINBOW OF HAPPINESS............................................................................................................ 58-59
LESSON 4: SADNESS............................................................................................................................. 60-62
EMOTIONAL EUGENE IS ONE SAD JELLYBEAN!........................................................................... 63-64
CLOUDS OF SADNESS..................................................................................................................... 65-66
LESSON 5: IT HURTS.............................................................................................................................. 67-68
IT HURTS............................................................................................................................................ 69-70
LESSON 6: BLAH BEATERS................................................................................................................... 71-72
BLAH BEATERS................................................................................................................................. 73-74
LESSON 7: I FEEL................................................................................................................................... 75-77
I FEEL ................................................................................................................................................ 78-79
HOW DOES YOUR JELLYBEAN FEEL TODAY?............................................................................... 80-81
DECISION MAKING UNIT............................................................................ 83
LESSON 1: DECISION-MAKING DEAN, THE PROBLEM-SOLVING ORANGE JELLYBEAN.............. 84-85
HELP DECISION-MAKING DEAN PICK HEALTHY FOODS............................................................. 86-87
LESSON 2: MAKING DECISIONS WITH DEAN...................................................................................... 88-90
WHAT WILL HAPPEN?....................................................................................................................... 91-92
LESSON 3: DECISION-MAKING DEAN AND CONSEQUENCES.......................................................... 93-95
DECISION-MAKING DEAN AND CONSEQUENCES........................................................................ 96-97
LESSON 4: PROS AND CONS.............................................................................................................. 98-100
PROS AND CONS.......................................................................................................................... 101-102
LESSON 5: PERSONAL HYGIENE..................................................................................................... 103-105
PERSONAL HYGIENE................................................................................................................... 106-107
LESSON 6: WHAT CAN I DO?............................................................................................................. 108-109
WHAT CAN I DO?............................................................................................................................110-113
SELF-CONCEPT UNIT............................................................................... 115
LESSON 1: ME, MAUREEN, THE SELF-KNOWING LAVENDER JELLYBEAN................................ 116-117
WHO I AM........................................................................................................................................118-119
LESSON 2: FAMILY TREE................................................................................................................... 120-123
ME, MAUREEN'S FAMILY TREE.................................................................................................... 124-127
MY FAMILY TREE........................................................................................................................... 128-129
LESSON 3: I LIKE “BEAN” ME........................................................................................................... 130-132
I LIKE “BEAN” ME........................................................................................................................... 133-134
LESSON 4: MY STRENGTHS.............................................................................................................. 135-137
MY STRENGTHS........................................................................................................................... 138-139
LESSON 5: I LIKE TO.......................................................................................................................... 140-141
THINGS I LIKE TO DO................................................................................................................... 142-143
LESSON 6: SOME “BEAN” LOVES YOU........................................................................................... 144-146
PEOPLE I LOVE............................................................................................................................. 147-148
THINGS I LOVE.............................................................................................................................. 149-150
SOME “BEAN” LOVES YOU! ........................................................................................................ 151-152
FRIENDSHIP SKILLS UNIT........................................................................ 153
LESSON 1: FRIENDLY FRANCINE, THE NEIGHBORLY PINK JELLYBEAN.................................... 154-156
FRIENDS ARE................................................................................................................................ 157-158
LESSON 2: SHARING.......................................................................................................................... 159-161
TO SHARE OR NOT TO SHARE .................................................................................................. 162-163
LESSON 3: BEING NICE...................................................................................................................... 164-165
BEING NICE................................................................................................................................... 166-167
LESSON 4: ONE LEFT OUT................................................................................................................ 168-171
ONE LEFT OUT.............................................................................................................................. 172-173
LESSON 5: FRIENDS LISTEN TO EACH OTHER.............................................................................. 174-176
FRIENDS........................................................................................................................................ 177-178
IT'S GREAT TO HAVE FRIENDS!......................................................................................................... 179
LESSON 6: JELLYFLIES..................................................................................................................... 180-182
JELLYFLIES.................................................................................................................................... 183-184
BEHAVIOR UNIT........................................................................................ 185
LESSON 1: ORNERY ORDEAN, THE MISBEHAVING GREEN JELLYBEAN.................................... 186-187
ORNERY ORDEAN, THE MISBEHAVING GREEN JELLYBEAN................................................... 188-189
LESSON 2: RULES FOR A REASON.................................................................................................. 190-191
GOOD BEHAVIOR BALLOONS..................................................................................................... 192-193
LESSON 3: STEALING........................................................................................................................ 194-199
BORROWING OR STEALING?...................................................................................................... 200-201
LESSON 4: TATTLING......................................................................................................................... 202-204
IT'S OK TO TELL............................................................................................................................ 205-206
LESSON 5: INTERRUPTING................................................................................................................ 207-209
WHEN YOU INTERRUPT, YOU MIX UP THE MESSAGE!............................................................ 210-211
LESSON 6: CHEATING........................................................................................................................ 212-213
CHEATERS NEVER WIN!.............................................................................................................. 214-215
LESSON 7: BULLYING........................................................................................................................ 216-219
BULLY WORD FIND....................................................................................................................... 220-221
PUPPET PATTERNS.................................................................................. 223
DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING STICK PUPPETS.................................................................................... 225
ANGRY ARLENE, THE GRUMPY RED JELLYBEAN..................................................................... 226-227
EMOTIONAL EUGENE, THE FEELING BLUE JELLYBEAN.......................................................... 228-229
DECISION-MAKING DEAN, THE PROBLEM-SOLVING ORANGE JELLYBEAN.......................... 230-231
ME, MAUREEN, THE SELF-KNOWING LAVENDER JELLYBEAN............................................... 232-233
FRIENDLY FRANCINE, THE NEIGHBORLY PINK JELLYBEAN................................................... 234-235
ORNERY ORDEAN, THE MEAN GREEN JELLYBEAN................................................................. 236-237
ABOUT THE AUTHOR............................................................................... 238
INTRODUCTION
PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM:
Jellybean Jamboree is a lively, fun program that introduces young children to
life skills necessary for social and emotional growth. It includes six units: anger
management, emotional awareness, decision making, self-concept, friendship
skills, and behavior. Each unit includes short lessons that can be completed
in 30 minutes. Following the lesson topics are related activity sheets. These
activity sheets are placed in a folder and given to the children to take home
when the unit is completed. Throughout many of the lessons, new vocabulary
words are introduced. These keywords are explained and used in the accompanying lesson.
