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Preview of Online RESOURCES
What's the Buzz?
Early Learners - revised
What's the Buzz?
for Early Learners: A complete social skills foundation course (revised edition, 2023)
This page has been built to preview the resources available online for the revised 2023 edition. There are 63 individual resources for educators, and they are accessible to our online subscribers.
These range from introductory letters and consents, role-play cards, pre and post Archie images for each story (with the option of the authors reading the stories to your students), group values posters, thumbs up cards, achievement and graduation certificates, activity sheets, questionnaires, quizzes, pre and post social functioning surveys, the data tracking facility and 'After the Buzz, social thinking ideas for parents and caregivers'.
The Online RESOURCES provide direct and convenient access which makes the delivery of the program easier and more engaging. If you wish online access to these resources, click here to register.
INTRODUCTION: Practical considerations for implementation
01 Introductory letter and consent for parents and caregivers
02 Group values
03 'Thumbs up' feedback cards
04 TEACHER PRE-GROUP social functioning survey
05 PARENT PRE-GROUP social functioning survey
06 STUDENT/CHILD PRE-GROUP social functioning survey
Lesson 1. Meeting Archie and celebrating diversity
07 Archie's story; "Let's meet Archie"- first image
08 Archie's story; "Let's meet Archie" - second image
09 Archie's likes face
10 Archie's dislikes face
After the Buzz, social thinking ideas for parents and caregivers 1
Lesson 2. Gently and smoothly joining in to play together
11 Archie's story; "Archie wants to join in" - first image
12 Archie's story; "Archie wants to join in" - second image
After the Buzz, social thinking ideas for parents and caregivers 2
Lesson 3. The how and why of sharing and taking turns
13 Archie's story; "When sharing got hard" - first image
14 Archie's story; "When sharing got hard"- second image
After the Buzz, social thinking ideas for parents and caregivers 3
Lesson 4. Cooperation the art of working together
15 Archie's story; "Archie and the stick insect" - first image
16 Archie's story; "Archie and the stick insect" - second image
17 Cooperative role-plays
After the Buzz, social thinking ideas for parents and caregivers 4
Lesson 5. Keeping calm and friendly while you wait your turn
18 Archie's story; "Archie has to wait" - first image
19 Archie's story; "Archie has to wait" - second image
After the Buzz, social thinking ideas for parents and caregivers 5
Lesson 6. Making things better - how to repair friendships when you've been upset with each other
20 Archie's story; "Archie has a fight" - first image
21 Archie's story; "Archie has a fight" - second image
After the Buzz, social thinking ideas for parents and caregivers 6
Lesson 7. Winning and losing – 'gracefully'
22 Archie's story; "Archie loses" - first image
23 Archie's story; "Archie loses" - second image
24 Wise Owl badge
After the Buzz, social thinking ideas for parents and caregivers 7
Lesson 8. Fact or opinion? Staying kind and friendly over different ideas
25 Archie's story; "That's your opinion!"- first image
26 Archie's story; "That's your opinion!" - second image
27 Fact and opinion definition cards
28 Fact or opinion? Quiz 1
29 Fact or opinion? Quiz 2
30 Fact or opinion? Quiz 3
31 Fact or opinion? Quiz 4
32 Certificate of Achievement
After the Buzz, social thinking ideas for parents and caregivers 8
Lesson 9. Working with feelings
33 Archie's story; "Archie has BIG feelings" - first image
34 Archie's story; "Archie has BIG feelings" - second image
35 Dice - Archie's feelings
36 Dice - The place the feelings happened
After the Buzz, social thinking ideas for parents and caregivers 9
Lesson 10. Angry feelings
37 Archie's story; "Archie forgets" - first image
38 Archie's story; "Archie forgets" - second image
39 'Smart thinking dice'
After the Buzz, social thinking ideas for parents and caregivers 10
Lesson 11. Wellbeing Building healthy bodies, happy minds and steady feelings
40 Archie's story; "Too tired to think?"- first image
41 Archie's story; "Too tired to think?" - second image
42 Archie's balancing act
After the Buzz, social thinking ideas for parents and caregivers 11
Lesson 12. Honesty – telling the truth
43 Archie's story; "Archie and the Lego® dump truck" - first image
44 Archie's story; "Archie and the Lego® dump truck" - second image
After the Buzz, social thinking ideas for parents and caregivers 12
Lesson 13. Speaking up (learning to be assertive)
45 Archie's story; "Keep it a secret" - first image
46 Archie's story; "Keep it a secret" - second image
47 Wise Owl badge
48 Angry Bull badge
49 Scared Squeaky Mouse badge
50 Role-play cards - Speaking up (learning to be assertive)
After the Buzz, social thinking ideas for parents and caregivers 13
Lesson 14. Empathy
51 Archie's story; "The wonder of the web" - first image
52 Archie's story; "The wonder of the web" - second image
53 Empathy role-play cards
After the Buzz, social thinking ideas for parents and caregivers 14
Lesson 15. A worrying moment – knowing how to deal with it
54 Archie's story; "Archie's morning talk" - first image
55 Archie's story; "Archie's morning talk" - second image
56 Worry Survey
57 Draw your worry, activity page
58 TEACHER POST-GROUP social functioning survey
59 PARENT POST-GROUP social functioning survey
60 STUDENT POST-GROUP social functioning survey
After the Buzz, social thinking ideas for parents and caregivers 15
Lesson 16. Time to say goodbye
61 Archie's story; "The lost goodbye" - first image
62 Archie's story; "The lost goodbye" - second image
63 Certificate of Graduation
After the Buzz, social thinking ideas for parents and caregivers 16