Over the last two weeks, our lessons were driven by the understanding that children from disadvantaged backgrounds are substantially more vulnerable when they struggle to identify, articulate, and validate their emotions. In these lessons we taught the expression of ‘why?’ in relation to personal feelings and facilitated deeper emotional curiosity in the children through classroom assessments, games and fun play.
One Reply to “Expressing the ‘Why?’ in ‘I Feel’ | English Literacy Classes”
Leave a Reply
Related Post
This week, we learned over twenty new action verbs for various exercises, and explored the influence of exercise on more sophisticated body organs. Big smiles whizzed by the camera as we incorporated fun games and work-outs into our class. You should know – most of our students are Simba FC fans and take kicking practice…
How do we move from home to Meadows Academy? How do we travel from one city to the next? Does an airplane carry the same thing that a garbage truck would? Better yet, can it cover the same distance? This week’s lesson was all about answering these, and many more questions! Using expert Early Learning…
We excitedly handed over our class this week to our sponsors, licensed Counseling Psychologist Amaechi Nduka-Agwu and Child and Youth Counselor Rehema Busch, for an Emotional Mindfulness Session. Children from disadvantaged backgrounds have fewer opportunities to explore, let alone regulate, their emotions. Understanding emotional expression, as skilfully directed by Amaechi and Rehema, provided them with…
weed edibles shipping usa secure discreet