Home-Organizer Hal - Organization
Home Organizer Hal is the eighth of the stories from Powerful You (grades 2-adult). Hal encourages time-management, organizational and study skills (ASCA Behavior - Learning Strategy Skill Standard 3). Hal also fosters high standards of quality (ASCA - Learning Strategy 6).
Chalkboard Quotes
Tidy desk = Tidy mind. | Tidy book bag = Tidy mind. | Tidy bedroom = Tidy mind
Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up. - A. A. Milne
Good order is the foundation of all things. -Edmund Burke
Clutter is not just physical stuff, it’s old ideas, toxic relationships, and bad habits. Clutter is anything that does not support your better self. -Eleanor Brown
Clutter is not only the stuff on your floor, but what gets in the way of you and the life you want to be living. -Peter Walsh
You can’t reach for anything new if your hands are still full of yesterdays junk. -Louise Smith
A year from now you may with you had started today. -Karen Lamb
A good system shorten the road to the goal. -Orison Swett Marden
For every minute spent in organizing, an hour is earned. - Benjamin Franklin
It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan. Eleanor Roosevelt
Video: Home Organizer Hal’s video on organization
Powerful You Intermediate Instructions
20-25 minutes per week for each of the 26 social skills lessons
1. Breathe and Stretch before every lesson. Feel the benefits in YOUR body and mind. Kids love the breathing ball.
2. Read the true short story from the 8.5 x 11 Powerful You Educator Cards and watch connection radiate in your class.
3. Stand tall and practice positive self-talk.
4. Open the lines of communication by allowing children turn & talk time with each journaling question from the Powerful You Educator Card. (use transition chime to move through questions quickly)
5. Display the Classroom Social Skills Sign. Leave a classroom footprint of emotional wellness.
6. Use the Powerful You Book for positive quotes and additional activities that correspond to each A-Z lesson. Add your ideas to this resource book. You are more powerful than you know!
7. Purchase The Powerful You Educator Kit . (Includes all resources for grades 3 and up)
Powerful You ( grades 2-6) is designed for its readers to easily find guidance and support for struggles children are experiencing at school or home. Created from over 30 years of educational experience, this colorful, hand-illustrated book will simply bring joy and comfort.
Each child from A-Z will share their sensitive story and encourage students to find the inner strength to solve some of life's most difficult problems. For example, Stand-Up Stella teaches children to stand tall, believe in themselves, and shine bright! Gossip, divorce, grief, and anger are just a few of the other sensitive issues shared from a child’s perspective. Classroom Skill Signs that correspond with each A-Z lesson are also available.
Lessons in Powerful You follow the ASCA National Standards, which were developed by The American School Counselor Association. Powerful You is a tool to help transform any classroom or home environment by providing a tool to address concerns like bullying at the core.
Created by an educator who has worked with children for over 30 years, Powerful You discusses sensitive school and home issues to include:
Problem-solving
Teamwork
Peer pressure
Self-confidence
Friendship
Bullying
Divorce
Grief