includes free music CD

WhyTry Introduces Game Plan Journal

WhyTry Inc. has introduced a new component to help implement the WhyTry Program in classroom and group settings. The WhyTry Game Plan Journal is a book of activities and personal reflections for use by each youth going through the WhyTry Program. It includes many new activities for each of the WhyTry visual analogies, including art, music, and observation activities.

The WhyTry Program started as a set of ten pictures teaching social and emotional principles youth need to succeed in school and life. Soon songs were added reinforce the principles. Then physical activities were added, to address all of the major learning styles: visual, auditory, and body-kinesthetic.

Many teachers saw the WhyTry Program as an opportunity for creative new assignments. Teachers would assign students to paint a picture of what their future would be like when they tore off their negative labels. Or they would have students write a poem about climbing out of the crab pot.

The WhyTry Game Plan Journal is a next step that gives educators more tools to reach youth. For each visual analogy, there are several new activities which can be used in the classroom, or as homework assignments. The Journal is something tangible the youth can keep and refer back to as they need to review important principles.