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2/3/2018

 
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 So many countries have a better sense of what children need in terms of challenging their physical abilities and managing their own sense of risk than North America. Children need to maximize their life’s experiences, and taking risk both emotionally and physically is at the heart of their play. There is a natural desire in children to take risks, to challenge themselves and to weigh the risks against the benefits. In doing so, they develop their own innate calculus that enables them to make their lives interesting and fulfilling. Yet as adults we allow red tape and risk adversity to limit the opportunities children have to flex these muscles. Without risk-taking children do not reach their potential, yet the debate between risks and benefits still ensues. Children have an enthusiasm for making choices, investigating, exploring, questioning and experimenting. In essence, taking risk. A risk-taker becomes an independent thinker, who develops into a confident learner who is willing to take that step into the unknown following their innate learning path. Empowering children by developing this independence, giving them the power over their choice of risky decisions, will better prepare them to be autonomous individuals at a young age and acknowledges their right to be seen as individuals now, rather than an adult in waiting. Check out The World’s Coolest Playgrounds.
  • Please return library books before next Thursday for exchange. 
  • There are no Family Projects for March due to the holiday. April's will be sent early.
  • Scholastic book orders are due Wednesday Mar. 7.
  • We are wrapping up this session of Buddy Bags and only one will go home Friday, Mar. 9. We will start new bags in April. 
  • Sunday, March 11 we will jump the clocks ahead an hour. I can never remember if that means we get extra sleep or lose sleep. Hoping its the former.
  • Friday, March 16 report cards will come home with your child. It is also a Fresh Air Friday and the last school day before Spring Break.
  • The BEST March newsletter can be found here.
  • If you would like to send a set of headphones in a bag with your child's name on it for your child to use with the iPads they would appreciate it (and so would I).
  • February sight words were: come, did, have, get, love, of, said, very, will, yes. If a word comes up repeatedly in our studies we will sometimes add it to our words for the month. Please feel free to practice them at home. We will have new words for March next week.
Go forth and Be Awesome!

Rachel
6/3/2018 10:02:01 am

The playgrounds are so cool!!!


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