Young Children - May 2008 - (Page 56) Minnesota Association for Children’s Mental Health. 2006. SuperMe: A Campaign to End Hurtful Teasing. Saint Paul: Author. In this packet, short stories, coloring pages, classroom activities, and a bulletin board display get students thinking, drawing, and writing about nonviolent ways to handle teasing and bullying. The packet includes the SuperMe Booklet and the SuperMe Team Materials, with new lesson plans and bulletin board pinups of the SuperMe Team. Moss, P. 2007. Gender doesn’t limit you! Teaching Tolerance 32 (Fall). A prominent researcher and an elementary school team up to identify what works—and what doesn’t—when teaching young children about gender bullying. www.tolerance.org/teach/ activities/activity.jsp?ar=841&pa=3 Sprung, B., M. Froschl, & B. Hinitz. 2005. The Anti-Bullying and Teasing Book for Preschool Classrooms. Beltsville, MD: Gryphon House. This guide addresses teasing and bullying as a continuum of intentionally hurtful behavior, from making fun of someone to repetitive physical abuse. Creating a caring environment at the beginning of the school year reduces the need for children to assert themselves through negative behavior such as teasing and bullying. up with a solution: the Bully Blockers Club. A class discussion on bullying ensues, and the teacher and students compose rules to help everyone feel safe and welcome. Carlson, N. 1990. Arnie and the New Kid. New York: Viking Press. 32 pp. Pre-K–3. Philip uses a wheelchair and is new in school. This combination makes him the target of bullying by Arnie, until Arnie falls, breaks his leg, and finds himself in a similar situation. As Arnie begins to understand Philip’s challenges and capabilities, they become friends. dePaola, T. 1979. Oliver Button Is a Sissy. Orlando, FL: Harcourt, Brace. 48 pp. K–3. This picture book tells the story of a boy who is teased because he likes to dance. He overcomes the bullying not by fighting, but by continuing to do what he likes best in spite of the harassment. Henkes, K. 1991. Chrysanthemum. New York: William Morrow. 32 pp. K–2. After being taunted by her peers at school, Chrysanthemum wants to change her name. When the class learns that their popular music teacher has an unusual name—Delphinium— Chrysanthemum feels better and the other children accept her. Hoffman, G. 1996. The Big Bad Bully Bear. New York: Reverie Publishing. 24 pp. K–3. Arthur and his friend Emmy Bear invite all the teddy bears in the neighborhood for cake. They join together to teach Bully Bear a valuable lesson, and Bully Bear realizes he would rather have friends than be a bully. Keats, E.J. 1998. Goggles! New York: Viking Press. 40 pp. Pre-K–2. Archie and Peter find a pair of motorcycle goggles, and the neighborhood bullies try to take them. They use their dog, Willie, to help them outsmart the bullies. Levy, J. 2005. Alley Oops. New York: Flashlight Press. 32 pp. K–3. This story relates the aftermath of bullying from the perspective of the bully, J.J. Jax, who has been tormenting an overweight boy, Patrick. After Mr. Jax tells J.J. a story about when he acted as a bully and how sorry he feels now, J.J. talks things over with Patrick. The boys’ shared interest in armMoss, P. 2004. Say Something. Gardiner, ME: Tilbury House. 32 pp. Grades 2–4. A young narrator describes different examples of bullying that she witnesses at school and on the bus. One day, she wrestling becomes the conduit for resolution and a budding friendship. Lovell, P. 2001. Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon. 32 pp. New York: G.P. Putnam. Pre-K–2. When Molly Lou Melon starts at a new school, Ronald, the class bully, teases her for being short, being bucktoothed, and having a voice like “a bullfrog being squeezed by a boa constrictor.” Molly remembers what her grandmother told her, and she feels good about herself, which helps her overcome the bully’s taunts. McCain, B.R. 2001. Nobody Knew What to Do. Morton Grove, IL:Albert Whitman. 24 pp. K–3. A boy tries to figure out what to do when he repeatedly witnesses a classmate being bullied. Though frightened, he decides to tell his teacher. When the bullies start up again, the boy and his classmates band together with the student being harassed until adults intervene and help. Children’s literature (preschool to grade 3) Bateman, T. 2004. The Bully Blockers Club. Morton Grove, IL: Albert Whitman. 30 pp. Pre-K–3. On the first day of school, Grant Grizzly, the class bully, taunts and teases Lotty Raccoon. After trying several tactics that do not work, Lotty comes 56 Young Children • May 2008 http://www.tolerance.org/teach/activities/activity.jsp?ar=841&pa=3 http://www.tolerance.org/teach/activities/activity.jsp?ar=841&pa=3
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