Hello Wonderful Kinder Families! This week in Kindergarten, we began exploring our identities and what makes us special. We talked about all the ways people look different and celebrated those differences as ways we are unique. The children noted that we had differences in hair color and its texture. They noted differences in shapes of eyes and their colors. They also noticed differences in skin color and body shapes (tall, petite, etc.) They then began the first drafts of their self-portraits and used mirrors to help them identify the details in their faces. Later in the week, we revisited our self-portraits and found so many beautiful differences between us. We found that some friends colored their skin brown while other friends colored their skin peach. We also noticed that some friends had colored their skin orange. When we asked why she made that color choice, she replied, "Because I couldn't find my color." We all searched the crayon box for a shade of brown in between the Crayola peach and Crayola brown and could not find a shade close to her color (I couldn't find a shade close to mine as well!). We all agreed that our friends were not muppets and should not have to color their pictures orange. We began to problem solve and someone suggested mixing colors. The next day, we listened to the story, The Color of Us by Karen Katz. In the story, a little girl wants to draw a picture of herself with a brown crayon, but her mom, who is also an artist, points out that brown isn't just brown. She shows her that there are many shades of brown from cinnamon and clay to ochre and sienna. To create an even more beautiful second draft, our Kinders learned about the "Critique" process. When we give each other "critique," we make sure that our feedback is 1) Kind: We make sure we keep our friends' feelings in mind. 2) Helpful: Our feedback is meant to be constructive. 3) Specific: We tell our friends' exactly how to improve their work. We look forward to sharing our self-portraits and the other ways we have expressed identity and our uniqueness. We hope to see you all at our Open House on Friday, September 16, 2016 at 5:00 p.m.
To Another Magical Week Together, Mrs. Rosemarie
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