This week our Sills for Learning lessons are about angry feelings. We've looked at pictures of angry faces and we've talked about times when we've felt angry ourselves. It is normal to feel angry sometimes, but feeling angry is uncomfortable, so we want to use our coping skills to help us calm down and solve problems. We also learned about the word "empathy". Empathy means we understand what someone else is feeling. We are going to practice identifying our own feelings and "reading" the feelings of others - this skill is especially helpful for children who act in an aggressive manner. When your child is able to name an angry feeling at home, REINFORCE their behavior with feedback such as : "I noticed you saying out loud that you are angry. You are really paying attention to how you feel."
We've had several discussions about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and today we made a chart of things that peace keepers do. Our list included: share, talk things out, have safe hands, use coping skills and save negative comments. We're working on more peace keeper activities this week and next in honor of Dr. King. The children all understand that he worked hard to solve problems peacefully, and we want to learn how to do that too.
The Loon Lake Student Council will continue the Pennies for Pasta fundraiser to help children with Leukemia. Children may bring in pennies, or other change, any day this week or next - the fund raiser ends on Jan. 20.
There is no school for students on Friday or Monday. I hope you all have a wonderful long weekend!
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