On our first day, we read a funny story called, "The Pigeon Has to Go to School!" by Mo Willems. We really liked the pigeon, and made some pigeons of our own!
We introduced our first coping skill, Deep Breathing, and we practiced this every day. Deep breathing helps our bodies calm down so that we can think and problem solve.
We are also practicing some yoga and used our breathing for the astronaut and butterfly poses.
We learned how to be good listeners at group time:
* quiet voices * eyes watching * ears listening *bodies still
We talked about the green zone - this is when our bodies feel calm, happy, focused and ready to learn. We are in control of ourselves in the green zone. Our friends feel comfortable around us.
We had many opportunities to use some of the Centers and the Green Zone Tubs this week.
We began an author study and read "Swimmy" and "Frederick" by Leo Lionni. We created a big fish out of many little fishes, just like Swimmy did.
We also used paint crayons to create beautiful sunflowers for our wall!
I hope you all have a wonderful Labor Day Weekend! The beginning of school can be a big adjustment, especially for our youngest students. It takes time to learn the routines and to build stamina for a busy school day, but I think everyone did a great job this first week! Just a reminder that Curriculum Night for Parents only is on September 10 at 6:00 in our classroom.
