What brings us together?

We sat down to share our thoughts on ‘when and why’ people come together.

Morning Greeting, Morning MeetingEach morning, we come together to greet each other. We sit in a circle so that everyone can see the speaker. Our time together helps us connect with each other. When we greet our friends, we look at each other, use a calm voice and respectful language. Our names are special because it helps us identify each other. A person’s name can also have special meaning or story attached to it.

  • Kenan “Sit on the blue carpet because I need to make a circle and talk to friends.”
  • Patrick “We talk about ideas.”
  • Tracey “We are going to a circle to say ‘hello’. We said ‘hello’ with a butterfly. We wave hands.”[with action]
  • Noah “It’s Morning Meeting.”
  • Patrick “Every morning we say ‘hi’. We feel happy. When someone says ‘hello’ to you, you say and it will take you to a good place and you will be excited.” [points to his heart]
  • Olivia “Because say ‘hello’, and ‘good morning’, morning we go to school.”
  • Tae Woo “Ms. Eileen is greeting. Like a butterfly.”

Through this experience, we learn to value our diversity and appreciate our uniqueness. This is a wonderful opportunity for us to learn about our community and to find ways in which we might be connected.

 

The Fire Drill

This week, we had an announced fire drill. Before the drill, we talked about the different safety measures we take when the alarm goes off.

During the practice, we took a picture of K2A while they were sitting together silently.

The image was presented to the children. The children quickly explained “we know it means the fire is here. Not a real fire!”

 

Snack Time

  • Doho “Everybody is hungry.”
  • Sean “Eating snack.”
  • Kenan “Everybody is eating on the blue carpet.”
  • Patrick “We are on the blue carpet. We wash hands and then we take snack box and then we eat the snack. But now we eat in the book space.”
  • Olivia “Because eating fruits.”
  • Patrick “The trash is on the blue carpet so we need to tidy up and clean.”
  • Noah “We clean up. We fold the blankets. We put it where it belongs. Then we have Morning Meeting.”

 

Lunch

  • Chloe “Eating lunch. Wash our hands, its dirty. Wash hands in the toilet. Stand, line up. Lunch in the red box. Take it out. Eat the lunch. Drink the milk.”
  • Eunice “Finish and put it away. And line up. I put away.”
  • Kenan “First line up. Then go to lunch. Then, we can finish and then go back to class. Everybody cleans up because eating the food is everybody.”

 

Cleaning Up

  • Tracey “We are together playing.”
  • Mason “Clean up because too messy.”
  • Tae Woo “Cleaning.”
  • Olivia “We cleaned up because we played with block toys.”
  • Mason “If you don’t clean up the things will lost.”
  • Patrick “When you don’t tidy up other play it’s a mess and cannot use it to play. The people who play with the toys they go away. And now another people cannot tidy up it. We are happy then we can play again.”
  • Allen “Very tidy.” [in Mandarin]
  • Andy “Everyone is tidying up. After cleaning up it will be very tidy. And people will find the things they need easily.” [in Mandarin]
  • Sean “Tidy up blocks and animals. Animals in basket.”
  • Noah “If the toys are lost then we can’t find it. Then we lost them. We will feel sad because we lost one. We clean up so they don’t lost.”

We noticed that we come together:

  • to be with people
  • to talk to people
  • because it makes us feel good
  • to greet each other and share information
  • to be safe
  • to eat
  • to work and celebrate special occasions
  • to read and learn
  • to clean up after play

We wonder how we might create opportunities that bring us together.

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