PaperBag Princess

We had another visitor for "I Love to Read" month..... and you won't believe it!   It was the Paperbag Princess. You may have heard of her....she is a character in The Paperbag Princess book written by Robert Munsch! The Grade One class joined us for the reading of the story book.

We have been using  Valentine cards to make patterns!

Mrs. Macdonell stopped by our room again today to teach us more about the KIDS IN THE KNOW  program. Today we learned about secrets -- KEEP SECRETS and SPEAK SECRETS.  A keep secret is something special -like a birthday present- that you will eventually share with and tell someone about. There is an ending to that secret. A SPEAK SECRET can be related to someone telling you NOT to tell someone something -ever! (like abuse). And this is the kind of secret that you NEED to tell someone you trust about... and if that person doesn't listen, tell someone else that you trust.

We also talked about touches --- inappropriate vs. o.k. touches. No one should be touching you in inappropriate places (like where your bathing suit covers you). (The exception would be a doctor, and your mom or dad would be with you.).  If you are sad and want a hug, then that would be o.k. to ask someone for a hug.

PARENTS:  You are encouraged to follow up this conversation with your child, and make sure they understood the lesson today. Thanks.

This is Mrs. Macdonell (Resource Teacher) reading us a story.

Sharing time