General Happenings: Going Undercover in Room 110

At the end of every day, we have reflection time. I'm a big believer in self-reflection and setting goals, so at the end of every day, we set a goal for ourselves for the next day based on how our day went, and then in the morning, we discuss how we can achieve our goal. Our goals range from sharing our toys, staying tidy during lunch, keeping our hands to ourselves, etc. Today's goal was cleaning up after ourselves!

I haven't posted any of these types of videos this year... I did it sometimes last year when I took videos of kids at random points throughout the day so you can see if your child is on task. These videos aren't meant to single anyone out, but to either see if your child is on task and/or use as a discussion starter with your child to encourage self-reflection. This time it was during tidy up time! We reiterate every single day that cleaning up means picking something up and putting it away. Everything in our classroom has a spot... everything! We stress that tidying up is not a) continuing to play b) moving the toys around to make a bigger mess c) picking the toys up, moving them to another spot. Here's a glimpse inside our room during tidy up time.