Grace and Courtesy lessons are a huge part of our Lower El curriculum. At this plane of development, our students are looking outward- at peers, classmates, and friends- and socialization is in full swing. That's why it's so important to model how to be good friends and classmates with them. We spend quite a bit of the first two weeks of school sharing Grace and Courtesy lessons with the class- in group time and in small group lessons. One lesson that we shared last year was based on the book How Full Is Your Bucket? for Kids by Tom Rath. We used it to illustrate the importance of showing kindness to others. After we read the book to the class and discussed it, we showed them the bucket with the drops in it and talked about different scenarios that might cause them to add a drop to our class bucket. The students really enjoyed it, and for the first few months of school, we had students count the drops and report to the class how many drops were in the bucket. It's helps them concretely visualize an act of kindness and gives you a way to start conversations about acts of kindness.
Post a Comment