Habit #5 - Family Challenge!

FAMILY SELFIES WANTED!! Let’s see your family in action using your
family’s talking stick!

Habit #5 Seek First to Understand, Then to be Understood!

This habit focuses on truly listening to others before speaking or reacting. The key is to listen without interrupting, responding or forming a response in your mind until the other person has finished speaking. A person showing habit #5 also has confidence when they present their own ideas and look people in the eyes.

Here’s what you can do at home:

Practice reflective listening - Say something to your kids and then have them repeat back what you said. Do this until you feel like everyone in the family listens to understand and not just thinking of a response..

Conflict Resolution: Have your family practice using the TALKING STICK when working on reflective listening and/or conflict resolution. Only the person holding the talking stick speaks while the others seek to understand their point of view.

Snap a family selfie of your family using the Talking Stick at home and send it to MESLeaderinme@mccombschool.org. We will use the picture on our website and Facebook account. Please let us know if you do not want us to use your photo for these publications.

NOTE:Talking Stick came home with your students the week of Feb. 3rd.

WE CAN’T WAIT TO SEE YOUR FAMILY SELFIES!!!