VIsit the Sketches Resource Collection page for these FREE downloads!Īfter I teach students about WHO the ANT Buddies are, we then learn how to STOP ’em! This part is sooooo fun! I mean, what kid doesn’t like smacking a pretend bug with a flyswatter? I mean…really? I have students follow along and write down the description and examples of each as we go. I go pretty slow through this process because I want to make sure that students really understand each ANT Buddy, what they do, and how their personal examples (that they wrote down) may fit with each ANT Buddy description. Then, I’ll move on to teaching the ANT Buddies. What are some things you might do when you’re thinking these things?.How do you feel when you think these things?.What is typically happening when these thoughts pop up?.What are some of the thoughts that you wrote down? Are they positive? Negative? Neutral?.Once they have their thoughts written down discuss: Doesn’t matter – just write them as they come! They can do this on a blank sheet of paper or by using the thought bubble page. They can be positive, negative, neutral or somewhere in between. I ask students to write down as many thoughts as they can “think” of in that time. I might put some quiet music on in the background, but it totally depends on the student(s) and what they want. The first thing I do after watching the video is have students sit with their thoughts for 5-10 minutes. Once you have watched the video, consider introducing your students to each of the ANT Buddies by using some of the ideas below!Įeek! I’m so excited to introduce you all to the ANT Buddies! My students have really clicked with these little dudes, and I hope that yours will too! Visit the Sketches Resource Collection page for this FREE download!Īren’t they cute?! Okay, maybe using the word “cute” to describe bugs that can cause problems for our students isn’t the best word…but it HAS been fun teaching them to the kids! The video gives a short introduction to what ANTs are. The concepts outlined in this video and corresponding activities lay the foundation for the work you will do with the ANT Buddies! Will they accept the thought as fact? Or will they stop, catch and question the thought to find the truth?įirst and foremost, if you haven’t taught The Triangle to your students, I would 100% start there before teaching the ANT Buddies. It normalizes the idea that ANTs happen for everyone and that they have the power to choose what to do when the ANT Buddies come around. Teaching students about the different types of distorted thinking provides them with a sense of control and power when the ANT Buddies start to swarm. While this may seem like a lot as well, once students get to know each ANT Buddy, they also get to know which ones they use the most often! Some sources will reference as many as 200 different distortion types (yikes!), but I have focused on 15 that seem to be the most common among the students I work with. I have been using the Automatic Negative Thoughts video and ANT Buddies to help my students understand how our mind can play tricks on us to convince us of something that isn’t actually true. And thus, the ANT downward spiral is formed. Getting stuck with ANTs can then create a negative thinking pattern, which then creates a negative thinking neural pathway. Unfortunately, our imagination can sometimes get the best of us – making us get stuck in negative thought patterns. You can then use this information to fix problems as they come up (or before), and also learn from mistakes. Your brain uses ANTs to imagine potenital threats and problems. ANTs are completely normal, and they actually do serve a purpose.Īt their core, ANTs are around to keep you safe. The term for this is, Automatic Negative Thoughts (ANTs), which was coined by Dr. The problem is, many of our thoughts are negative and seem to just pop up out of nowhere. Imagining a monster under your desk (check). The conversation you had with your friend (check). The mistake you made on an assignment (check).
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