Think Before You Speak
Lesson 10 Think Before You Speak
“He who guards his mouth and his tongue keeps himself from calamity” (Proverbs 21:23).
Lesson Goal: To help students understand that what they say and how they say it can prevent or cause conflict.
Lesson Objectives: By God’s grace students will learn: 1. Why communication is important. 2. The difference between verbal and non-verbal communication. 3. What to communicate. 4. How to communicate effectively.
Key Principle: Think before you speak.
Begin With Prayer
Begin the lesson with prayer that your students will learn to prevent conflict by communicating to others in a respectful way. As you discuss the principles in this lesson, remember to encourage and praise appropriate responses to questions.
Review and Setting the Stage
• Can you remember what the stay plan is? (Stop, Think, Act, Yea!) • Have any of you used the stay plan to alter your choices? How? • What kind of choice is it to use the stay plan? (A wise-way choice.)
Today we are going to begin to study another wise-way choice: how to prevent conflict by communicating in a respectful way. What we say and how we say it will have a great effect on how people listen and respond to us. If we choose to communicate respectfully, it is likely that we will be able to resolve or even prevent conflict and stay on top of the slip zone. We are going to learn interesting and helpful information that can help us communicate more respectfully. You will discover how important it is to think before you speak. Listen to a story about a boy who communicated his thoughts and feelings to his family. Be prepared to tell me if you think his communication helped to improve the situation.
BUNTHEOUN”S COMPLAINT
Buntheoun’s family has two cows, and he is responsible for taking them out to the field every day to let them graze. On this particular day, it was raining harder than usual, and Buntheoun dreaded
“He who guards his mouth and his tongue keeps himself from calamity” (Proverbs 21:23).
Lesson Goal: To help students understand that what they say and how they say it can prevent or cause conflict.
Lesson Objectives: By God’s grace students will learn: 1. Why communication is important. 2. The difference between verbal and non-verbal communication. 3. What to communicate. 4. How to communicate effectively.
Key Principle: Think before you speak.
Begin With Prayer
Begin the lesson with prayer that your students will learn to prevent conflict by communicating to others in a respectful way. As you discuss the principles in this lesson, remember to encourage and praise appropriate responses to questions.
Review and Setting the Stage
• Can you remember what the stay plan is? (Stop, Think, Act, Yea!) • Have any of you used the stay plan to alter your choices? How? • What kind of choice is it to use the stay plan? (A wise-way choice.)
Today we are going to begin to study another wise-way choice: how to prevent conflict by communicating in a respectful way. What we say and how we say it will have a great effect on how people listen and respond to us. If we choose to communicate respectfully, it is likely that we will be able to resolve or even prevent conflict and stay on top of the slip zone. We are going to learn interesting and helpful information that can help us communicate more respectfully. You will discover how important it is to think before you speak. Listen to a story about a boy who communicated his thoughts and feelings to his family. Be prepared to tell me if you think his communication helped to improve the situation.
BUNTHEOUN”S COMPLAINT
Buntheoun’s family has two cows, and he is responsible for taking them out to the field every day to let them graze. On this particular day, it was raining harder than usual, and Buntheoun dreaded