![]() ![]() The little birds laugh, taunt and tease the big bird. A large awkward bird shows up and wants to join them. For this skill, I use the Pixar Short Film “For the Birds.” A group of small blue birds are perched on a wire. In fact, It’s a foundational skill in the Social Thinking© Curriculum. This skill is by no means the last skills to address. Can you think of any other ways Ormie could have gotten those cookies without dropping the jar on his head? Flexible thinking is about social problem-solving and finding different solutions to a single problem. Unfortunately for Ormie, the cookie jar topples down and engulfs his head. He finally knocks the cookie jar down spilling the cookies. He wants those cookies! He tries several different ways to get the cookies down, including using a broom, climbing the side of the refrigerator with plungers, building a catapult, etc. In summary, Ormie the Pig walks into the kitchen and smells fresh cookie in a cookie jar on top of the refrigerator. But I like to use the Pixar Short Film “Ormie the Pig” for this skill. “Mike’s New Car” can also be used to target Flexible Thinking, since Mike chooses to continue in his tantrum rather than solving his problem in a different way. This is a great film to help students SEE how over-reacting to a situation can be detrimental. Little problems, or “glitches,” call for a different kind of reaction and is much more quickly resolved. ![]() On a scale from 1 to 5, How big is Mike’s problem? Did his reaction size match the size of the problem? Big problems call for a greater emotional response. In the end, his tantrum results in a disastrous breakdown of his new car. Mike yells, slams doors and swings his arms around in a rage (that really is pretty funny). ![]() He blows up at Sully while Sully sits there as calm as can be pushing all the buttons on the dashboard. Sully climbs into the driver’s seat and starts pushing buttons. film “Mike’s New Car,” Mike shows up at Sully’s house to show off his new car. Their reactions do not match the “size of the problem.” In the Monster’s Inc. Students with social language weaknesses often over react or under react to situations. I target these skills using Michelle Garcia Winner’s Social Thinking© concepts and vocabulary. I want to thank Shannon for this opportunity to share with you 3 social language skills I target using Pixar Short Films. Social language weaknesses are an ongoing challenge for students and their families. From the time he wakes up and interacts with his parents and siblings, during the day at school, when he comes home and wants to play with neighborhood children down the street, and when it’s bedtime and you’re trying to get teeth brushed and get him to bed. Many of them rely solely on non-verbal language.Īs professionals, we know that social language weaknesses impact every aspect of a student’s day. They also have a conflict, are embedded with figurative language and hidden messages, and have an ending resolution. ![]() So why Pixar Shorts for social emotional learning? First of all, they are SHORT! They typically run 3-4 minutes. This is the culture our students are immersed in. “All they do in speech is play games.” Have you heard that comment before? Well, sometimes we watch movies too! Movie clips and short films are frequently used to supplement learning in the classroom, so why not in speech therapy? It makes perfect sense. This is a fabulous guest blog post by Lisa Erwin of My Speech Tools all about using Pixar shorts for social emotional learning! ![]()
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