Our Loon Lake Student Council has been collecting blankets and slippers and socks to donate to Mott's Children's Hospital. Several of our students brought in things to contribute - look how full the tree and table by the office look!



Ginger has been busy in our classroom too - on Monday we found him flying on a bluebird!

Here he is driving in a van (from our toy cupboard!) with some friends!

Our Skills for Learning lesson this week focused on recognizing when we have "strong feelings" so that we can use a calm down strategy or coping skill. We practiced putting our hands on our tummies and saying, "STOP". Next we can name our feeling, and then ask for help or use another coping skill. By using the "STOP" signal, students are able to interrupt the escalation of emotion, which helps keep the problem small, and allows us to intervene to offer assistance. Here is a picture of a stop sign that we use in our classroom. Mrs. Schnieders also worked with each student to make a stop sign of their own.

We had a new student join our classroom this week, and will be adding one more new friend - for a total of 12 wonderful children in our class!

Next Friday, December 21, we will have our Holiday Breakfast - please send your children in a little hungry for this special event in our classroom! This will be our Holiday Party.