On March 21st My organization Sisterhood of Success and I facilitated and instructed a Bullying workshop called Wrinkly Wanda. There were 20 students, males and females that were from the ages 8-12 that participated in the workshop. The aimed of the workshop was to teach the students the signs of bullying and explain to the students that words may have a negative impact on the people’s lives, so be aware of what they say.
Activity Instruction:
On chart paper, have the participants trace an outline of a full body person (Wrinkly Wanda). Once the outline has been traced, the participants will write negative words or statements all inside outline. These are statements that could be made to another person like, “You’re a loser, Nobody likes you, You are dumb.” Identify the drawing as a girl named Wanda. After Wanda is completely filled with a variety of negative comments, have the participants crumple the drawing, and then un-crumple it. Post the wrinkled drawings around the room. Explain to the class that these drawings are examples of what negative comments can do to a person who is bullied. Bullying …show more content…
• Cohesiveness, the students were working together nicely
• Observing the students during the workshop I can tell the students had built bonds. The older students were very helpful with assisting the little ones and explaining to the students the instructions if they had forgot.
Social Learning Theory
• I observe smaller students trying to use the same statements as the older students.
• Also when the students open up with their personal stories about being bullied, several students shown empathy. They also stated statements, “such as I don’t like when I see people bulling others and I don’t like to see people
Activity Instruction:
On chart paper, have the participants trace an outline of a full body person (Wrinkly Wanda). Once the outline has been traced, the participants will write negative words or statements all inside outline. These are statements that could be made to another person like, “You’re a loser, Nobody likes you, You are dumb.” Identify the drawing as a girl named Wanda. After Wanda is completely filled with a variety of negative comments, have the participants crumple the drawing, and then un-crumple it. Post the wrinkled drawings around the room. Explain to the class that these drawings are examples of what negative comments can do to a person who is bullied. Bullying …show more content…
• Cohesiveness, the students were working together nicely
• Observing the students during the workshop I can tell the students had built bonds. The older students were very helpful with assisting the little ones and explaining to the students the instructions if they had forgot.
Social Learning Theory
• I observe smaller students trying to use the same statements as the older students.
• Also when the students open up with their personal stories about being bullied, several students shown empathy. They also stated statements, “such as I don’t like when I see people bulling others and I don’t like to see people