Welcome K-2^nd Grade teachers!  As we begin a new school year we wanted to open up blog topics to help you utilize your Passport to Peace (P2P) materials.   Whether you’ve just attended a training or have been using P2P for years now—we hope that through this space you will get new ideas and share some of your own.  Every month we will focus on different parts of the classroom kit so teachers from all over can share how they incorporate P2P into their curriculum.

This month we will look at the “Badges”.  There are a variety of different ways to use the badges in your classroom:

• Hang all 12 badges in a prominent place in your classroom.  As students demonstrate any of the attitudes—recognize them and allow them to wear the badge all day long.  ** Be sure that they hang it back at the end of the day so it doesn’t walk away forever**

• At first the younger students especially may not understand what they did that shows “confidence”.  But as the year progresses and the attitudes become part of their vocabulary and behavior, they will be able to articulate that their actions show character.

• Students may be encouraged to nominate one another for demonstrating these key attitudes—but generally with the younger children the teacher plays a large role in highlighting the attitude.

WHAT ARE WAYS THAT YOU HAVE USED THE BADGES TO ENCOURAGE GOOD BEHAVIOR?  PLEASE COMMENT….