A fantastic Friday to everyone!
To end our busy week, we added finishing touches to our Grandparents’ Gift. We also had our very first dance class with Maryna. It was a lot of fun moving with our friends!
E: Can we crawl? I have such a big spot!
J: We don’t punch
J: We have a big circle if we punch…. We don’t punch
M: I am sleepy
L: I want the floor is lava
M: we stop moving (for freeze dance)
P: That’s so silly! It sounds silly
E: Can we play games? (with Maryna)
What do we say to Maryna?
W: Arigatou!
E: We dance on our spot
After dancing, we gathered in a circle to talk about what we needed to do during circle time. We all agreed that we should sit on our bottoms, keep our hands to ourselves, use our listening ears, and raise our hand quietly if we want to say something. We then played a short game to practice sitting. While sitting on our bottoms, we kept a balloon up in the air by tapping it. It was a little tricky, but it was fun!
Flowers: Check! (sitting nicely)
S: bum touching the floor
R: Criss Cross apple sauce
Can we play a game?
R: What game?
S: I know that game! (after he saw the balloon)
M: we have to tap, no catch
E: Can we play this on Grandparent’s Day
T: Ok!
M: That was a big one! A nice one. Watch out!
K: Let’s go!
W: no thank you. Funny!
M: I am senpai
J: I am also senpai
J: me too!
E: I want to do it! I’m the queen
M: No, I am the queen. You are the king, and I am the queen
Question of the day: Can we share?
S: raise our hands (if we want to say something)
P: (we need to) listen
J: * reads the question of the day
I: one! * Counts how many answered “no”
P: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11! * Counts how many answered “yes”
J: Yes. I share with my cat at home. Can I say more? I have a lot of pets!
S: Yes, so people are happy
S: Sharing is nice
M: If someone has nothing, you can share.
K: No… I change my mind
Next, we read, Pig the Pug, a story that helped us think about sharing. To explore this further, we acted out little role plays about using gentle hands. During this time, Evita showed us toys she brought from home. First, she grabbed a toy and asked us how it made us feel when someone takes without asking. Then we talked about what happens if we don’t use gentle hands. Toys can break and our friends can feel sad. This helped us understand why sharing and using our gentle hands is so important.
Do you know this book?
Flowers: Yes!
Where did we read it first?
J: Petals Class
E: Buds. It’s a pig. No, it’s a dog. Actually it’s red sausage. I like playing by myself sometimes
J: I like playing with other. He is angry
R: He doesn’t want to share. Scoot is what?
E: He will fly down the window!
J: He walk to the window. I was right!
R: Because Pig the Pug is not there and now he can play.
Toy Sharing Discussion
E: Only four can play
Flowers: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 (toys)
M: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13 (flowers friends)
E: Not everyone will have a toy.
S: Warren (will not have a toy)
*Evita grabbed all the toys
E: you are like Pig the Pug! You just grab it?
How does that make you feel?
R: sad
What can we do if someone grabs our toy?
R: Can you give it back? Share please.
L: Can I borrow? (if a friend is playing with a toy we wanted to play with)
*Evita gives back the toy
How does that make you feel?
R: happy
What can we do if we make a friend sad?
S: wait. Say sorry
M: Or just tell the teacher
E: NO THANK YOU!!!!
L: It’s not a good way to say
Flowers: no thank you (kinder way of saying “No thank you”)
Together we reflected on some important questions.
What should we do if we don’t’ listen to teacher (grabs, hit and not use gentle hands)?
S: Tell the teacher
M: Say no thank you. Tell Shelley?
J: A friend will go away
E: (If )friend is not listening (still)…
J: If another needs to go to the chair, the other can sit
S: You can cry and have a break
E: Call the police (if a friend still doesn’t want to listen)
R: We could hold and call the police.
E: punch! Office?
R: We go upstairs (Office)
We learned so much today about sharing and being kind to our friends. Have a nice weekend!
Love,
Flowers