JELLYBEAN
JAMBOREE
6 Life-Skill Units For Young Children
WRITTEN BY
Susan Jelleberg
ILLUSTRATED BY
Terry Sirrell
JELLYBEAN JAMBOREE
10-DIGIT ISBN: 1-57543-172-6
13-DIGIT ISBN: 978-1-57543-172-7
REVISED 2009
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION............................................................................................. 6
JELLYBEAN JAMBOREE ASCA STANDARDS............................................ 8
ANGER MANAGEMENT UNIT..................................................................... 13
LESSON 1: ANGRY ARLENE, THE GRUMPY RED JELLYBEAN............................................................... 14
ANGRY ARLENE, THE GRUMPY RED JELLYBEAN.............................................................................. 17
I CAN GET RID OF THE GRUMPIES IN A QUIET PLACE..................................................................... 18
LESSON 2: BUTTONS.................................................................................................................................. 19
BUTTONS................................................................................................................................................ 22
LESSON 3: WHAT “BUGS” ME.................................................................................................................... 23
WHAT “BUGS” ME AT SCHOOL............................................................................................................. 26
LESSON 4: TEMPER TANTRUMS................................................................................................................ 27
TEMPER TANTRUMS............................................................................................................................. 29
LESSON 5: ANGER CONTROL I.................................................................................................................. 30
ANGER CONTROL.................................................................................................................................. 33
LESSON 6: ANGER CONTROL II................................................................................................................. 35
MY FRUSTRATION PLAN....................................................................................................................... 38
EMOTIONAL AWARENESS UNIT................................................................ 39
LESSON 1: EMOTIONAL EUGENE, THE FEELING BLUE JELLYBEAN................................................... 40
EMOTIONAL EUGENE, THE FEELING BLUE JELLYBEAN................................................................... 42
LESSON 2: FACE THE FEELINGS............................................................................................................... 43
FACE THE FEELINGS............................................................................................................................. 45
LESSON 3: HAPPINESS............................................................................................................................... 46
A RAINBOW OF HAPPINESS................................................................................................................. 48
LESSON 4: SADNESS.................................................................................................................................. 49
EMOTIONAL EUGENE IS ONE SAD JELLYBEAN!................................................................................ 52
CLOUDS OF SADNESS.......................................................................................................................... 53
LESSON 5: IT HURTS................................................................................................................................... 54
IT HURTS................................................................................................................................................. 56
LESSON 6: BLAH BEATERS........................................................................................................................ 57
BLAH BEATERS...................................................................................................................................... 59
LESSON 7: I FEEL........................................................................................................................................ 60
I FEEL ..................................................................................................................................................... 63
HOW DOES YOUR JELLYBEAN FEEL TODAY?.................................................................................... 64
DECISION MAKING UNIT............................................................................ 65
LESSON 1: DECISION-MAKING DEAN, THE PROBLEM-SOLVING ORANGE JELLYBEAN................... 66
HELP DECISION-MAKING DEAN PICK HEALTHY FOODS.................................................................. 68
LESSON 2: MAKING DECISIONS WITH DEAN........................................................................................... 69
WHAT WILL HAPPEN?............................................................................................................................ 72
LESSON 3: DECISION-MAKING DEAN AND CONSEQUENCES............................................................... 73
DECISION-MAKING DEAN AND CONSEQUENCES............................................................................. 76
LESSON 4: PROS AND CONS..................................................................................................................... 77
PROS AND CONS................................................................................................................................... 80
LESSON 5: PERSONAL HYGIENE.............................................................................................................. 81
PERSONAL HYGIENE............................................................................................................................ 84
LESSON 6: WHAT CAN I DO?...................................................................................................................... 85
WHAT CAN I DO?.................................................................................................................................... 87
SELF-CONCEPT UNIT................................................................................. 89
LESSON 1: ME, MAUREEN, THE SELF-KNOWING LAVENDER JELLYBEAN......................................... 90
WHO I AM................................................................................................................................................ 92
LESSON 2: FAMILY TREE............................................................................................................................ 93
ME, MAUREEN'S FAMILY TREE............................................................................................................. 96
MY FAMILY TREE.................................................................................................................................... 98
LESSON 3: I LIKE “BEAN” ME.................................................................................................................... 99
I LIKE “BEAN” ME.................................................................................................................................. 102
LESSON 4: MY STRENGTHS..................................................................................................................... 103
MY STRENGTHS.................................................................................................................................. 106
LESSON 5: I LIKE TO................................................................................................................................. 107
THINGS I LIKE TO DO.......................................................................................................................... 109
