Category: Social Emotional
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THE HELP DESK – Democracy Project
Sarah Adams-Kollitz and Andrew Rowan The Help Desk project started one day in October when D (a preschooler) was so excited he threw his stuffed dog, 20, over the playground fence. ‘20’ is a very important security object for D and all the students help keep track of him. He was so upset he started…
Katlyn Bullis
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THE PEACE TABLE
Sarah Adams-Kollitz and Andrew Rowan The preschoolers have been using a peace table to solve conflicts and build trusting relationships. It is helpful to know you have a place to go to be heard and work through the kind of problems that come up in communities. This is part of the way we protect people’s…
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The Power of Self Love
This week I had to transfer all of our work on “Self-Love and Self-Observation” into a bigger binder. That is a good sign. The children have genuinely latched onto the concept I hoped to drive home: it is important to know what we are capable of and just as important to love ourselves for it.…
Natalie Stroud