"Because people don't want to be anyone's friends. They really want to be some other kid's friend. They only want the other kid to come to their houses."
"Because some people don't want to be best friends. Because what he said, because people don't want to come to houses."
"Because they are mean to other friends."
"They think in their heads that they want to be mean.
"Because they think they are going to say something mean to them."
"The mean things are because people don't like each other."
It seems like the Turtles are trying to figure out this meanness thing. Right now, they are very good at thinking about it as outside themselves, but it doesn't seem like they are yet thinking about the mean things that they have done. It seems difficult to talk about what happens just before the meanness, to understand what might cause the meanness. We will continue to push on this idea of why there might be meanness.
The teachers have also noticed some changes taking place in the class around problem solving and meanness. There seems to be much less tolerance for meanness, and participates and bystanders alike are much more likely to call out meanness when they hear it. Sometimes just in the process of labeling words or actions as mean, there is change created in the situation, for instance when a child does not want to be told they are doing something mean, they will rectify the situation. Other times, the children are quicker to get help when they encounter a problem. It is exciting to notice the slow subtle shifts that are happening as the Turtles wrestle with this problem!
Other activities today:
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| rearranging the classroom |
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| celebrating a baseball birthday |
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| making bags for our Valentines |
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| building magnatiles together in the newly enlarged Block Area (they are figuring out that if they work together, they can make GIANT towers) |
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| snuggling in our re-located Cozy Box |
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| freeze dance with Missy |
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| jump rope tricks |
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| football, soccer, and soft blocks |
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| stamps |
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| playing in the snow |
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