The Program:
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SKITS KITS
(Social Kids Interactive Teaching Skills KITS)
Kids teaching kids manners!
How great is that?
In this day of more and more negative media influence, a lot of young people have a need for increased social skill awareness. Knowing what to do in uncomfortable situations increases a child's personal view of their own self-worth, and fosters a desire for future positive interactions. Learning these skills at a young age makes it very likely that they will become a significant part of a child's innate personality.
Arlene Bartholomew of Ephraim Elementary School first invited me to write character development skits that classes could present to the rest of the student body. After nearly three years of writing and refining, I've come up with 18 separate social skills skits that are not only funny, but teach skills as varied as how to introduce yourself to how to resist peer pressure. The current program is implemented six times per school year, presenting fresh, never-before-seen skits over a three year period. Then the plays are repeated. Since students learn new concepts as they mature, those who may have seen them at a younger age gain new perspective as they watch from a level of three added years of life. This provides a perpetual program of children teaching one another how to behave.
Teachers appreciate the chance for their classes to take part in periodic presentations of SKITS KITS productions. This way, they're united in reinforcing concepts introduced by other classes and teachers, rather than feeling like they must shoulder the entire responsibility of teaching positive social skills in individual classrooms. The skits are effective and eagerly anticipated by performers as well as the audience.
According to Mr. Maybe, 3rd grade teacher –
"It teaches students that do the performing, and builds their self confidence and ability to present themselves to an audience. It teaches the audience good social skills. Uniting together for the play was a bonding experience for my class. There’s always a struggle to find time in a classroom, but this is something the students all bought into. They took ownership and learned their parts at home. I only had to find a small amount of time to teach them skills that I would have taught through the year anyway. "
Program includes:
* 18 complete skits, including suggestions for making the program work best for you, and listings of possible props and costumes.
* A CD of the raps and songs from the end of each skit, presented vocally and non-vocally, for use by your school in either teaching or performing.
* A complete set of sheet music for songs that accompany skits, for optional use in performances by your school.
* A complete set of 18 storybooks with original black and white illustrations and color covers that present the same concepts as the skits.
(Storybooks have 8" x 11 1/2" professionally painted original water color covers laminated to protect 20 enclosed sheets printed on hefty 28 lb. paper and bound with tough plastic zip spines that snap together. They're more secure than comb bindings, and more forgiving than wire.)
THE KINGDOM OF MEET AND GREET: How to greet people and introduce yourself
NO
GOOD ANSWER: Accepting “No” as an Answer
JUMP
IN, JOIN IN: How to Join in
A
TATTLING TALE: Reporting Behavior
WORKING
TOGETHER IS DELICIOUS: Working Together
A
PIGGY APOLOGY: Making an Apology
CATERPILLAR
COMPLIMENTS: Accepting and Giving Compliments
I
DARE YOU TO DISAGREE WITH ME: Resolving Disagreements
FUNNY
FEEDBACK: Giving Feedback or Correction
HOP
AROUND PEER PRESSURE: Resisting Peer Pressure
COUNTRY
CONVERSATION: Engaging in Conversation
NO
FEAR VOLUNTEER: Volunteering
LISTEN,
LOOKY CROSSING STREETIES: Looking and Listening
JUNGLE
RUN: Following Instructions
EXCUSE
ME WHILE I INTERRUPT: Waiting, Interrupting, Getting Attention
CORRECT
ME IF I’M WRONG: Accepting Feedback or Correction
YO, I’M ASKING FOR SOMETHING, HERE: Making a Request
DON’T PAINT BUTTERFLIES WITH LIGHTNING BOLTS: Asking and Answering Questions
Your perpetual program is ready to help educate your children for more cooperation, better self awareness, and consideration of others. You also receive the invaluable gift of a happier environment.
This proven program is ready to work for you year after year and is available from:
Shirley Bahlmann SKITS KITS
PO BOX 101
EPHRAIM, UTAH 84627
Only $500.00 (includes shipping)
Storybooks only: $250.00 (includes shipping)
Skits set only: $250.00 (includes shipping)
Allow 6-8 weeks for us to put your kit together, then get ready, because
Big
Adventures
Happen
Learning
MANNers!
What People Say...
Tim Miller, Ephraim Elementary School principal: These enjoyable skits have taught some very important life lessons. Students in the skits have had a great time being on stage, and students in the audience have gotten a kick out of watching their classmates teach these important skills. I'd recommend this program to any elementary school that wants to improve student behavior and character. It's an amazing program, and it's fun!
Sylvia Wendell, teacher assistant: I just think they’re fantastic. There are a lot of kids that aren’t taught these kinds of skills at home anymore. I think they have fun doing it. Humor is definitely effective in getting the message across. If they weren’t humorous, kids wouldn’t listen to them and they wouldn’t get the message.