LESSON 6: SOME “BEAN” LOVES YOU.................................................................................................. 110
PEOPLE I LOVE.................................................................................................................................... 113
THINGS I LOVE..................................................................................................................................... 114
SOME “BEAN” LOVES YOU! ............................................................................................................... 115
FRIENDSHIP SKILLS UNIT........................................................................ 117
LESSON 1: FRIENDLY FRANCINE, THE NEIGHBORLY PINK JELLYBEAN........................................... 118
FRIENDS ARE....................................................................................................................................... 121
LESSON 2: SHARING................................................................................................................................. 122
TO SHARE OR NOT TO SHARE ......................................................................................................... 125
LESSON 3: BEING NICE............................................................................................................................. 126
BEING NICE.......................................................................................................................................... 128
LESSON 4: ONE LEFT OUT....................................................................................................................... 129
ONE LEFT OUT..................................................................................................................................... 133
LESSON 5: FRIENDS LISTEN TO EACH OTHER..................................................................................... 134
FRIENDS............................................................................................................................................... 137
IT'S GREAT TO HAVE FRIENDS!......................................................................................................... 138
LESSON 6: JELLYFLIES............................................................................................................................ 139
JELLYFLIES........................................................................................................................................... 142
BEHAVIOR UNIT........................................................................................ 143
LESSON 1: ORNERY ORDEAN, THE MISBEHAVING GREEN JELLYBEAN........................................... 144
ORNERY ORDEAN, THE MISBEHAVING GREEN JELLYBEAN.......................................................... 146
LESSON 2: RULES FOR A REASON......................................................................................................... 147
GOOD BEHAVIOR BALLOONS............................................................................................................ 149
LESSON 3: STEALING............................................................................................................................... 150
BORROWING OR STEALING?............................................................................................................. 156
LESSON 4: TATTLING................................................................................................................................ 157
IT'S OK TO TELL................................................................................................................................... 160
LESSON 5: INTERRUPTING....................................................................................................................... 161
WHEN YOU INTERRUPT, YOU MIX UP THE MESSAGE!................................................................... 164
LESSON 6: CHEATING............................................................................................................................... 165
CHEATERS NEVER WIN!..................................................................................................................... 167
LESSON 7: BULLYING............................................................................................................................... 168
BULLY WORD FIND.............................................................................................................................. 172
PUPPET PATTERNS.................................................................................. 173
DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING STICK PUPPETS.................................................................................... 175
ANGRY ARLENE, THE GRUMPY RED JELLYBEAN............................................................................ 176
EMOTIONAL EUGENE, THE FEELING BLUE JELLYBEAN................................................................. 177
DECISION-MAKING DEAN, THE PROBLEM-SOLVING ORANGE JELLYBEAN................................. 178
ME, MAUREEN, THE SELF-KNOWING LAVENDER JELLYBEAN...................................................... 179
FRIENDLY FRANCINE, THE NEIGHBORLY PINK JELLYBEAN.......................................................... 180
ORNERY ORDEAN, THE MEAN GREEN JELLYBEAN........................................................................ 181
ABOUT THE AUTHOR............................................................................... 183
INSTRUCTIONS FOR USING THE CD...................................................... 184
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 1: ANGER MANAGEMENT
ANGRY ARLENE,
THE GRUMPY RED JELLYBEAN
Goal:
To introduce the children to Angry Arlene and give them one strategy for handling anger
Materials Needed:
For Each Child:
cCopy of Angry Arlene, The Grumpy Red Jellybean (page 17 or printed from included
CD)
cCopy of I Can Get Rid Of The Grumpies In A Quiet Place (page 18 or printed from
included CD)
cCrayons
cPencil
c12” X 18” piece of construction paper
For The Leader:
cAngry Arlene stick puppet (page 176 or printed from included CD)
Lesson Preparation:
Make the Angry Arlene stick puppet according to the directions (page 175). Make a copy of
Angry Arlene, The Grumpy Red Jellybean, and I Can Get Rid Of The Grumpies In A Quiet
Place for each child.
Lesson:
Give each child a piece of construction paper; Angry Arlene, The Grumpy Red Jellybean;
a pencil; and crayons. Have the children fold their construction paper in half and write their
name on the cover. Explain that this folder will be given to them at the beginning of each
session and collected at the end of each session.
Tell the children to write their names and the date on the activity sheet, then complete the
activity sheet by connecting the dots. (Note: The dot-to-dot picture is only an outline of the
jellybean.)
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When the children have completed the activity sheet, have them put down their pencils and
listen as you hold up the Angry Arlene stick puppet. Manipulate the puppet as you say:
This is Arlene. Today, and on a few more days, we will be talking about
her. We will be doing this because she is going to teach us some important
things. Let’s see if you can tell me some special things about Arlene.
First, what color is Arlene? (red) Right. Arlene is red. That is her special
color. Take your red crayon and color in your jellybean.
Allow time for the children to color in their jellybeans. Then say:
Look at the three blank rectangles at the top of your activity page. (Point
to the three rectangles.)
Write the word red in the third rectangle. (Point to the third rectangle.) Now
your paper reads Arlene, The Red Jellybean. But that’s not all there is to
learn about Arlene. We need to learn about how Arlene acts. Look at my
puppet. Look at her face. What does Arlene’s face tell you about how she
feels? (Elicit the word grumpy.)
