May
27
Creating Community Conditions
Over the summer last year, I asked myself, “How do I make each school day the best 7 hours for kids each day?”
Community Circle daily in the morning builds the environment conditions to allow kids to feel safe. When you feel safe, you branch out in new ways and into new challenges.
Community circle benefits all students because we learn that as humans we are all connected.
- Someone else has a pet
- Someone has a favorite sport in common
- Someone has a sibling
- Someone has the same favorite candy
- Someone likes the same music
- Someone has a similar fear
- Someone else has divorced parents
- Someone else has lost someone
As soon as we learn in the classroom that we have things in common with each other the bonds are free to grow. Some bonds are immediate and others take time to invest. However, the classroom becomes a more welcoming place for passion too.
LOVE THIS! You’re leaving a legacy, Laura!