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State University of New York College at Buffalo - Buffalo State College Digital Commons at Buffalo State Sample module-themed coursework with Sesame Street examples School of Education 2022 School Readiness (behavior) Kathy R. Doody Ph.D. Buffalo State College, doodykr@buffalostate.edu Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/themed-coursework  Part of the Early Childhood Education Commons Recommended Citation Doody, Kathy R. Ph.D., "School Readiness (behavior)" (2022). Sample module-themed coursework with Sesame Street examples. 10. https://digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/themed-coursework/10 This Coursework is brought to you for free and open access by the School of Education at Digital Commons at Buffalo State. It has been accepted for inclusion in Sample module-themed coursework with Sesame Street examples by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons at Buffalo State. For more information, please contact digitalcommons@buffalostate.edu.  1 | P a g e    Sesame Street Seminar – School Readiness (behavior) Kathy R. Doody Associate Professor Exceptional Education SUNY Buffalo State doodykr@buffalostate.edu  RATIONALE:  This module will provide an overview of the social-emotional and adaptive skills required for kindergarten success. The module will also provide insight into how Sesame Street has prepared children for their first days of preschool or kindergarten and all that entails: following the rules, playing with others, taking turns, etc.   CLASS MODULE: This module can be used for courses like Language, Literacy, and Cognition, Developmental Psychology, Introduction to Special Education, Early Childhood Development, Typical and Atypical Development, Overview of Kindergarten Readiness and Success, etc.  This module would probably be used for an upper level undergraduate and graduate class as part of an early childhood education certification program, as a seminar.  POTENTIAL FORMAT: This module can be modified for use in an online, hybrid, or face-to-face class format. TOPICAL READINGS: How sesame street helps kids learn for life https://www.pbs.org/education/blog/how-sesame-street-helps-children-learn-for-life  Linking Social Development and Behavior to School Readiness http://csefel.vanderbilt.edu/resources/inftodd/mod4/4.3.pdf  Red Light, Purple Light! Results of an Intervention to Promote School Readiness for Children From Low-Income Backgrounds Front. Psychol., 22 October 2019 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02365 or https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02365/full  School readiness assessment: http://www.medicosescolares.com.ar/articulos/299_Maxwell2004.pdf  Truglo, R.T.& Thomas, P.  (2019). Sesame Street Ready For School! A parent’s guide to playful learning for children ages 2-5. China: Running Press Publishers.  ISBN-13: 978-0762466078  VIDEO CLIPS: Sesame Street: Ready For School Compilation with Elmo and Friends (50.01 minutes) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqEq49gxRgU    2 | P a g e   PLEASE WATCH THESE SEGMENTS FROM THE ABOVE COMPILATION:  • S is for School:  .45 to 1.50 • Good behavior is the rule 1.50 – 2.48 • Raise your hand when you want to talk 11:30-13:26 • I live in two different worlds – Ed Sheeran 4.26-7:00 • How to listen in school 17.52-18.45 • Anyone can play in any way 34:12 – 35:11  All of the following videos have a static picture of Elmo with a voiceover narration (but no animation)  Sesame Street Ready For School Challenge | Kindergarten: The Very First Day (5.54 minutes) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1WN6j795y4  Sesame Street Ready For School Challenge | Kindergarten: Teacher Talk (4.58 minutes) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhNlDS4iWKQ  Sesame Street Ready for School Challenge: First Grade: Routines (4.18 minutes)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxjEa1OqyUs  Sesame Street Ready For School Challenge | First Grade: Classroom Rules (4:28 minutes) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxbIinOm-h8  Elmo’s Pretend School (full episode, 56 minutes) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c--xBAAMEI  Sesame Street: Forty Blocks From Home (2.17 minutes) (taking the bus to school) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKyLzUT4svw  Belly Breathe (1.56 minutes)  https://ny.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/sesame-belly-breathe/belly-breathe-sesame-street/   ACTIVITIES: Creation of early childhood rules (behavioral expectations): You will create a list of rules, suitable for an early childhood general education, integrated or self-contained classroom.  Remember what we know about the creation of rules: • stated in the positive (tell a student what TO do, as opposed to what NOT to do)  3 | P a g e   • written clearly and concisely • written to be easily generalized (for example, refrain from creating a rule such as “Take turns while waiting for the slide on the playground”) • possible rules include “Follow directions” , “Stay in your area”, etc. You should have 4-6 rules for this age group of children. Also, please have a Sesame Street character, photo, or graphic to act as a visual support to accompany your written rules.  For example, a picture of Oscar the Grouch in his trashcan could accompany the rule “Stay in your area”. Your rules will also include a written rationale and justification for why you wrote the rules as you did.  At a minimum, your write-up should include: • Where the rules will be displayed • How the rules will be taught • How frequently and at what times the rules will be reviewed • The consequences of (a) following the rules; and (b) not following the rules? • How will rules be conveyed to parents and families? Sesame Street video segments: Examples of School-Ready Behaviors:   Watch the Sesame Street episode “Elmo’s Pretend School: (full episode, 56 minutes). This episode includes segments of Elmo in his “pretend” school, as well as other segments related to school and behavior. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c--xBAAMEI  Create two lists, one for “appropriate school behaviors” and one for “inappropriate school behaviors”  List examples from the videos that exemplify both sets of behaviors.  For the “appropriate school behaviors”, reference examples of positive praise statements or other types of reinforcement that you could use for the Muppets to “catch them being good”.  For the “inappropriate school behaviors” list, reference strategies that you could employ to teach appropriate replacement behaviors that are socially appropriate.   Be a contributing book author! Sesame Street Ready for School! is a parent’s guidebook to facilitate meaningful and education interactions with children, ages 2-5.  Each chapter has a different topic, but all chapters are formatted in the same way, including these recurring topical features:  Play and Learn Boxes: playful learning activities for kids and caregivers to do together Quick Tips – entertaining hints designed to enhance quality time with your kids Good Stuff – recommendations for books, websites, apps, arts, and crafts  4 | P a g e   Deep Dives – short essays to educate parents on a broad range of subjects  You and your groupmates will create one of each of the features, above, for addition to a chapter entitled “Get Ready for School! Behavioral expectations for young children”.    Possible topics for your featured segments could include: • Turn-taking • Sharing • Following directions (one and multi-step) • Task completion • Requesting assistance • Appropriate refusal • Working independently • Collaborative play • Appropriate transitions between preferred and non-preferred activities • Responds to name when called • Attends to speaker    5 | P a g e     See additional topics: • Academic readiness • Executive functioning  • Social-emotional development 

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