Habit 6: Synergize
Working together to create a better solution!
Video explaining Habit 6!
Together is better!
Motivational Poster!
Working together skills!
Books to read with your student!
Ox-Cart Man by Donald Hall
Swimmy by Leo Lionni
A Chair for my Mother by Vera Williams
Clifford’s Spring Clean-Up by Norman Bridwell
How the Second Grade Got $8205.50 to Visit the Statue of Liberty by Nathan Zimelman
Chicken Sunday by Patricia Polacco
The Chalk Box Kid by Clyde Robert Bulla (chapter book)
The View From Saturday by E. L. Konigsburg (chapter book)
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’Engle (chapter book)
Ruby Holler by Sharon Creech (chapter book)
Parent/Student Activities
2. Choose a problem you may have (curfew, completing tasks, cleaning room.) Use the Synergy Action Plan to summarize your child's solution and your solution: 1. Define the problem. 2. Share your views. 3. Think of solutions. 4. Choose the best solution together. See if you can reach a better solution together than alone.
3. Institute a "15- minute program" where everyone drops what they are doing and pitches in to work as a team to clean the kitchen, pull weeds, wash dishes, sweep the porch, etc. Cutting out a small block of time where everyone helps makes the work go quicker.
4. Ask your students to identify what they think their siblings are really good at, then share the lists with each other and discuss how they could Synergize on homework, chores, playing games, sports, etc.