Kevin is a fluffy soft toy kea that my AT uses in her classroom as a way of motivating students and building relationships. Students get to take Kevin home for a variety of reasons, sometimes if they've been shown working particularly well on something, or they have the most dojo points that day, or it's their birthday. Seeing who will get Kevin is a nice end of day ritual, and builds a connection with home too - one boy while I was there left Kevin in his mum's car, which she left at the airport when she went to Sydney. His dad wrote an email 'from Kevin' to my AT, saying he was trapped in the car at the airport, and the class were delighted to have this email from Kevin and a link to home. For a simple soft toy he is a very effective tool for building positive relationships!
GTS 6 Graduating teachers
develop positive
relationships with
learners and the
members of learning
communities.
6C Graduating teachers build effective relationships with their learners.
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