Classroom Friends

Miss Qonja, our principal came in and read a great book to us today. She read "Goldi-socks and the Three Libearians". We loved the book and we were a good listening audience! Thank you, Miss Qonja!

Another friend we have is Mrs. Nancy. Mrs. Nancy is a retired second grade teacher who comes and works in our room one morning each week. Mrs. Nancy listens to us read, helps us complete our work and joins in with us at Center Time. We love to have Mrs. Nancy visit and are so appreciative of her help!

This week in our Skills for Living Lesson we learned that some actions are mistakes. We talked about what to do when we do something by accident. We looked at photographs of children and practiced saying, "I'm sorry. It was an accident. Are you OK?" We will continue to work on understanding that some things are NOT done on purpose and we do not need to become overly upset.

We read a great book today called "I Just Don't Like the Sound of No". We learned how to accept "NO" for an answer. We need to: *Look at the person, *Say "okay", *Stay calm, and *Ask why later. We will be practicing this at school and earning gold stars by our name when we demonstrate that we can safely accept "no". Please let us know if your child is accepting "no" at home too. It is actually good practice for your child to hear you say "no" and will help him acquire this important life skill. Children who are able to accept "no" appropriately at school have more positive peer interactions and increased learning opportunities.