Parents,
We have our first field trip coming this Friday. Please make arrangements to drop off and pick up at the park. The morning class will have their field trip from 9 to 11:30 and the afternoon class. The afternoon class will have their field trip from 12:00 to 2:30. If you need help with transportation please contact our room parents for help. The information is on the information paper we sent home. We could still use a few more chaperones for both classes. Email me if you would like to help.
Throughout this year we will be studying Sean Covey’s Seven Habits for Happy Kids. The seven habits are:
Be Proactive
Begin With the End in Mind
Put First Things First
Think Win-Win
Seek First to Understand then to be Understood
Synergize
Sharpen the Saw
We will be talking about being proactive this month. We will talk about how certain things that happen to us that might push us into having a negative mind like when a friend hurts our feelings or we become angry over something, or we lose something we love. We will then talk about how we can choose how we react to these feelings. This is called being proactive as opposed to reactive. A reactive person may say “He made me mad!” A proactive person would say “I chose to forgive”. A reactive person would say “I am like this because of how I was raised.” A proactive person would say “I chose to do things differently than how I was raised.” Being proactive is about choice. We can not prevent or protect our children from all the hardships that they will face. However, we can teach them to be proactive and choose how they will react to hardship, thus turning stumbling blocks into stepping stones.
We will begin our study of maps this week by talking about the map key and symbols. We will also be taking a closer look at spiders, leaves and measurement.
We are looking forward to seeing you at the fall festival on Friday afternoon. It is always a fun time.
If you missed the sign up for parent teacher conferences here it is again https://www.trackitforward.com/site/389525/events
Have a great week.
Ms. Jen & Ms. Jess