Our Peace Corner is a safe place where every child can go to clam down, recenter and resolve conflict. We have peace books that we have read and discussed accessible to the students as a reference and reminder of the strategies we have created in our room. There are story cards with visuals to help support the children in redirecting them when they lose focus or make mistakes. There are also several tinker toys such as hand labyrinth, sand timer, music boxes and others. We also have a Peace Rose that we have practiced using as a class. The rose is a concrete representation of turn and talking when solving a conflict. We have talked about being a listener and speaker during a conversation so that each person is heard. Here is a link to a video of the book, The Peace Rose being read by a teacher.
Our Morning and Sunset Meetings are very special because this is the time we gather as a family. We talk about so many things at these meetings: how we care and respect each other and how we can be a positive contributor to our class. The children also enjoy our meditation (Montessori Silence, Calm Classroom and Headspace to name a few) and other calming down activities. We also share our news (Morning) and reflections (Sunset) for the day. At these meetings, we also do some "love rituals" that increase our community building and love for each other. Part of this love ritual is our Wish Well. When a child is absent, we send them our love by wishing them well wherever they may be.
Please reach out if you would like some details on these strategies that you may also use at home. In my opinion, they are so amazing because they are centered on relationship building and perspective taking.
See you at school!
Always,
Celine Guerrero
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| Our family glyphs |
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| This is one of our discussions on our classroom goals and rules. Children are invested in the creation of these in our class. |
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| Ms. Rice, one of our school custodians joined us during Morning meeting to discuss the importance of keeping our school clean. |
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| Room 101 loves Ms. Rice! Thank you for all you do! |
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| Ms. Castillo and the class made the brightest start at Sunset meeting (Calm classroom). |
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| Room 101's Wish Well. We wish you well wherever you are! |
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| Our Peace corner |
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| Nijel and the Color Box 2 |
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| Solomon practiced identifying the decimal places to the 1000s |
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| Tyler built the 9 Layout |
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| James explored shapes and colors at the light table |
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| Maddox wrote a sentence using the Moveable Alphabet. |
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| Roy sounded our CVC words using the Vowel Tree |
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| Just having a great time singing and dancing to the song, "Tooty Ta" |
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| Maddox and Solomon finished the 100 Board |
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| James was so proud of his creation on the Geoboard. |
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| Mark Anthony searched for 10's using the Montessori bead stairs (Snake Game) |
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| Maya gave Julieta a lesson on the Teen Board |
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| Recess Time! |
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| Come hang out with us! |
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| Solomon explored the Weather Bottles |
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| Light and shapes |
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| Concentration |
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| Oona graded the knobbless cylinders while practicing her pincer grip. |
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| Stefan and the Sweeping work |
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| Amelia laced different shapes |
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| Haylie sorted animals using the Land-Air-Water work |
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| Caleb used a hammer and real nails to create his art |
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| Sebastian and Nijel played I-Spy at our "Sound Museum" |
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| "I spy something that starts with the /b/ sound." |
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| Roy showed off his work. |
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| Winter matched words and pictures together. |
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| We love this place! |
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| Maya read some poems we've worked on previously. |
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| Santi and the Spindle box. |
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| Carlos with a purpose |
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| Frances and the Gluing work |
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| Sandy came out to work with us! |
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| Caleb practiced his sweeping skills. |
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| Observation |
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| Sophia worked on the 10 Frame |
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| Maddox served himself some snack |
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| This is for you! |
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| Amelia and the Bubble Whipping work |
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| Ethan practiced his cutting skills |
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| Flower arranging was popular last week. |
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| Flowers everywhere! |
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| Guided Writing at Kindergarten time |
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| Carlos made sure the flower touched the water. |
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