Category: School

6/12/2019 1 Comment

Four Tips For Parents To Help Kids Start a New School

Moving is challenging for sure! There are so many things to do: packing and unpacking, hooking up utilities, changing your address on all your IDs, insurances, and bills, plus registering the kids for school, picking a new church, finding new clubs, figuring out where the grocery store is. Remember it's stressful for your kids too. While there may be much to be excited about, kids may be more worried than excited about starting over at a new school. Actively listen to your kids' concerns when and if they talk. Rocketoons can help you start a conversation when you and your child laugh and share your ideas about how Andy, Gina, and Parry handle moving to a new school.

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5/9/2019 1 Comment

Rocketoons as a Detention Tool

As common as detention is, we know very little about its effectiveness to change behaviors.

Opinions are mixed on the best way to utilize detention time, or to practice the use of detention at all. A study done by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the Nebraska Department of Education points out that very little research has been done on the effectiveness of using detention to correct student behavior. This study also found that despite the lack of evidence “detentions are one of the most common disciplinary actions utilized by schools with varying ages of students.”

What little research there is about after school detentions reveals that detention alone is ineffective with repeat offenders. Kids who frequently find themselves in after school detention quickly perceive it as a part of their normal school routine. Think Judd Nelson’s character John Bender from Breakfast Club.

However, detention can be an effective form of discipline to those students that rarely misbehave or cause trouble. “[Because] these students are not used to being disciplined by staying after hours, [it has] more of an effect on these students instead of the students who grow accustomed.” https://blogs.edweek.org/topschooljobs/careers/2017/07/classroom_management_and_disci.html

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5/3/2019 0 Comments

Episode 3: Bullyvision Addresses Mean-Spirited Behavior at Recess

(The names in this article have been changed for the sake of the students’ privacy.)

When fourth-grade teacher Mrs. Watkins became aware of a potential bully situation on the playground, she enlisted the help of Rocketoons.

Dealing with mean-spirited behaviors before they become full on bullying situations, saves kids the pain and stress associated with being bullied and also being a bully. Mean-spirited behavior includes when a student aggressively harasses another student. It is possible for mean-spirited behaviors to escalate into full-blown bullying when the behaviors aren’t addressed and appropriately handled.

In this case, Mrs. Watkins became aware that one little girl in her class was teasing another girl in a mean-spirited way. The behavior had not been chronic nor was it directed at any other students. She knew a gentle intervention could diffuse a potentially hurtful situation.

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4/13/2019 1 Comment

Helping Kids Discover the Consequences of Skipping School

It might sound like great fun to skip school, until you realize the damaging consequences. Truancy, which is any unexcused absence from school, causes kids to fall behind in school, and falling behind can lead to low self-esteem and depression. Kids who skip school regularly are more likely to experiment with drugs, drop out and not graduate, and get in other kinds of trouble.

Episode 7: Hop, Skip, and a Jump - Truancy is an award-winning and fact-packed animated cartoon designed to encourage thinking and discussions about the troubles caused by skipping school. Watch the cartoon and use the Rocketoons Cartoonversation™ Card to help your kids talk about how skipping school puts them on a dangerous and challenging path. For help getting started refer to our step-by-step guide "Getting Started With Rocketoons." Rocketoons are free - there are no passwords, memberships, or subscriptions!

Let's all play Hop, Skip, and a Jump, the game show that proves truancy is never a good idea. Join our contestants as they match wits (or try to) with show host Flynn Valentine. All of our contestants are skippers, one way or another, and it shows when they try to keep up with the questions. From low self-esteem to losing your driver's license, skipping school never leads to anything good - and it certainly can lead to something bad.

Have some fun with our contestants, but pay careful attention to the facts and figures. You will hear everything you need to know about staying in school and avoiding the pitfalls of truancy.

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4/5/2019 0 Comments

How to Help Kids Handle Moving to a New School

Rocketoons Episode 2- Moving to a New School can help you start a Cartoonversation with your kids (or students) about the challenges and stress they face when their family moves into a different school district. This cartoon can help you guide your kids toward positive thinking and the new opportunities ahead. Teachers appreciate using this animated conversation kit to encourage empathy and understanding when introducing a new student to the class.

Winner of two national awards, this thoughtful cartoon is designed to encourage thinking and discussions about being the new kid in class, moving to a new school, and how to welcome new friends. Watch Rocketoons Episode 2: Moving to a New School and use the Rocketoons Cartoonversation™ Card to help your students discover the challenge and adventure of trying something new.

What is it like to move to a new school? Exciting? Scary? Fun? Difficult? For most kids who go through a move, it's all of the above. Moving is a lot of work for adults and for kids, and starting a new school filled with new people can be overwhelming. Fortunately, our microscopic friends have a few ideas for making the move more fun and exciting - and less scary and stressful. Chances are good that there are kids in the classroom today who have made this move, and there are more kids who will be experiencing a change of scenery somewhere down the road.

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