We at the Nelson house have a problem with tattling. My friend Kristen is a school teacher and I am always getting ideas on things I can do with my kids from her and the teachers she teaches with.
Well, I got this idea for a "tattle box" from a 1st grade teacher that I met through Kristen.
Each time they start to tattle I tell them to tell their tattle box unless someone is getting hurt. I told them that I will listen to all of the tattles at the end of the day... Palmer doesn't believe that I can hear the tattle after the end of the day, so he prefers to write it on a slip of paper, which I am o.k. with.
McKay is just cute.
The boys loved putting the boxes together. I love that they have a top that is tied to the box so we don't lose them (found them at Roberts).
For some reason they were more interested in painting the
inside of the boxes than the outside. By the time they got to the outside, they were done painting.
I set a bowl of Goldfish Crackers in the middle of the table for them to eat while they were painting and I think they ended up eating a little paint...oh well.
Thank you Josh for always letting us use your running shirts to paint in.
It wasn't long before they were using them to tattle in. I don't think we even waited for the paint to dry. They wanted me to hear as well as the tattle box so they would come up and tell their tattle box right next to me (they aren't stupid). I told them that if they didn't whisper to their boxes then it wouldn't catch it...
They turned out cute, and I am HOPING that we have a lot less tattling.
2 comments:
You always have such cute ideas! And you have such cute boys!!!
What a great idea! I need to go find some of those boxes. I'm always telling them "if there's no blood, I don't want to hear about it". Tattling is horrible, and I really want them to figure out how to resolve things on their own!
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