Cooperative Games for a Warm School Climate
PreK-Grade 2
The Cooperative Games Bullying Prevention Program consists of a teaching manual containing directions for over 50 active games plus four board games:
- Max the Cat
- Harvest Time
- Granny’s House
- Sleeping Grump
The teaching manual was lovingly written by Suzanne Lyons, M.A. M.A., educator, and founder of CooperativeGames.com. But here is the clincher: The Cooperative Games Bullying Prevention Program consists of games that were specifically tested in a University of Nevada study by Dr. April Bay et. al. (1994) and proven to both reduce aggression and build pro-social skills. It’s not just intuitively obvious that kids learn to play and work well together by playing cooperatively and that all of this goodness reduces aggression and early-stage bullying—there is proof! The Cooperative Games Bullying Prevention Program consists of the exact games that were tested in the University of Nevada study and shown to work plus a detailed teaching manual that gives insight, pedagogy, context and support.
Teachers know about cooperative learning. It works. And educators know of the importance of play in learning. But cooperative play? That is, play in which no one loses but everyone is included and everyone wins? This is an idea—and a real possibility—that has not been explored and documented to the extent that it should be. Perhaps this program will help change that. Certainly, cooperative game play is an idea whose time has come. Suzanne discovered the research on cooperative play and aggression a few years ago, thanks to a Cooperative Games.com customer who was buying games for the kids she was treating in her therapy group (the customer was a psychologist.) Suzanne, a former classroom teacher, realized that the link from aggression reduction to bullying prevention was clear. She examined the research and realized that cooperative games have enormous potential in the classroom. She has been working ever since to create a classroom-ready program based on the research on cooperative games as a means to reduce aggression in young children. After many long hours, The Cooperative Game Bullying Prevention Program is here!
The Cooperative Games Bullying Prevention Program is one bullying prevention program that has been rigorously and specifically tested and PROVEN to work. Easy, inexpensive, natural, entertaining, cutting edge and fantastic! It truly is wonderful to play together, not against each other. Take a break from competition and play a cooperative game!
There are many reasons that kids should be exposed to cooperative games in school. Cooperative games teach collaborative skills; they honor the ethic of peace, equity, and mutual respect; and they are extremely fun. But, again, the huge advantage of cooperative games that we are highlighting here is that research shows playing cooperative games reduces aggression. With bullying and violence overtaking our schools and the surrounding culture, it’s time we all started to consider the merits of playing together as a means to learn how to get along. Read the book and tell a friend! Your money will of course be refunded if you are for any reason disappointed. Check out the win-win way: cooperative play. You will not be disappointed.
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The Cooperative Games Bullying Prevention Program
Cooperative Games for a Warm School Climate
Pre-K—Grade 2
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It contains the teaching manual:
The Cooperative Games Bullying Prevention Program
Cooperative Games for a Warm School Climate
Pre-K—Grade 2
Plus four research-tested board games:
- Max the Cat
- Harvest Time
- Granny’s House
- Sleeping Grump
Note: These are the pre-publication prices. If you purchase the book or program now, you will receive it in early November for this super low price. After November 1, the cost of the book and program will rise to the non-sale prices: $27.95 for the book or $95.95 for the entire program (books plus games).
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Advance praise for The Cooperative Games Bullying Prevention Program.
Cooperative Games for a Warm School Climate is a great piece of work and significant contribution to bullying prevention programs. Through the use of practical, easy to implement, and class-friendly games, Suzanne Lyons promotes a new mindset regarding the substantial impact of cooperatively structured play activities. This work reaches into and beyond bullying prevention programs with techniques that transform classrooms into social milieus reinforcing values of sharing, kindness and peace. The methods and activities in this book encourage positive social skills development and they help children build confidence in their own ability to relate to and work with one another. I wholeheartedly support and appreciate Ms. Lyons’ work. It bridges empirical research on cooperative games and aggression reduction with the school system. As such, it is rightly an integral part of bullying prevention.
Dr. April Bay
Clinical Psychologist and Author of the University of Nevada, Reno Study, “Cooperative Games: A Way to Modify Aggressive and Cooperative Behaviors in Young Children”