Life skills cannot be emphasized too soon. The earlier children understand their
emotions and become aware of the need to control anger, the consequences
of behaviors, the components of a friendship, and the importance of making
good decisions, the more successful they will be in school, at home, and in all
their activities.
HOW JELLYBEAN JAMBOREE GOT ITS NAME:
When the author began counseling in Minot, North Dakota, many of the younger
children couldn’t remember that her name was Ms. Jelleberg. So they snagged
onto the nickname she had in high school: Jellybean.
She began telling the children that to remember her name, they should think of
jellybeans. It worked like a charm. She became known as Ms. Jellybean.
In reviewing the lessons for this book, turning all the character into Jellybeans
became a joy. So did endowing them with special personalities for each unit.
Her hope is that you enjoy working with the Jellybeans as much as she enjoyed
creating them.
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LESSON 4: ANGER MANAGEMENT
TEMPER TANTRUMS
Goal:
To explore the issue of temper tantrums and their causes
Materials Needed:
For Each Child:
cCopy of Temper Tantrums (page 33, color) (page 34, black and white)
cPencil
cChild’s folder
For The Leader:
cAngry Arlene stick puppet (page 226, color) (page 227, black and white)
cBoard and chalk or chart paper and marker
Lesson Preparation:
Make the Angry Arlene stick puppet according to the directions (page 225). Make a copy of
Temper Tantrums for each child.
Keywords:
Temper tantrum
Lesson:
Introduce the lesson by asking:
How many of you have ever heard the words temper tantrum? (Pause for
responses.)
Hold up the Angry Arlene stick puppet. Manipulate the puppet as you say:
Temper tantrums occur when someone doesn’t get his or her own way.
Angry Arlene loses her temper and throws a temper tantrum when she
doesn’t get her own way.
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Angry Arlene has had a temper tantrum, so it is important to get her to
the “time-out” chair. Follow the maze and, without crossing any lines, get
Angry Arlene where she needs to go. Then answer the two questions
at the bottom of the page.
Circle Yes or No:
Is it OK to be angry?
YES
NO
Should you hurt anyone when you get angry? YES
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LESSON 2: EMOTIONAL AWARENESS
FACE THE FEELINGS
Goal:
To have the children identify feelings by sight
Materials Needed:
For Each Child:
cCopy of Face The Feelings (page 54, color) (page 55, black and white)
cCrayons
cPencil
cChild’s folder
For The Leader:
None
Lesson Preparation:
Make a copy of Face The Feelings for each child.
Lesson:
Introduce the lesson by saying:
Today, we are going to think about many different feelings. In our last lesson, we learned that Emotional Eugene has difficulty telling anyone how
he feels. When we are finished with our lesson today, we will ask ourselves
if there is any way for others to know how Eugene feels when he is unable
to tell them.
Emotional Eugene may not be able to tell others how he feels. But even if
someone doesn’t tell how he or she feels, we can see how a person feels by
paying attention to his or her actions.
Demonstrate some feelings, and have the children identify them. For example, pound your
fist on a desk, frown, laugh, jump up and down, and use any other movements or expressions you choose.
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FACE THE FEELINGS
HAPPY
ANGRY
SAD
SCARED
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LONELY
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LESSON 2: FRIENDSHIP SKILLS
SHARING
Goal:
To help the children realize that sharing is one characteristic of a good friend
Materials Needed:
For Each Child:
cCopy of To Share Or Not To Share (page 162, color) (page 163, black and white)
cRed and blue crayon
cPencil
cChild’s folder
For The Leader:
cFriendly Francine stick puppet (page 234, color) (page 235, black and white)
Lesson Preparation:
Make the Friendly Francine stick puppet according to the directions (page 225). Make a
copy of To Share Or Not To Share for each child.
Keyword:
Selfish
Lesson:
Hold up the Friendly Francine stick puppet. Introduce the lesson by telling the children that
Francine has a story to tell them. Then say:
Yesterday, I went over to Selene Jellybean’s house to play. I was so excited
that she was going to play with me. Selene has lots of toys I don’t have, and
going to her house is like going to a toy store to play.
Stop the story and ask the children:
Would this make you excited, too? (Yes.)
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TO SHARE OR NOT TO SHARE
Directions: Look at each picture. If it is a picture of something to share, draw
a red circle around it. If it is a picture of something that should not be shared,
draw a blue circle around it. Then take your pencil and put an “X” through the
picture of anything that you might share some times, but not at others.
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THE GRUMPY RED JELLYBEAN
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