What you saw them do
Card 50 of 52
Put it on the board and read it out. Nothing to prepare.
Before we start, think back over the last few days to something useful someone did that nobody thanked them for.
It might be small, such as someone holding a door, tidying up after a group task or explaining something twice without a sigh.
Choose one of those moments and notice what it made easier for other people.
If you would like to, find a moment later to tell that person you noticed. Keeping it to yourself is fine too.
That’s the practice.
Listen for Some students may not want to name a classmate even privately, so let them think of someone outside school or of something a stranger did.
The skill of acknowledgement. Recognising others through listening, validation, and bearing witness.
The skill of acknowledgement
Recognising others through listening, validation, and bearing witness.
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