[JenSnow]

I teach 2nd grade and am looking for a center activity for Red Ribbon week. Does anyone do anything fun or cute with their kids? I need an activity to do and I'm stuck for ideas...Thanks in Advance!

[TeacherMeg]

This is not really a center idea... but maybe you could incorporate somehow? My school has a theme for each day next week:

Monday: Put a lid on drugs (we are wearing hats)
Tuesday: Doing drugs is crazy (we are wearing crazy socks)
Wednesday: Red Ribbon Day (wear as much red as possible)
Thursday: Give drugs the boot (we are wearing boots)

Also here are some cute slogans I have seen posted:

I’d rather wear a bikini than drink a martini

I’d rather hug slugs than do drugs

I’d rather play than smoke all day

I’d rather cheer than drink beer

I’d rather be tall than drink alcohol

[knamom]

We have a daily theme. We are kicking our week off with each student getting a brick (a red construction paper cut out) and they write there name on it. In the gym we are going to have an out line of a house and on the roof have written "building a drug free life" and each student will help "build the house" by adding their bricks. (The 5th grade math teacher is even getting her students to figure out how many bricks it will take!)

On another day we are doing disco day. With a new state law requiring more exercise, we do 10 minutes of "dancing" in our classrooms each morning to music over the intercom, we decided to incorporate songs, so on disco day the kids are going to dress "disco" then dance to Staying Alive. We will change the chorus to Staying Alive, Staying Drug Free AHHH.... Staying ALIIIIVE... well you know how the song goes.

The rest of the days are similar to the other poster, crazy socks, hat day, and we also do backwards day (turn your back on drugs and the kids put their clothes on backwards.

Hope this helps a little. It should be a fun/funny week. Just as long as they get the message!

[treetoad]

kids decorate grocery sacks and placemats for our grocery stores and restaurants -both items are furnished by the stores. Kids draw pictures and write drug free slogans and sign their names. Great advertising for the restaurants cause families go in to see if their child's will happen to be on their table - no guarantees though.

[readerabbit]

Just got my red sheet for the things we do each day.

• Shade out Drugs-wear sunglasses
• Turn your backs on drugs-wear your shirt backwards or inside out
• Hugs not Drugs-Bring a stuff animal to school
• Knock the socks off drugs- wear funny or mixed matched socks
• Put a cap on drugs- wear a hat or cap to school

[Mrs. C]

We are doing different themes each day also. On Monday, students will trace and cut out feet prints to put in the hallway - Walk Away From Drugs.
Tuesday, we will be incorporating jumproping into our phy. ed. class - Jump away from Drugs (or something to that extent) and Thursday we will shoot hoops to some effect of staying away from drugs. Last year we created a scrapbook - each class had a page and we had to decorate and "pledge" to stay drug-free. Then it was put on display in the library.