In case your child told you that the "Cookie Jar" picks our classroom helper - well it really does. We pick a cookie each day and the cookie tells us who the class helper is. (There are actually 16 chocolate chip cookies - one for each child in the class.) It is an unexpected surprise and a good way to teach children that life is unpredictable. Once the cookie is drawn, it is placed in the "Cookie Jar For Cookies That Have Already Had A Turn." Once all of the "cookies" have had a turn, we return them all back to the "Cookie Jar" and start all over. It sounds complicated, but it makes things interesting for us. There are many benefits for being the helper - the most important of which is being THE LINE LEADER. The helper also gets to pick a friend to sit at the "friend table" for snack and lunch. I think the children enjoy this and we celebrate for our friends each day.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
The Cookie Jar
In case your child told you that the "Cookie Jar" picks our classroom helper - well it really does. We pick a cookie each day and the cookie tells us who the class helper is. (There are actually 16 chocolate chip cookies - one for each child in the class.) It is an unexpected surprise and a good way to teach children that life is unpredictable. Once the cookie is drawn, it is placed in the "Cookie Jar For Cookies That Have Already Had A Turn." Once all of the "cookies" have had a turn, we return them all back to the "Cookie Jar" and start all over. It sounds complicated, but it makes things interesting for us. There are many benefits for being the helper - the most important of which is being THE LINE LEADER. The helper also gets to pick a friend to sit at the "friend table" for snack and lunch. I think the children enjoy this and we celebrate for our friends each day.
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