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ORDERLINESS: Arranging myself and my
surroundings to achieve the greatest efficiency
Vs. Messy, disorganized, breaking the rules
- SUGGESTED READING:
Messy Marcy
Roger Loses His Marbles
Oh, What a Mess
FAMILY ACTIVITY:
- Have your children clean their rooms, putting away all of their
toys, clothes and games.
- Help your child make a schedule of what he or she does after
school.
- Set aside a specific time for family members to discuss
grievances.
- Assign each child a specific task, or series of tasks, around the
home that are their responsibility. Periodically thank them for
carrying out their responsibilities.
- Talk to your children about bike safety and traffic laws.
- Talk to your children about why your family has rules and why we
have laws. Explain to them that these things exist to protect them.
CLASS ACTIVITY:
- Have your students save samples of their written or artistic work
in a portfolio.
- Have your class clean the room and their desks every week, or
every other week.
- Invite a police officer to talk to the class about traffic safety
and the consequences of using illegal drugs, alcohol, and tobacco.
- Before the children arrive, rearrange the classroom by moving
desks, changing names on desks, moving books, hanging things on the
coat racks they will need, and generally creating confusion. Discuss
how hard it is to accomplish things when your environment is
disorderly. As a group reorganize the classroom.
HIGH SCHOOL ACTIVITY:
- Freedom and order are said to trade off against each other. Invite
your class to debate their relative importance.
- While maintaining order is important, both in an individual's life
and in the life of a society, there are times when changes must be
made.
- Write a Hai-Ku.
- Discuss the difference between free verse and rhyming poetry. Is
one better than the other? What are the advantages and disadvantages
of both?
"A place for everything, everything in its place."
-Benjamin Franklin
"He who has no taste for order, will often be wrong in his judgments,
and seldom considerate or conscientious in his actions." -Johann
Kaspar Lavater
"The art of progress is to preserve order amid change, and to
preserve change amid order. Life refuses to be embalmed alive."
-Alfred North Whitehead
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