Starting a New School Year with the Yes We Can Framework
This post was written by Glitter & Razz co-founder, Allison Kenny, during the final days of the Itty Bitty Yes We Can Camp where we led 4-6 year olds on an exploration of tackling new and challenging experiences. We captured the lesson on video and wanted to share it here but have had some technical difficulties. It’s great though so, please keep checking in our our Facebook page for when that goes live. We hope that you can use this framework as you are transitioning your children into a fall full of new experiences! This morning at circle time, I introduced a “Yes I...
Read MoreDay 3 of Yes We Can Camp!
This morning in circle, we asked the kids “Name one thing that you can’t do now that you hope to learn one day.â€Â Not everyone chose to share, but those who did offered up great goals: Sheridan , Mia, Evie- ride a 2 wheeler bike Luke & Natalie- learn to write Annalise & Hannah- learn to snap Cate & Phoebe- learn to whistle Eliana- do the monkey bars Zach S.-speak Spanish Alyssa- learn to speak French Ben- learn my lines in the play Maybe one day, I will learn to hula hoop like these kids are… In groups, we made dances celebrating learning to do these...
Read MoreDay Two of Yes We Can Camp!
Even in this heat, things were super-cool down in our basement! The kids are already working on their plays and chose 2 fabulous locations for their stories- “places where you learn hard things!â€. All of our 4 year olds will be performing a play that takes place at a swimming pool and the oldest kids chose a roller rink in outer space. Fabulous! First, we brainstormed a list of all possible locations and used sticker voting to decide. Then we drank magic potion to turn us into all the characters that would show up at these spots- a life guard, swim instructor,...
Read MoreDay One of Yes We Can Camp!
What a fabulous group of kids we have for our last week at camp! We started off the theme by giving kids a chance to share what things they can do all on their own. Answers included: pull vegetables from my garden, button my coat, pick up the kitty, jump off things, pick out my clothes for school and even clean the whole house! We also talked about the feelings we have when we can do things on our own. Proud, good and amazed. Yes. In drama, we played games that teach us that ACTING IS DOING! We took turns offering ideas about hard things the group could act out and responding...
Read MoreWednesday at Up, Up & Away Camp
The kids are off and running with this week’s play! We chose characters today by exploring all the possible creatures that would hang out in the locations we chose. (Sure, they’ll allow elephants on an airplane- why not?) Then, we drank a magic potion that turned us into the characters we chose for the play. The kids created lines and I helped them stage the first half of each story. We practiced listening to the drum and narration to know when it’s our turn and using loud and proud voices on stage. It’s exciting to see our ideas come to...
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