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Sunny Sunflowers


Josh and I teach a group of 7-8 year old boys.  At our last activity, we learned about helpful and unhelpful thoughts.  We called helpful thoughts sunny sunflowers and unhelpful thoughts worry weeds.  When unhelpful thoughts like, “I can’t do it” or “I’m stupid” or “Nobody likes me” enter your mind, pull them and plant sunny sunflowers!  A few of my favorite sunny sunflower thoughts are: “I can do anything I put my mind to”, “I am enough”, “All of my problems have solutions”, “ I am perfect just the way I am”.   We planted sunflowers and strawberries in little pots and had pudding dirt cups with Oreos and worms for dessert.  It was a lot of fun and such a good lesson to learn! 
 Remember you are loved!  You can get through anything, and when things do get hard, ask for help! 😊
 “The only tyrant I accept in this world is the ‘still small voice’within.”-Gandhi
-Shara

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  1. Amy BentleyFebruary 27, 2020 at 9:33 AM

    I love this! I teach the 10-11 year old boys and if love to do this activity with them. Do you have an actual outline/plan if what you did? If so, would you email it to me? You are amazing!

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    1. JodeeFebruary 28, 2020 at 5:57 PM

      From Shara:

      I got the idea from this:
      https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/youth/childrenandyouth/discover?=eng&types=ACTIVITY&areas=SOCIAL&tags=39894439-4828-4a7d-b40b-10923299415d&tags=d7115663-be29-4bf4-bec8-46276eb4f40c

      We first discussed what helpful and unhelpful thoughts are.
      https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/101-Positive-Thinking-Affirmations-3104765?utm_source=www.thepathway2success.com&utm_campaign=101%20Positive%20Affirmations Free

      We played this game
      https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Positive-Thinking-Game-for-Small-Group-School-Counseling-3595822 $2.50

      Then we planted seeds and had dessert
      https://www.thespruceeats.com/pudding-dirt-cups-dessert-recipe-2097682

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