Happy Chappy

I did say this was a teaching and glitter blog, right?

Let me introduce you to the best frakkin thing I've ever done in pre-k, and yes it sort of involves makeup.

This is Happy Chappy, I saw this at a training, this year, so I can't exactly take credit for its discovery, but it's amazing!

Every time my pre-k students behave themselves, whether it's at workstations or at circle time, I take one of the Bonnie Bell lip smacker flavors, dot it on their hand, and say they made me happy and this is "happy chappy."

They love it. They sniff it, they try to guess the flavor, and they love happy chappy so much that they want to behave, especially since they never know what flavor I'll give them.

Pre-K students are also gullible, so when I lie and say watermelon is gummy bear flavor or vanilla is cupcake flavor, they totally believe me, so even though I don't have unlimited flavors, I do have a creative imagination.

My class has crazy students, and happy chappy even works for my behavior problem children.

It's the best reward/motivation I have ever discovered.

Try it, you won't regret it, and you can get Bonnie Bell, or even any other flavored lip gloss for kids- Hello Kitty, etc- at any place really, Target, Walmart, a drug store, the supermarket, etc, and it's pretty cheap and will last you awhile since you're not exactly wearing it.

I've also discovered if I go "time to stop, hands on top", no matter what my students are doing, they'll stop it and put their hands on their head and listen to me.

And on an unrelated note, one of my students today, felt my hair, and told me "Your hair is so beautiful, it's long, and it's smooth like a baby's bottom", while I question the origin of that comment, it's another point for Deva and the wonderful things it does for my unruly crazy curly hair.