Kiwi Can models resilience
Last month the theme of this Grey Power newsletter was resilience.
This term our kids are learning about this necessary quality. We can talk to our young about what we know about resilience as well as learn from them.
As the programme teaches kids resilience, of course the Kiwi Can team jumped at the opportunity to keep reaching students throughout the coronavirus pandemic.
Graeme Dingle Foundation Marlborough has resiliently moved all of its teaching to virtual platforms in response to the needs of the time.
Fittingly, the theme for the term’s Kiwi Can lessons was already set to be resilience. This is explained simply to the children as: ‘‘Coping with challenges and bouncing back’’.
For 2020 the weekly Kiwi Can lessons focus on modules including:
Understanding emotions Self-control and self-discipline Dealing with challenges. Of course, the lessons have required significant adaptation from the sorts of things classes do in ‘‘normal times’’.
Usually lessons require the children to work in all sorts of collaborative ways, but the online sessions have been designed so even children on their own can take part without direct parental supervision.
Also, Kiwi Can Leaders provide all sorts of resources to be used in imaginative ways to make lessons fun and interactive. During lockdown lessons the only resources used are those which every household could conceivably have.
Check it out for yourself. Seen a Kiwi Can lesson before? Check out what the kids are getting up to: perhaps listen to a story, try a little yoga, or maybe even learn some new dance moves.
And if you are talking with the children in your life, why not talk about these Kiwi Can topics with them?
To find the Marlborough Kiwi Can Youtube channel at home, open your internet browser and in the top toolbar, type in this exact string of letters and symbols https://bit.ly/gdfkiwicanyt which should open up the list of Kiwi Can videos made by the Marlborough team. Enjoy!
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