Joy of Trust & Confidence Day 1

Today we started with everyone saying one thing they are particularly good at. Kai said he is good at Karate; Joseph said he is good at Robots; Emily said she is good at drawing princesses; and, Grant and Isabel both said they were good at puzzles. We missed Eve (but, like the others, we're sure she's good at lots of things). They all then drew pictures in their journals of the things they are good at. Afterwards, we talked about not being afraid to try things we have never done before and that we can practice things and get better at them. To go along with this discussion, we read "Seven Diving Ducks" a story about seven ducklings, six of which jump right in and learn to swim and dive easily, while the seventh has trouble because he is afraid. With practice the seventh duckling learns to swim and dive as easily as his siblings. Everyone seemed to like the story.

We then did outside freeplay which involved several skills games for them each to practice. We practiced shooting baskets, ringtoss, beanbag toss and walking a straight line, toe to heel. All the children tried all the games and understood that they didn't have to be perfect the first time they tried, but that with practice they could get better.






















After freeplay, we had snack time which involved trying news foods. All the children were really great about trying the foods. We had kiwi, sunflower seeds (also for our letter S), chocolate covered sunflower seeds, and blood oranges. Joseph was the only one who tried (and liked) all the foods. Emily is the one one who already knew what Kiwi was and didn't want to try it again because she said she didn't like it the first time. Everyone liked the blood oranges and the sunflower seeds.















The final part of our fun first day was reading "The Little Engine That Could" which everyone thoroughly enjoyed. We finished with painting little wooden trains to remind the children that they shouldn't give up if something seems hard and that if they try their best they can accomplish great, seemingly impossible tasks just like the little engine.