Brrr! It’s been a very cold week but this didn’t stop us from learning about the people who changed the world for the better. The children learned that Dr. King made speeches and did peaceful demonstrations because he wanted everyone to be able to work together, play together, and not be segregated. They learned that Ruby Bridges was a brave six year old who went to a new school despite others who refused to be in the same class as her. She did not let that get her down and she was able to go to any school she wanted. They learned that Rosa Parks was a brave woman who refused to give up her seat on the bus because she felt it was wrong to make someone give up their seat. We learned that Ketanji Brown Jackson was the first black woman to be on the US Supreme Court in over 200 years.
We talked about if it was right or wrong to tell someone they cannot go to the same school as their peers and they said that it’s not nice to do that to someone. They felt that it doesn’t matter what you look like, you should be able to go anywhere you want, be friends with anyone you want, and they felt that sone people were very mean back then. This prompted them to do a dictation of :”I have a dream”. We made a list of Rr words, practiced writing names of famous black history people. They also used the names of black history people and looked for the letters using the white magnetic letters.
We did a I have a dream roll and cover activity, they did a ten frame activity where they picked a number, counted out the number of chips, and placed them on the ten frames. They did a counting activity and found the number that matches what they counted, we played matching game with numbers and they practiced writing numbers.
We drew a picture of Dr. King using pictures as reference, they did a stop sign that Garrett Morgan invented, and we did a baseball and glove in honor of Jackie Robinson in Art.
Our field tip to Playhouse Square is next Thursday so please make sure your child is at the center by 9 am so they can use the bathroom before we leave.
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