That’s right. Arlene is grumpy. With your pencil or black crayon, draw a
grumpy face on your activity sheet. Now go to the second rectangle at the
top of your activity page and write the word grumpy. (Point to the second
rectangle.)
Allow time for the children to complete the task. Then say:
Now you have Arlene, The Grumpy Red Jellybean, on your paper. What is
another word for grumpy? (Elicit the word angry.) That’s right. Angry is
another word for grumpy. Write the word angry in the first rectangle at
the top of your activity sheet. (Point to the first rectangle.) Putting all these
words together, we have Angry Arlene, The Grumpy Red Jellybean.
Ask the children the following questions:
Can you tell us why this jellybean is named Angry Arlene? (Allow the children to give as many reasons as productive for the lesson.)
Have you every been angry? (Accept all appropriate answers.)
When you were angry, how did you feel? (Accept all appropriate answers.)
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BUTTONS
Directions: Circle the pictures of insides with a red crayon. Circle the
pictures of outsides with a blue crayon. Then draw your own picture of
an inside and an outside and circle each one with either a red crayon
or a blue crayon.
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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 45 or printed from included CD)
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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Look at the top of the tree. There are three lines there. (Point to the three
lines on Me, Maureen’s Family Tree.) If you have a mom, write her name on
the first line. If you have a dad, write his name on the line opposite the first
line. Then write your own name on the third line.
(Note: Be prepared to help those children who have stepparents and stepbrothers or stepsisters living in the home and children who are living with a never-married parent.)
Continue the lesson by saying:
Now go down to the part of the tree where you see “Sisters” and “Brothers.”
If you have sisters and/or brothers, write their names on the lines.
Finally, go to the trunk of the tree, where you see “Pets.” Write the names
of any pets you have on the tree trunk.
Have the children share some of the things they wrote on their activity sheet. Then ask:
What kind of a tree is this? (A jellybean family tree.)
That’s right. Now take some time to color your tree. What color should the
jellybeans be? (Lavender/purple, because Me, Maureen is the Self-Knowing
Lavender Jellybean.)
When the children have finished coloring, have them put their activity sheets into their folders. Collect the folders and any other materials given to them to use during this session.
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LESSON 2: SELF-CONCEPT
FAMILY TREE
Goal:
To have the children identify family members and realize that part of knowing themselves
is knowing their families
Materials Needed:
For Each Child:
cCopy of My Family Tree (page 98 or printed from included CD)
cCrayons
cPencil
cChild’s folder
For The Leader:
cMe, Maureen stick puppet (page 179 or printed from included CD)
cCopy of Me, Maureen’s Family Tree (pages 96-97 or printed from included CD)
cBoard and chalk or chart paper and marker
cScissors
cGlue
cCrayons
Lesson Preparation:
Make the Me, Maureen stick puppet according to the directions (page 175). Make a copy
of My Family Tree for each child. Make a copy of Me, Maureen’s Family Tree for the leader.
Cut and glue the pages together as indicated to make a sample family tree to show the
children. Color the sample family tree.
Keywords:
Blended families
Single-parent families
Traditional families
Extended families
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MY FAMILY TREE
BROTHERS
SISTERS
PETS
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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 125 or printed from included CD)
cRed and blue crayon
cPencil
cChild’s folder
For The Leader:
cFriendly Francine stick puppet (page 180 or printed from included CD)
Lesson Preparation:
Make the Friendly Francine stick puppet according to the directions (page 175). 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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LESSON 4: BEHAVIOR
TATTLING
Goal:
To show the children that tattling is not permissible, but telling is
Materials Needed:
For Each Child:
cCopy of It’s OK To Tell (page 160 or printed from included CD)
cCrayons
cPencil
cChild’s folder
For The Leader:
cOrnery Ordean stick puppet (page 181 or printed from included CD)
cBoard and chalk or chart paper and marker
Lesson Preparation:
Make the Ornery Ordean stick puppet according to the directions (page 175). Make a copy
of It’s OK To Tell for each child.
Keyword:
Brainstorming
Lesson:
Hold up the Ornery Ordean puppet and ask:
Ordean, do you remember the day all the children got really mad at you?
(Move the puppet so it appears to be nodding “yes.”) They got mad because
you kept tattling to the teacher. It’s something you do all the time.
Boys and girls, do you know what it means to tattle? (Pause for responses.)
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THE FOLLOWING SAMPLES
ARE REPRODUCIBLE/PRINTABLE PAGES
INCLUDED ON THE CD-ROM
Name__________________________________
Date___________
I CAN GET RID OF THE GRUMPIES
IN A QUIET PLACE
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BORROWING OR STEALING?
Directions: With your pencil, follow the path that is the correct way to
get to Nadeen’s Supersonic Colorman Pencil.
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Date___________
FACE THE FEELINGS
HAPPY
ANGRY
SAD
SCARED
LONELY
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FRIENDS ARE...
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Name__________________________________
Date___________
THINGS I LOVE
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ME, MAUREEN,
THE SELF-KNOWING LAVENDER JELLYBEAN
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