One of the goals for this year is to understand the sense of community. How do we learn about the community? It begins from our homes and the classroom! Therefore, we launched Helping Hands, which we called Classroom Jobs last week. The 3A children were very excited to take on their responsibilities right away. At first, they did not know what "board helper" or "center board manager" meant. But once each job was demonstrated to them, they were able to learn fast! As educators, we hope to see our children feeling proud of themselves. This is not only the result of being in charge of something, but it also because they understand that they are helping others by fulfilling their responsibilities to make a safe and fun community.
The "building" became such a popular activity in the past few weeks in our classroom. At first, the children built something with blocks or magne-tiles and called it "my house." Some of the children still do, which is completely fine, but in the past week, they have started creating something else besides their house. Nico initiated building blocks earlier this week and naturally, other friends joined him. Nico said, "This is a zoo!" He partitioned off different size spaces by using blocks and placed an animal or animals in each space. The next day, more friends joined with Nico and built a bigger zoo. It took up almost the entire rug! A few days after, Erika introduced different kinds of fabrics to use along with the blocks and animals. The children used those fabrics to put each animals to sleep! Mia said, "the animals are taking a nap." It was truly amazing to witness how much the children have expanded on the idea of "building." Starting from creating their own houses, to now a zoo with even animals take naps! We look forward to seeing other phenomena in the activity of "building".
The Halloween Celebration was a great success! From deciding what we want to be, to making our own costumes, and even to decorating a costume for a friend who couldn't come to school because she was sick, Halloween prep was filled with amazing experiences. The Halloween parade was a lot of fun too. We cannot thank our families enough. Not only did they come out to participate in the parade, but they also brought so many yummy food for us to enjoy together!