Nyra
Nielson, 1st grade teacher:
We’re not doing nearly as much with fine arts as we should be. Skits
Kits gives students a fine arts experience as well as social skills learning.
Memorization was a fantastic skill for the students to practice. It was
wonderful. It gave them a different avenue than they usually experience.
Arlene Bartholomew, kindergarten teacher: This is an excellent job of putting over a point in a fun way. There’s such a variety, with different imaginative characters. Some people might get stuck in the fairy tales, but the variety of different types of stories is great. It's just the right length to keep the children’s attention and make it fun and light, yet it teaches them a social skill that will probably stay with them for years to come.
Jackie
Brown, Director of Ephraim Library: I only wish you could see these
little plays acted out, they are so creative and fun. In a world that is
"all about me," it is refreshing to see children with manners
and confidence, and that can be achieved through these plays. Every school
could benefit from these plays and books..
Brent,
8: They’re fun to
watch. I learned that you don’t interrupt people.
Caden,
8: Every time I go to a Skits Kits assembly they
make me be a better person. It teaches you a lesson. It was fun, yeah!
Christian,
8: I think they’
educational, and they’re funny. I think other kids around the world
would like them. They teach kids how to use manners.
Danielle,
9: It’s a fun
experience to memorize and have different parts.
Juventino,
8: I feel nervous
when I’m in one but it was worth it.
Derek,
9: I think it’s fun,
really fun. It makes me a better person.
Krysta,
9: It teaches you that
you could disagree with other people instead of just always agreeing when
you don’t really want to. and it’s really fun.
Jordan,
9: I think the Skits Kits are really fun because the kids can pass it on to
other kids so that we can make the world better.
Juan,
10: It was cool and
awesome to be in the skit. I like watching them because they’re funny.
Seth,
10: I think the Skits Kits are cool because you learn manners and stuff about how
to treat others. It shows you to treat others the way you want to be
treated.
Michele,
11: I think being in a Skits Kits assembly is really fun. You also learn new and
exciting things from watching them. The plays are never alike; they’re
always different in different ways.
Jason,
11: The Skits Kits are easy to do.
Takisha,
11:
T.J.,
11:
The Skits Kits are awesome.
Brynn,
11: It helps you learn
manners and how to be polite.
Alexis,
11:
It's really helped me learn what to do.
Shalynn,
11: The
skits are cool and they help you learn stuff.
Kali,
10: The
skits are really cool and so other schools should do it.
Tessa, 11: I think the script was really creative and funny. Before I went on I was really excited because I knew they would like it. It’s fun to be in the audience but you learn a lot performing, too.
Bethany,
11: You
made the lesson so I could understand it.
Kaytlynn,
11: I’m
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Miles,
11:
I like to be in and watch them, they’re both very humorous and fun.
Kaden,
11: In
fourth grade I was in a play and it was really fun because I was the
knight. I was nervous at first, but once we finished, it was a great
experience and a lot of people should have that experience.
Weston,
11: I
thought it was really fun and I had a great time. It was funny and it
helped me do better.
Taylor,
11:
Well it’s kind of fun to do it and some of them are funny.
Zaron,
11: Being
in the skit was fun and it made me feel good after I did it because I knew
that I’d taught the other kids something good to do. And watching the
skits made me feel good because they taught me something good.
Maricela,
11: I
was nervous, but I’m glad I did it. I would do it again if I had the
chance. Sometimes they’re funny to watch.
Korie,
11: It
was fun being in the play.
Brooke,
11: It’s
hard to memorize your part but you always put on a good skit.
Nathan,
8: They’re
fun to watch and they teach you good lessons.
Justice,
8: They’re
good to help each other, like be nice and stuff.
Daniel,
7: They
are good shows and make good lessons.
Leah,
8: They’re
fun to see and they give a lesson.
Jason,
8: They’re
cool and intelligent.
Beth,
7: I
like how they teach us.
Emma,
7: It’s
fun to be in a skit because you have your own parts. You can just have fun
on the stage, you can do whatever you want and be whatever animal you are.
It’s just so much fun.
Ethan,
7: I like the plays. I feel
happy when I watch them. They make me laugh.
Cooper,
7:
I liked being in the Skits Kits. It’s pretty fun to
watch them, too.
Colton,
7: I think they’re cool.
I feel good when I watch them.
Destinee,
6:
The Skits Kits are pretty fun.
Garrick,
7:
The Skits Kits are awesome. I feel good when I watch
them because they’re funny. “I think I have butter in my ears,”
that’s what Warren said, and that was funny.
Kate,
6:
I remember I (my character) was teaching Warren to do something really,
really bad, to go in a barn and jump in a barrel of cream, and the other
kids jumped in, too. And he got saved, he came out of the barrel alive.
