Parade activity
Doodle Good
For School
- K-5
- School
- Quick
- SEL
Documented for Ohio: SEL.
What it is
The Doodle 'notices' on-task behavior; the class earns color for good choices (earn-to-color incentive) - the PBIS-style reinforcement vehicle. Scales K-1 (color when earned) to 4-5 (students run the good-choice log).
Source: DoodleGood - DoodleFace Parade Activity
- Timebuilds over days
- Setupa little setup
What you need
- A Doodle
- a black crayon (for sectioning — then it goes away)
- the rest of the colors, left out
Steps
Section the Doodle
Use a black crayon to divide the Doodle into as many sections as you'd like to celebrate — often 8-10, or one per child. Put the black crayon away; leave the other colors out.
The Doodle notices good choices
When kids do good things (finish their work, show kindness, behave exceptionally), that's the moment: a section gets colored in.
Watch it fill
A sense of anticipation builds as the Doodle gradually fills with vibrant color.
The Doodle springs to life
When the last section is colored and the kids are away, the Doodle gets up to its mischievous antics. The class returns eager to discover what it's been up to.
Tips
- Coloring for good choices is great practice even when you're not running the full activity.
- Mischievous ideas for the come-to-life moment: it hid somewhere in the classroom · colored itself to camouflage (books drawn on itself in front of the bookshelf; tiles; the rug) · wrote a joke and colored itself goofy · turned itself into a different animal for the class to guess · wrote messages on desks or papers · hid something of the class's or the teacher's · is wearing or using classroom items · took a bath in the sink · built a book fort · drew a funny picture of the teacher.
What it supports
Research it’s built on
Evidence note: Academic figures from SEL research (Durlak et al. 2011) describe the mechanisms this activity is built on, not measured results of this program.
Compliance determinations are always the district’s or institution’s.
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