Doing 3rd Grade yesterday there is this big deal about the kids running wild in the halls and getting loud, etc. So in the journey from one end of the school to the other, I had the kids lined up, and then asked them:
Can you walk to the room while... holding your hands over your heads? (They did it)
Can you walk to the room while... hopping like a kangaroo? (They did that)
Can you walk to the room while... nodding your head up and down? (That as well)
And then came the accidental stroke of genius:
Can you walk to the room while... holding your arms over your heads and holding your breath at the same time? (They did it)
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We walked to the room, and the kids had a hold-your-breath contest. They didn't make a sound. As soon as they got into the room there was a big festival of gasping for air and staggering around. I swear one of the girls turned blue in the face. They really got into it.
Sounds like a creative way to maintain order. Little One and I often have contests to see who can dressed fastest in the morning.
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Sometimes. Usually encouraged to do so by bus drivers, or so I've been told by the kids.
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