Then Mrs. Nielson’s kids were animals that talked like they were real
people.
Kade,
7:
I was excited to be in a Skits Kits play. Happy, too.
Kadelyn,
6: I think they’re pretty
much like fables because they teach good lessons. I was a black cat, and I
liked it because it didn’t have to get wet. I feel good when I watch the
other plays.
Annie,
7: They’re really good. I
was nervous to be in one. I would do it again because it’s fun. I like
to watch them when other classes put them on, because they don’t give
up.
Alex
M., 6: I like the Skits Kits plays because they’re nice. I kind of like to watch
them. Sometimes they make me laugh.
Makenna,
6: The Skits Kits plays are cool. I liked being in one. I like to see the
plays. I think the kids are fun.
Melissa,
7: The Skits Kits play was funny and it was a good lesson.
Mitch,
7: I like the Skits Kits plays because they’re fun. I had a good time when we were
helping in costumes. I was a dog.
Steven,
7: I feel, like, scared,
but yes, I want to do it again. I was just a little shy. I just would do
it again. I feel good about the plays the other classes put on, too.
Tatiana,
6: I liked the Skits Kits play because it was fun. The other classes putting on plays
were good at it, too.
Ubaldo,
8:
I liked being in the play because it was fun. I feel happy when I watch
other classes put on plays.
Warren,
7:
I was really happy to be in the Skits Kits play. I felt good.
I like the plays the other classes put on because they teach us good
stuff.
Kaylin,
7: The part where I yelled,
“Lunchtime!” was fun. I think the plays the other classes put on are
fun. There is one more part that I like, when Cameron stepped on the
toilet paper.
Sarah
Jean, 7: I liked the
part where Cameron got the toilet paper in his shoe. I felt good about
being in the play. It’s funny when other classes put on plays. A bunch
of them are funny.
Cameron,
7:
I think the Skits Kits plays are funny. It was fun to be in
the play. It was hard to step on the toilet paper but I liked it. It made
people laugh. I feel good when I watch plays the other classes put on.
Alex,
7: I liked the Skits Kits play a lot. It was good to be in one, and I think they’re
good to watch.
Carson,
6: I feel happy about the Skits Kits plays. I love school and I love the plays. That's
about it.
Tiauna,
6: I think it’s fun.
Madison,
6:
You could be a cool kid if you listen.
Colby,
6:
I think you should have them in your school because it was cool. It was
fun to watch other plays.
Abby,
7: They should do it
because the kids really want to have the plays.
Denali,
6:
It feels amazing to be in a Skits Kits play. I would want to do
it again because it’s really, really fun, and it's fun to watch them,
too.
Erika,
10:
They’re sometimes really funny and they have a lot of actions and
details in it.
Faamanu,
10:
I think it’s cool. You
put out what they do in a play, and it shows what you really need to do.
And it’s funny.
Melisa,
10:
Skits Kits are really cool and they do a lot of
interesting stuff. There’s a lot of laughing and stuff.
Jasmine,
9:
I think it’s like really important that we learn to be kind to each
other and Skits Kits really help us.
Todd,
10:
Skits Kits teach you things that you need to learn. That
way, you can be nice to each other.
Emily,
10: They teach you to be
nice to each other.
Lyndzee,
10:
I think it’s good for our school 'cause it’s teaching us not to bully,
to say nice things and be polite, and they’re really cool because our
school gets to perform them, and it’ll help us to be better kids when we
are older.
Felisha,
10:
I think the programs are good because they give you something you should
follow. These Skits Kits are making a lot of difference
in the school. I think it’s good for kids to learn something so they can
be nicer than they are. Last year a lot of kids were mean. Some 5th
graders bullied me when I was in 3rd grade and I would sit at
my desk and cry. Then I moved to another town, and now since I moved back
and we had Skits Kits, the kids here are lots nicer.
Sarah,
10:I
like them because they are funny. I like the costumes because they’re
cool. It teaches kids how to do the lessons that they need to know.
Aaron,
10:
The Skits Kits assemblies are good things to listen to, and it
tells you how to, like, be kind and help others.
Sierra,
8:
I like how they do it because they dress up and I like how they act. I
think other schools should use them.
Trajan,
7:
I think other schools should do it, yeah.
Cody,
8:
I like their hats and costumes. I like when they dress up like little
tigers or monsters or other characters. I liked it when Michael was a cow.
David,
8: They teach you stuff and
they’re really fun. And if you put the right kind of costumes on they
can be really, really funny.
Nathan,
8:
If they (other schools) want to do something like us, we should let them
do it, because we’re a nice school.
Jacob,
8: Other schools should do it so
other kids can have fun being in the act.
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