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1. Being Part of a Community - Learn how rules help us know how to act in our community.
2. Classroom Rules for Students - Creating a respectful, productive classroom starts with clear expectations. Classroom rules aren’t just about discipline—they’re about building a safe, supportive environment where students can thrive academically and socially.
3. Household Rules - Household rules let everyone in the family know how to behave
4. Kindergarten Lesson: 5 Topic: Following Rules - (pdf 4 pages) Lesson plan on following rules and respecting authority.
5. Know and Follow Rules (Video) - read aloud, written by Cheri J. Meiners and illustrated by Meredith Johnson. This book presents four basic rules to help kids understand the importance of rules and develop social skills such as empathy and respect.
6. Manners That Kids Should Learn and Practice - This blog post focuses on 25 good manners for toddlers and kids that they should learn and practice.
7. 12 Lessons from Overcoming Obstacles - These lessons are designed to teach K-2 students fundamental life skills and introduce concepts such as fairness, full body listening, coping skills, self-control, respect, and integrity. (Includes activity sheets)
8. Our School Rules: Civics for Kids - In this lesson plan students will understand the purpose of school rules and relate them to the idea of establishing “justice” in the Preamble of the U.S. Constitution.
9. Resources to Teach Needs vs. Wants in Kindergarten - free resources to teach some fun activities for needs and wants and help your students understand where the differences lie!
10. Understanding Social Rules: Activities for Kindergarten Students - explore an easy-to-implement, no-prep activity that can help kindergarten students understand social rules in different settings.

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