LITTLE BUDDIES PREP SESSION 2
Training the Little Buddies Materials Who Am I? project Poster paper Writing and drawing materials
Watch Video #5: Training the Buddies Teachers who have piloted the AIM Buddy Project talk about how to train the buddies and model strategies for Little Buddy and Big Buddy trainings. Watch at www.pbslearningmedia.org/ resource/aim17-sel-topics.
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Remind Little Buddies of the day and time that they will be meeting their Big Buddies. (You may want to use a calendar sticker or some other visual clue.) The first meeting is just to get to know each other. After that, when they get together, the buddy pairs will be listening to online stories or playing an online game. To “train” the Little Buddies, help familiarize them with the process, and introduce the importance of good communication skills. You might say: On <day>, we will be meeting with our Big Buddies for the first time! For this meeting, we will share our Who Am I? activity so we can get to know each other. Your Big Buddy will share his or her own Who Am I? activity with you, too! In the meetings that happen after this first one, you and your buddy will listen to an online story or play an online game about Arthur and his friends. Let’s talk about what that will be like. As you listen to and watch the story or play the game, your Big Buddy will read you some questions. You and your buddy will talk about the questions, the characters, and what happens in the story or game. You’ll have a chance to tell your Big Buddy your thoughts and ideas, but you'll also have a chance to hear your Big Buddy’s thoughts, and ideas.
Being a Little Buddy Talk about the role that the Little Buddies will have in the program. You want to encourage participation, but you also want to make sure the Little Buddies know that their thoughts and perspectives are valuable to the Big Buddies, and that both Little Buddies and Big Buddies can learn from each other.
25 Little Buddies: Prep Sessions
