This Month's Themes

During the month of November, we will be focusing on changes in the weather and the character trait of Cooperation.

Friday, January 31, 2014

Learning to Skate!

 Wow! I was so impressed with the first graders today! This is the third year in a row we've taken our classes to Walker Ice and Fitness to ice skate. Most of the kids have never tried it before and were excited to give it a try. I watched from the sidelines this year but I got to see the kids cooperating, helping friends up that had fallen, and most importantly they picked themselves back up and tried it again after falling (sometimes many times!) What a great character-building lesson! Even with a couple of minor injuries, the kids were so happy and proud of themselves in the end. I heard more than one say, "This was the best field trip ever!"



 Getting the hang of it!


 All smiles- so proud!
 Look, no hands!


Looking for an activity that will tire out your kids?! I think we found one!
A few of the kids actually fell asleep on the ride home.

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