Anti-Bullying Books and Scripts
Focused on Empowerment, Tools, and Solutions
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Act Like You Matter is proud to offer the following anti-bullying books and scripts. Each of our publications is solution-driven and packed with tools that:
- Targets can use immediately to deflect attempts at bullying, mean, and/or rude behaviors
- Bystanders and followers can use to intervene, in a way they are comfortable with, to assist the targets of bullying, mean, or rude behaviors.
The strategies described in our books and demonstrated in our scripts can help your child, tween, teen, student, or patient build confidence and resilience and find their voice to help break the cycle of negativity that is so prevalent in our schools and communities.
Scripts of Our Programs
During the 2 years before COVID, our programs for K-12 were so in demand that we were at full capacity! So, to be able to reach more students as well as address social distancing at schools, we’re making each script available for both Performance Licensing and Classroom Reading Licensing. Older students at your school or in your district can perform our programs for younger students in small groups: no outside vendor needed!
Baffle Away Bullying! Interactive Stage Play for K-3rd – Available NOW!
Has anyone ever been mean to you? Laughed at you? Excluded you? Well, you’re not alone, and there’s a lot you can do about it! Meet Scarlett, Brandon, and Caroline. These clever 3rd graders discovered something empowering: if you turn your encounters with kids who bully into a game, they’ll decide for themselves to leave you alone. Now, Scarlett, Brandon, and Caroline want to teach you how to play the game of Baffle Away Bullying! – 3 simple steps to follow anytime someone mistreats you (or anyone else!) They’ll teach you how to:
- Stomach breathe to remain calm and manage emotions
- Focus on what makes you happy instead of the negative things happening around you
- Interact in ways that deflect bullying, meanness, or rudeness.
6 age-appropriate bullying scenarios (including name calling, exclusion, and mimicking), humor, and lots of audience participation are woven throughout this dramedy, delivering a serious topic in a fun and engaging way. Audiences will jump up, shout, and shake it out while learning life skills. Watch for hilarious “freeze” poses as the characters consider their options for baffling while they’re being bullied. But, will the strategies they share be compelling enough to get Robert, one of the toughest kids in class, to realize he can change his behavior? There’s only one way to find out!
Designed to reinforce character ed and SEL curriculum already in place at schools or to stand alone, introducing themes of empathy, kindness, resilience, and breathing techniques to help manage emotions. Includes “My Game Plan for Playing Baffle Away Bullying!” handout to help students master the steps, make the tools their own, and spark important classroom discussions.
- Adapted from the empowering children’s book Baffle That Bully!
- Intended Audience for Performances: K through 3rd Grade
- Appropriate for Classroom Readings in Grades: K-5th
Learn life skills to help you build resilience and manage encounters with anyone who mistreats you
(or anyone else!)
Baffle Away Bullying is Now Available on Video!
What If It Was You? Scripts
What If It Was You? – the scripts we use in our ground-breaking Anti-Bullying Empowerment Programs for Older Elementary, Middle, and High Schools – is a collection of age-appropriate vignettes designed to:
- Raise awareness about various forms of bullying
- Awaken students to how their words and actions impact each other
- Give students tools they can use immediately to:
- Build resilience
- Overcome and combat bullying, no matter what role they play in the cycle of bullying
- Manage encounters with bullying behavior as well as mean and rude behaviors
What If It Was You? consists of two different collections of bullying scenarios, each appropriate for a different age group:
- Scenes for Older Elementary students
- Scenes for Middle and High School students
Each vignette depicts a different bullying scenario such as:
- Cyber-bullying
- Name calling
- Intimidation
- Clique behavior
- Exclusion
- Eating disorder pressure
- Isolation
- Rumor spreading
- The bully’s perspective
- Dominance
- Sexual harassment
- Demeaning athletic ability
- Peer pressure
- Emotionally abusive parent
Intended Audiences for Performances: 4th-6th (older elementary); 7th-8th (middle schools); 9th-12th (high schools)
Appropriate for Classroom Readings in Grades: 4th-6th (older elementary); 7th-8th (middle schools); 9th-12th (high schools)
Find your voice. Build your resilience. Be part of the solution.
Books
Baffle That Bully! The Game That Puts YOU in Control and Makes Them Lose Interest
Baffle That Bully! shows you how to maintain your cool while distracting anyone who’s bullying you or being mean, throwing them off their game, and putting them in a game where YOU make the rules. It’s about being the keeper of your own feelings and believing in yourself, no matter what other kids say or do.
Fictional character Scarlett Jones teaches you her 3 Step Strategy for managing encounters with anyone who bullies or mistreats you. Then, she demonstrates how to use the strategy (i.e. play the game) with real examples she calls, “The Bullying Encounters of Scarlett the Baffler.” Build your resilience, and find your voice!
- Intended Audience: Pre-K through 5th Grade
- Book Dimensions: 5.5″ x 8.5″
You don’t have to be a victim of bullying just because you’re a target of bullying
My Baffle Away Bullying Workbook
A turbo-charged, workbook version of Baffle Away Bullying! our interactive stage play for elementary schools . Adapted from the empowering children’s book Baffle That Bully! Featuring:
- Full-color pages
- Lots of new characters
- Fun activities help you master the 3 steps of the game
- Workbook pages right next to characters’ pages, so you can brainstorm along with them
- Extra workbook pages for you to fill in, cut out, and hang up as reminders for how YOU want to play the game
Intended Audience: Pre-K through 5th Grade
Workbook Dimensions: 8″ x 10″
