Lesson Plans for April 6, 2025 (David Madden will be the second adult present)
We will be using GROK* Feelings Cards that show a variety of feelings. Each child will have a turn picking a feeling card and expressing that feeling to see if others can guess the correct feeling. Another variation will be one child will guess the feeling the others be expressing the feeling.
We are trying to raise an awareness of others feelings by noticing their facial expressions. Theses games are designed to support understanding and connection rather than competition and winning.
*Martian meaning “to understand intuitively”, “fully get” or “be at one with another”
Lesson Plans for March 16, 2025 (Kurt Hansen will be the second adult present)
I am working on a series of thought provoking questions to teach and learn about the students Quaker understanding. The basis of this idea comes from a commercial product call Chat Pack and Chat Pack for Kids. A Chat Pack question might be “If you were 1” tall for a day what would you explore?”. I have developed ten questions focusing on discernment which I am calling “Learning Queries”:
- If you and your best friend really wanted to play different games at recess, how would you decide what to do? How can you make sure both of you feel happy?
- Imagine you’re the captain of a spaceship, and your crew can’t agree on which planet to visit next. How would you decide what’s fair and best for everyone?
- Imagine you’re picking a new class pet. How could you make sure everyone in the group feels heard?
- Why is it important to think about how others feel when making decisions?
- What do you do when you and a friend have different ideas about what to do?
- What can we learn from listening to others when making a decision together?
- If you and your friends couldn’t agree on what game to play, how would you decide what to do?
- If you were planning a special event for your class, how would you make sure everyone’s ideas were included?
- If you were in a student group, how would you help the group make a decision that feels good to everyone?
- What does it mean to listen carefully to others when making a decision together?
Lesson Plans for March 2, 2025 (Gunilla Norris will be the second adult present)
Gunilla saved the cards from the “What is a blessing” project some ten years ago. She thought the children could make some what is a blessing cards and then follow up hiding some cards in plain sight for Meeting participants look for at the potluck at the rise of Meeting. If some cards are not found then the First Day School children would take those cards and give them out directly. The adults who receive a blessing card can keep it or pass it on to someone else. Gunilla will explain all this at the rise of meeting announcements time.