Building Leadership in Boys

Do You Like Chicken?

Get ready to “Move It”!

What just happened?

You’ve just been motivated out of your comfort zone!

MOTIVATION IS THE KEY TO HELPING

BOYS REACH THEIR POTENTIAL.

How do we end up with the leaders of tomorrow?

Is the question Nature or Nurture?

Could the answer be BOTH?

TIME FOR SOME FUN!

THE ALPHA MALE

OutgoingFriendlyIntelligent(Socially) PowerfulConfidentSocial Group

Leaders

BossyEgocentricKnow-it-allDomineeringManipulativeCockyMY WAY OR THE

HIGHWAY!

Movie Time

Characteristics of Leadership• Respectful

• Resourceful

• Takes Initiative

• Consistent

• A Good Communicator

• Flexible

• Enthusiastic

• A Problem Solver

How Do We Get Them To Be Leaders?

Strategies to use in the classroom:

Provide consistent modeling.

Require respect for everyone all the time.

Allow for freedom of inquiry and respectful expression.

Provide opportunities to share ideas and creative thinking.

Create mentoring experiences with other children.

Display work samples or photos of the children working appropriately.

And Always Make It FUN!

Strategies-Reading-

Provide a variety of material. Non-Fiction Newspapers Magazines (sports,

cars, motocross) “How To” manuals Atlas/Maps/Travel

Brochures Cookbooks + much, much more

Fiction Historical fiction Mystery novels Plays Poetry Sing-A-Longs + much, much

more

Also…

Reading strategies cont. Allow for paired or “buddy reading” Character Dress-up Day 100 Book Challenge Mentor Reading Take It Outside

Strategies for Math

Make it visual or tactileUse Manipulatives (allow for experimentation)Paired or Team activities (competition is key)Use music, songs, or dance (patterns)“Student Teachers”

If you know it, then teach it

And…

****Use Interactive Computer Games****

funbrain.com factmonster.com pbskids.com mathplayground.com coolmath4kids.com mathgoodies.com rainforestmaths.com

bigbrainz.com rickyspears.com/rulergame kaboose.com/games

Strategies for science and social studies

MAKE IT COME ALIVE!

Science and Social Studies Cont.

Use physical space to represent concepts (North, South, East, West)

Use your body to represent geographical features of the earth (plains, hill, mountain)

Become a historical character Make your own tomb and fill it Make a pyramid Google Earth

Make Volcanoes and explode them!!!!!!

Play kickball to learn force & motion

Grow a plant from a seed

Cook hot dogs in a solar oven

Light a bulb using a simple circuit (wire and a battery)

Ready for more fun????

Thank you very much for attending this session. I hope that you have learned something today and that your

time was well spent.