This morning during Tecolote Tuesday, we were treated to a visit from current Upper School student and former Lower School student, Rhami. Rhami recently performed a fabulous act of kindness. Watch below:
Way to go, Rhami! His act of kindness was featured on many news outlets, as well. This visit fits right in with our studies of kindness in Swooper Citizens, which we continued today. Our focus this week is on using our manners to show kindness. Students played a “Four Corners” game in which they walked to a specific corner to show whether a scenario warranted the words, “Thank you,” “Please,” “You’re welcome,” or “Excuse me.”
Next, Mrs. Delwiche read the book, “Mary Louise Loses Her Manners” by Diane Cuneo. Here’s the description from Amazon:
One morning, after some particularly shocking–but awfully funny–breakfast behavior, Mary Louise realizes that she has lost her manners. I’ve paid so little attention to them, she thinks, that they’ve up and run away! She has no choice but to begin a search mission.
From a neighborhood restaurant to a doctor’s office, past a hot dog vendor then a street musician, and even into the library, Mary Louise tries to find her manners. Instead she ends up making more trouble everyplace she goes. Have her manners deserted her forever?
Already today, I’ve heard a huge increase in the number of “thank yous” and “pleases” from our first graders. Be on the lookout at home for extra kind manners!
