Friendship Circle

Good morning & happy Tuesday! Today was our first meeting with Ms. Ann where she conducted a friendship circle with our class and Dogwood. Because both classes have such small numbers, we look for ways to combine the two classes safely. These meetings will be every Tuesday for about 10-15 minutes. During these times we will take the time to learn different wellness techniques as well as building community.

Today, we focused on taking deep belly breaths with an expandable ball. Ms. Ann taught us how to take a big deep breath in when we open the ball and exhale as they pushed the ball back together. Because it was the boys' first time, it took a few practice tries to get the hang of it.

We will continue to visit with Ms. Ann every Tuesday learning new strategies on how to take care of ourselves as well as each other. Three important rules we follow every time are:

no hurts, stick together, and most importantly, have fun! It is important for us to continue to find ways to build our classroom community and family. I am looking forward to growing all together this school year!

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Submarine Update

Yesterday the Pine friends continued their exploration on how to create a submarine out of a box. They first started drawing sketches of how it should look. "It needs to have windows!" "We should make it yellow too." "It also needs a telescope (periscope)." Now that the drawing phase was complete, some friends wandered over to then build a submarine out of the blocks. They worked purposefully and explained the different parts as they worked. "We need to cut out a circle for it to be the telescope." B, V, & E continued to work with one another and make compromises throughout their building in order to make the best version of a submarine as they could. The three finished building their submarine, but noticed something was missing. "It needs a propeller so it can move!" How could they make a propeller? What does a propeller look like? The kids got to work on some research about wh...

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It was a Ms Amy day!

Happy Wednesday

How lucky are we that it was nice weather which allowed for much needed outside time!

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