I created a big folder for each of the classes this fall. The outside has reminders for me and any public info I am tracking. I put all the possible routines and reminders on the front… and there were over one hundred ideas.

Most of the 100+ ideas won’t be a daily occurrence. Some are things that will only happen once in four years. No matter what, I need to really figure out which ideas stay and which get reviewed over time.

Here’s the list. Some if it only makes sense to me, ask if there is something intriguing.

Reminders and Routines

1. Over-communicate expectations
2. Tell the story of the class
3. Daily Reminders (for what really matters)
4. Mottos and chants
5. Mindset Topic reminders
6. HE Convos
7. When I’m handing out nametags, I am saying…..
8. Physical reminders (Common action means that “I….”
9. Evidence you are great!
10. PWH
11. Submitting project updates
12. Thank yous
13. Best things in life are invitations, not mandatory
14. Breathing
15. Embrace bad news (practice telling me a bad thing)
16. Daily Reminders (for classroom stuff: Clean room, materials, etc)
17. We can all bring something from nothing
18. What step on the CC am I
19. Practice with procedures and ordering
20. Show a project or mistake – how to improve or use mistake for good
21. Brainstorming
22. Practice vocalizing praise, asking followup questions, probing questions, saying “Tell me more”
23. Values statement, Priorities in-order
24. Vision casting of CT projects
25. Link Present with future ideal (or goals) + visualize obstacles
26. Daily Reminders (for classroom stuff)
27. Mindfulness
28. Affirmation
29. Visualization – using the completed creator sheets
30. Creativity Practice – Wild ideas Wednesday
31. Past Project videos
32. PWH
33. ‘Seeing the big picture’ doc
34. Cool past projects
35. Mental Health Minute
36. Video Record Reflections
37. Dissect the steps for a project, Reverse engineer a project
38. Make a silly scenario
39. CT creators (young?)
40. Check this creator
41. Brainstorming and customizing projects
42. Taking time, iterating after first attempts
43. Finding and following creators
44. Set norms of group work
45. Envision being brave, step up
46. PSC Topic reminders
47. I3 topic reminders
48. Sketch out the “Plan” for the next few days
49. Have class move to big dreams side of daily PPT activity
50. Create and sustain attention on Project
51. Submitting project reviews
52. Choose a material
53. Choose an Adhesive
54. Mindset Monday,
55. Kids watch me go through the CC, catch errors, summarize what I did well
56. Tiny Projects with AARs
57. AARs: Listening, asking why, why, why
58. Brain Trust
59. Red Team
60. What works
61. How to get better
62. Lil STEM challenges (linked to MTs)
63. STEM and Creativity Challenges
64. Group Creativity Challenges
65. Shared with other classes, displayed
66. Find complex project (could you ever…?)
67. Break down into little steps
68. Could you do it now?
69. Spend a week in each CT
70. YT project – discuss their CC trip
71. Video Record Reflections
72. Whenever discipline – connect act with reconnection
74. Project advice time
75. CCC/MJG4M
76. Role play wanted emotions
77. Visualization
78. CC Writing PromptsCu
79. Curiosity Table
80. Realizing their growth
81. Ideation activities
82. Pathways Ideation
83. How to think like a ___
84. Contribute to group
85. Example CT person
86. Learn about Self Collage intro – Design as a class? Brainstorm
88. Looking at the positive sides of failure
89. Mistakes made it better
90. Old MT Reviews, Make more example squares
91. Creativity Practice
92. Video my teaching
93. Exit Tix
94. Pretend to discover ___
95. End of list. None of the rest was going to be useful to anyone else.