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11/14/25
 
Greetings loved ones! 
 
This week we began Library Time in our class! Owen's grandparents, Pat and Stacy, are our special Library Helpers for the year and each Wednesday morning they will share a special book with the class. This week we sang "Look who came to school today" so they could learn our friends' names, and they read "When You're Scared" by Andree Poulin. We are excited to continue this time together!
 
Speaking of feeling scared, we've been continuing our study of Feelings. We began the week by celebrating Cole's 4th birthday and further talking about feeling happy. We made art inspired by feeling happy (using dotters as a special tool) and used shapes to make happy faces. On Wednesday we began discussing feeling afraid, starting with the book read by Pat and Stacy. We had a group discussion about things that make us feel scared. The answers given were deep and insightful, including "strangers," "rollercoasters" and "the dark." A few other answers got thrown in too, like "tacos." We talked about strategies for when you feel scared, like finding someone you love. Teacher Danielle helped our friends make their own "relaxation stone" by painting stones collected from our playground. When our friends feel afraid, Teacher Danielle showed them how rubbing the stone and having a bit of sensory input can help ground us and make us feel better. 
 
Today we read a book called "Orion and the Dark" by Emma Yarlett as a whole group during morning meeting, which tells the story of how a child goes on a special adventure to stop feeling afraid of the dark. After snack we recalled and summarized the book in small groups, then pointed out that investigating things helped the book character feel less scared, like looking under the bed and peeking down the drain. We decided we wanted to go on an adventure in the dark too, so we turned out the lights in the STEAM Room, partnered up and gave our friends flashlights. Together with their partners they investigated the dark parts of the STEAM Room, including under tables, in the shelves and down the halls. At the end we declared how FUN our adventure in the dark was!
 
Important Reminder:
Thanksgiving Break is coming up fast! We have off Wednesday, Thursday and Friday that week:
11/26 through 11/28.
COMMUNITY CONNECTION
Do you ever talk about what makes you scared? How do you take care of yourself in those moments? Sometimes we grown ups think we have to be invincible superheroes to our children. However modeling how you express those feelings and talking through how you calm yourself down humanizes that we all feel afraid sometimes. Teacher Michael and Teacher Danielle shared that we both are afraid of clowns, so we calmly move away if we are near one so we can still have fun. 
Important Dates:
  • Nov 10 - Nov 14: WFS Food Drive (please send in donations)
  • Nov 26 - Nov 28: School Closed
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Questions to ask:
  • "What makes you feel scared?"
  • "What helps you feel better when you're scared?"
  • "What color did you paint your relaxation stone?"
  • "What tool did you use to see in the dark?"
  • "What does the word 'afraid' mean? "Fear?"