Day 3!!!! On the Stars!!

Our behavior board is a simple way to keep check on how we are doing during our day.  Everyone starts on green.... "ready to learn" and as our day progresses we can move up or down.  Either way we are learning about the choices that we make.  And moving down is not a sentence to a time out or total loss for the day, it means we slow down and think about the choices we are making and after figuring out how to fix it.... we move back to green.  You know this kind of stuff isn't easy for grown ups so we try our best to help our students learn early that we can work things out if we can talk it out.  That being said... on our third day of school, we ALL made it to the STARS!!!  The children have already figured out that it goes like this "purple, polka dots and stars" all based on the choices we make.

And how do we move our names up.... you see it in this picture... "self control."  For us that means keeping our hands to our self and sitting quietly... even when the entire class might be loud and busy.  We will soon begin learning about the "Fruits Of The Spirit" and self control is one of our fruits.  You can see this friend showing his super self control after lunch.  He is waiting quietly while his classmates are putting away lunch boxes and preparing for afternoon dismissal.  And boy can I tell you that is a busy, busy time in our room so it is really hard to keep your self control.  (Soon to come will be love, joy, peace, patience, goodness, kindness, gentleness, faithfulness and we are already learning about self control.)

And finally.... we all got our first 10 punches on our cards!!!! These cards are just a second layer of our behavior program and provide even more immediate feedback on the choices we are making.  Standing quietly in line when the entire four year old program is going crazy in the bathroom line certainly gets a number punched and cleaning up a mess you didn't make... that gets a number punched also....it keeps us smiling and moving in the right direction.  It is like a pat on the back that you reminds you that you are doing a great job.  So those 10 punches earned our first trip to the treasure box.... and wouldn't you know I didn't get a picture of it.  (stay tuned.) It was a wonderful day in our classroom and an awesome first week!    These handprint puzzles are all so different but the same.... God gave us each hands that pretty much look alike but if you look at these sweet puzzles the five fingers are completely unique....just like we are!  Thanks be to God for all the amazing ways He blesses us!!! And especially thank you for these boys and girls!

 Happy Friday from our sweet boys showing us their best silly faces!!!! We love to goof around at the end our day!  Keep smiling and letting your lights shine!