In celebration of Bullying No Way Week we are taking a closer look at The Allen Adventure as our featured service! The Allen Adventure is a free, app-based program from Bullying No Way teaching emotional literacy and social skills to foster respectful relationships in children under 8 years old.
About Bullying No Way
Bullying No Way is an Australian website connecting schools and school communities with resources and support for bullying prevention. The website includes evidence-informed resources and activities for a proactive approach to bullying education and prevention. These resources support young people, schools, and families to understand, prevent, and respond to bullying, teach others about it, and access advice and support.
About The Allen Adventure
The Allen Adventure is a free app-based suite of resources to foster emotional literacy, prosocial behaviours and respectful relationships between children up to 8 years old.
The program aims to prevent bullying in early childhood by teaching social and emotional skills through the story of Allen the alien, a young alien visiting Earth, learning how to get along with other. Through the interactive app young children learn about joining in, sharing, and managing their own feelings. As Allen the alien learns how kids think and feel on Earth through interactive storytelling children learn how to get along with others and how to identify and deal with inappropriate behaviour.
Through the Bullying No Way website educators can also access Allen Adventure classroom support resources, such as lesson plans, stickers, booklets, discussion starters and more.
Who is The Allen Adventure for?
The Allen Adventure is designed to support children in early childhood to Year 2, between 3 and 8 years old. It also offers resources for educators to use with children aged 8 years or younger in teaching a wide range of skills to prevent bullying.
Benefits of The Allen Adventure
The Allen Adventure is a great tool to prepare children for kindergarten and their early school years, aiding in a crucial stage of children’s social development, providing a foundation for positive personal friendships. It empowers young children to practice pro-social behaviour and helps prevent bullying.
How Health Practitioners can use The Allen Adventure
Health practitioners working with young children can use The Allen Adventure to support social and emotional learning in early childhood. The app can be recommended to families or used in sessions to help children build skills like empathy, emotional regulation and getting along with others. It’s a useful, evidence-informed tool to reinforce positive behaviours in a fun and engaging way.
Is there a cost to use The Allen Adventure?
The Allen Adventure app and classroom resources are free to download and use at any time.
How to access The Allen Adventure
The Allen Adventure app is available to download from the Apple App Store and Google Play Store and is compatible with all Apple and Android devices.
The Allen Adventure classroom resources are available on the Bullying No Way website here.
The Allen Adventure Research and Evaluation
The Allen Adventure is based on evidence that developing emotional literacy and prosocial behaviours in early childhood helps prevent bullying later in life. Research shows that building these skills from a young age supports positive peer relationships, emotional regulation, and respectful behaviour, key protective factors against bullying.
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