Children are born with a natural ability to laugh whenever their funny bone is tickled and fully enjoy the amusement life provides. At an early age, they learn that life is not just fun and play; life is serious business with rules and schedules. Even at school, the fun of learning often turns serious. That's because parents, care-providers, and teachers take their jobs seriously. There's nothing funny about the responsibility of teaching children right from wrong and equipping them with the skills and tools they need to become happy, healthy, successful young adults.

Adults work hard to give children every advantage in life and unknowingly overlook one opportunity that makes a life-long impact. Children who have a good sense of humor tend to be more flexible and cooperative, more resilient, and more like-able. Humor equips kids to be better able to grow their self-confidence, attain higher self-esteem, cope with life's difficulties and experience more enjoyment in life.

Program Outcomes and Benefits -

In this workshop, participants gain an understanding of the age-related categories and development of children's humor and learn:

• the advantages and benefits for kids who have a good sense of humor
• age appropriate strategies, exercises and activities they can use to help develop and encourage a child's sense of humor
• activities to incorporate humor into the classroom
• strategies to maintain order and deal with class clowns