We had several very special visitors at Brooklyn Schoolhouse this week… both real and imaginary! During Theater Adventures, your children received a letter from Daphne the Dragon: she injured her claw, and asked us to travel (via our Magical Elevator) to Dragon Land to help heal her. Everyone had wonderful and creative ideas about how to help Daphne’s claw feel better, including giving it an X-Ray, wrapping it in a cast, putting medicine on it, and giving her some Chocolate afterwards. We also played an exciting game of “Statue Garden” while in Dragon Land where children turned into all sorts of silly statues, including trolls and tigers!
Our real life animal visitor this week was Cinnamon the Bunny! We spent all week preparing for this visit, and talked about some of the ways that we can make a bunny feel safe at Brooklyn Schoolhouse: using small voices, calm bodies, and a one finger touch when petting the bunny’s ears. We practiced these skills with animals puppets first so that we felt very prepared when a living creature arrived. Your children also brainstormed questions about bunnies to ask Cinnamon’s caretaker, Rachel. These questions included “Do bunnies like eggs?” “Does Cinnamon have bunny friends?” and “What are bunnies allergic to?” Thank you Cinnamon and Rachel for coming to visit us at school this week!
Our class story this week was “Library Lion” by Michelle Knudsen. This heart-warming story reminds children and grown-ups alike that sometimes it is okay to break rules, especially if you have a good reason to do so. This story sparked many rich conversations about it means to break rules, and when we should make new ones at school.
Other highlights from this week include celebrating Max’s birthday, painting rocks outside in the yard, and melting and refreezing “magical ice cubes” in our sensory table! We hope you have some lovely “home days,” and we’ll see you next week!
