Donuts for My Dear Ones: A Gratitude and Gift-Making Session
In this one-time course, learners will complete a paper donut box craft featuring drawings and words about their loved ones.
Miss Brittany, M.S.Ed
Average rating:
5.0
Number of reviews:(127)
What's included
1 live meeting
55 mins in-class hoursClass Experience
In this one-time class, students will engage with an interactive read-aloud of The Mommy Book by Todd Parr to help them brainstorm things that they appreciate about a chosen loved one. We will then work on drawing and writing about our loved ones during a donut-themed craft intended to strengthen each young learner's fine motor, creative arts, and early writing skills. Students will come away with a paper box of donuts--each donut featuring pictures and words about their special person. Perfect for a holiday or birthday gift!
I value an emergent teaching style, in which I respond to student interests and preferences as much as possible during the course of each session. As such, the order and content of each activity may be modified to ensure that each young learner is as developmentally supported and intrinsically motivated as possible.Learning Goals
-Students will actively engage with a story read aloud.
-Students will practice their fine motor skills via cutting, drawing, and coloring.
-Students will practice their early writing skills in a developmentally appropriate fashion.
Other Details
Parental Guidance
***Please note: for optimal safety during the crafting portion of our class, families should ensure students are prepared with the following:
-safety scissors
-non-toxic, washable glue
-family supervision, if family feels it is necessary
If families choose to participate without scissors and glue, they may simply use paper and drawing implements to complete the craft.
Supply List
***Please note: If families choose to participate without scissors, glue, or pre-stapled paper booklet, they may simply use blank paper and drawing implements to complete the craft. Otherwise, students are encouraged to attend class prepared with the following: -two pieces of blank paper, pre-stapled together as though making a book -5-10 additional pieces of blank paper -drawing implements (markers, crayons, pencils, etc.) -safety scissors -non-toxic, washable glue
1 file available upon enrollment
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Joined August, 2021
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Teacher expertise and credentials
Massachusetts Teaching Certificate
Master's Degree in Education from Wheelock College
I hold my MS in Early Childhood Education from Wheelock College at Boston University, and I am professionally certified in Early Childhood, Moderate Disabilities, English as a Second Language, and Sheltered English Immersion in the state of Massachusetts. I have ten years of teaching experience at the early childhood level in a wide variety of racially, ethnically, linguistically, and neurologically diverse settings--lab, private, public, home-based, non-profit, co-op, and virtual--throughout the Greater Boston area.
As co-founder of the National SEED Project Emily Style so adeptly summarized in her 1988 essay "Curriculum as Window and Mirror", curriculum should function "both as window and as mirror, in order to reflect and reveal most accurately both a multicultural world and the student herself or himself". This means that it is intrinsically important for ALL educators--including those who may not be members of a marginalized group themselves--to expose every student, regardless of their personal identity markers, to a multiplicity of cultures and ways of being in the world. To ensure that I am up to this crucial task, I have continuously pursued and successfully completed the following graduate-level coursework related to multicultural, multilingual, inclusive, and antiracist instruction over the past seven years:
* Racial and Cultural Identities-Wheelock College at Boston University
* Introduction to Inclusive Early Childhood Education Settings-Wheelock College at Boston University
* Effective Sheltered English Instruction: Second Language Acquisition-Wheelock College at Boston University
* Impact of Special Needs: Early Childhood-Wheelock College at Boston University
* Mathematical Learning for Diverse Learners-Wheelock College at Boston University
* Becoming a More Equitable Educator: Mindsets and Practices-Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Reviews
Live One-Time Class
$19
per classMeets once
55 min
Completed by 10 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 4-9
1-5 learners per class
