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If I’m at a school and there’s paper around, sometimes I will ask the younger kids if they know how to make a paper airplane. I swear to God, paper airplane making must be like a required class these days, because like 9 times out of 10 the kid is like “paper airplane? No problem, what size you want? Wings and fins or just wings? You want two sets of wings?” (Jk on that last part)
Then they whip that shit up and get the validation of my legit amazement (because I forget how to make them in between every demonstration). We throw it around for a bit and it’s good times Sometimes I’ll say “did you know it’s physically impossible to fold a piece of paper in half more than 7 times?” Kids always balk so I’m like “go ahead, get whatever size piece of you paper you think can do it, you’re going to probably want to involve a chair leg too and sit on it” They usually try to cheat but they ultimately have fun trying and failing. Then I call them a failure and say you’re probably going to fail at everything else you do in life” and call it a day. Jk again on the last part | ||
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Oh and what’s fucked up is the new hit thing that previously was rubber popper pads, and prior to that was fidget spinners, in the sensory room (the new friendly name for what used to be called the “Time Out” room) at schools and in therapist’s offices is that kinetic sand stuff
And two weeks ago I was like no way am I gonna watch this kid play with this stuff and not play with it as well, as I’m a fidgeter too. And she had already faked about to eat it making me forcefully say “don’t eat that it will make you sick!” And she said “it smells like candy” And after she handed it to me, it smelled like cotton fucking candy! And was fluffy white color? I was like “why would they make this inedible kids product smell like cotton candy?” And she was like 8 so her response was an expected confused face. Then I went back to the assessment and mentioned it to the teacher, and she was just as baffled as me It reminded me of the whole tide pod fiasco. I dunno if this is all types of this “sand” but what the fuck? | ||
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This one works almost every time on the under 10 crowd and stops working for teenagers. If you know the kid - your own kid, a family member's kid, or kid from friend of family - it's easy to get engagement. Walk up to the kid so they see you approach, tap them lightly on the shoulder/elbow and say somewhat lounder than normal:
"You're it!" Then slowly jog away. Never underestimate how much kids love tag. Very good chance they're going to chase you so that they aren't "it" any longer. Let the games begin. | ||
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just hand them a bible and an old webster dictionary from before 1999 and walk away
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Apophis is closest to earth on 2029 April the 13th (a friday) lol
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This one was good: https://myanimelist.net/anime/329/Planetes
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Give me your Ohio? The fuck is that?
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Speak English.
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When I started out in BH like 15yrs ago I was only childrens dept (not a fan when compared to working with both kids and adults), and had to co-run a skills group for kids 12-17. Luckily the masters level therapist gal friend of mine was the one coming up with new engagement activities every week, I just had to help run them
One that was a nice icebreaker for a new group was to blow up a beach ball and section it off in a soccer ball pattern with a marker. In each square (hexagon? Polygon? Whatever the fucking spot’s shape are on a soccer ball) you write fun non-invasive question like “do you have any pets?” (Can look up lists of fun questions for kids online), and be sure to pick ones you comfortable answering for all of them Then have the kids huck it around the room and rules are you have to answer the question your right hand (or whatever) lands on. And they can huck it to you. What ends up happening is the more extroverted kids will huck it to whoever while the shyest kids will always huck it at you and then you can re-direct it at whoever isn’t getting any attention Works best for new groups tho | ||
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