Rebuilding our Community

This week the younger students participated in some exciting team/community building activities. After the break, we wanted to re-establish this feeling in our classroom. It is important for young children to have experiences working with their peers to solve problems and play games. Inevitably, there will be conflicts within friends and groups, so it is important to discuss those problems and practice working through them. We read Chester's Way by Kevin Henkes and Yoko by Rosemary Wells and discuss the conflicts within those stories. Then, we played games that required the students to work within a team and cooperate. We also did some other activities that got the students working with partners and groups that they normally wouldn't choose to get to know other students and make new friends. Ask your child what they learned about during these activities!