Joy of Individual Confidence & Uniqueness, Part 2 Day 3

The last day of our unit we had a party for someone very special that we all love.  Before I revealed who that was, I told the Joy Schoolers that we had to get ready for our party.  So we started off by making cookies.  Everyone helped.  

 Then we spent time making very special necklaces that each of us picked out and assembled. 

 Then we had a grand time wrapping up our presents for our special person.  

 For our lesson, we talked about how each of us cannot learn to like other people until we learn to love ourselves.  That we all just need to embrace our uniqueness and love who we are.  Imagine their surprise when they found out that the special person who they love and was going to celebrate was themselves!

 Our last page in the book was a fun painting activity, cause who doesn't love to paint!?  

Joy of Individual Confidence & Uniqueness, Part 2 Day 2

Today our focus was on our place in our families, how each of us is a unique part of our families and how we are loved and wanted in our families.  A fun activity that we did in the beginning of our day was dying eggs.  I taught them about how we are all good eggs inside but we're all different on the outside.  The Joy Schoolers had a really fun time dying eggs.  

 While we waited for our eggs to dry, we had music and story time.  The kids surprised me during one of our songs by getting up and dancing with each other so nicely.  This must be something they've done at the other houses cause they all understood the concept of picking a partner and having a great time.  It was cute!

 So, for snack we had hard boiled dyed eggs of course.  It was fun to watch the Joy Schoolers trying to peel their own eggs and I was surprised they all ate their eggs!

 Joseph even asked for a second!

 Our contribution to our books today was drawing a picture of our families. 

Joy of Individual Confidence & Uniqueness, Part 2 Day 1

The Joy Schoolers continued to learn about their Individual Confidence & Uniqueness after a great 2 weeks at Amy's house.  At the beginning of our day, we talked about the little talent show we had at Bright Child and all the great talents that each of us have and are trying to develop.

 Since the letter of the day was V, he had Veggie Sticks for snack.  Okay moms, this little snack is a winner with all the joy schoolers.  I just got a big bag of them at Costco and they all nearly finished it off! 

 The one thing I really noticed this time at my house is how well all the Joy Schoolers have really learned to play and interact with each other.  Outside play was a pleasant experience!

 To add to the ALL ABOUT ME books we started at Amy's house, the Joy Schoolers all painted a cool picture using their favorite color.  We thinly coated a piece of foil with paint and then made a picture using Q-tips.  Then, we transferred the image to a piece of paper like a stamp. 

I think they all turned out great and we had a lot of fun making them!  They'll look so nice in our books!

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