JUNIOR Kindergarten classes will be continuing with the "FRIENDSHIP" theme. We are discussing what it means to be a friend, how to listen to our friends and accept another's opinions, needs, and wants.
The laughing and playing are the easy parts of friendship.
True friendship is about caring, sharing, communication, compromise, acceptance, (even tolerance), and finding acceptable ways to resolve conflicts. It is also about determining when it is okay to be assertive and stand up for yourself, while at the same time discovering what are the appropriate ways of doing that. These are extremely important skills for our little ones to understand and attain. Learning how to behave appropriately, not only at school, but in life in general, is absolutely fundamental to the next steps in academic learning as well as simply being happy.
COMMUNICATION and COLLABORATION are the two most important skills for all future learning and are also the most important skills in FRIENDSHIP.
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SENIOR Kindergarten classes will be expanding their discussions beyond friendship to also include "COMMUNITY HELPERS", such as firefighters, police officers, health professionals, plumbers, electricians, etc.PROFESSIONALS WANTED!!
If any parent would like to come into the class for a few minutes (approx. 15 min.) to talk to the students about their job and explain how it helps us in the community, please contact Mme.Blahout as soon as possible so we can schedule your visit.
(Please call the school (# 591-3256) after 3 pm)
Using magazines, flyers, newspapers, and the internet, we would like all SK students to find, cut out, print off, and bring in photos of various community helpers. We will then use those photos to create a giant "Community Helper COLLAGE" to post in the classroom so everyone can see how many people it takes to make a community successful and happy.
Thank you, in advance, for your support and assistance in this regard.
