I got to finish up the unit on Individual Confidence and Uniqueness. What a great unit. I really think the kids caught on, this time around, that we are all different, and that is great! I loved watching them do their books, and was impressed at their growth and improvement from last year.
We missed Elise on our first lesson, but the boys did have a fun boy day. They made sure to get lots of wrestling and "boyness" in, and were just so dang cute! They even had a spontaneous singing of "My Eternal Family" at snack time. Ches also gave a very thorough and funny tour of his home as part of the lesson. He still gets a big kick out of how Mark always comments on how stinky the kids room is (can't get that diaper smell out, sorry Mark).On the last day of the unit we put
our books together and looked at all the different pages. I finished asking them a couple of questions for their information page. It was fun to see that Mark and Ethan's best friends are their brothers (Ethan said, "Isaac is actually my brother, but a brother can be a best friend, too.") and Ches and Elise's best friends were the same as last year, Annika and Damon. After they put them all together, we sat down and took turns looking through each one. They were so excited and happy at the end. I fully intended on getting a picture of all of them with their completed book, but was distracted by the many spontaneous
group hugs they were giving the teacher. Mark really is quite the hug giver!Elise informed us that she is moving to Hawaii (is this definite Jackie?) and Ches was so excited to show off his new skeleton (which the boys were fascinated with, and Elise tried hard to not be creeped out by).
Last year, I think I ended up making the necklaces for the kids... This year - they were awesome! Look at those long strands.