In Kindergarten, when we switched our calendar from October to November, I put a picture of a poppy on the 11th and asked the students if anyone knew what it meant. Some of them piped up "that's a flower that you wear on your jacket!" But they weren't sure why. We talked about Remembrance Day - what it means and why we recognize it.
This brought us to a conversation about Peace. I read the students "The Peace Book," by Todd Parr.
After we finished, I asked the students what the word "Peace" meant to them, Here were some of their responses...
Peace is being friends.
Peace is sharing.
Peace is relaxing,
Peace is love.
Peace is giving.
I follow several other primary teacher bloggers, and one of them posted this great dove activity. You can download it here.
I was so proud of the insightful answers that the littles were coming up with. They did a great job carefully cutting, colouring and gluing their doves and writing pieces,
Mrs. Skinner's class also did this activity. Here is our finished bulletin board celebrating our work!
Our theme for the month of November is going to be "Peace." Next week, we are going to be getting to know each other a little better, and learning how we can create a peaceful classroom community together.
