Flowers for My Favorites: A Gratitude and Gift-Making Session
In this one-time class, students will discuss what they love about one of their favorite people in their lives before completing a craft intended to share with this very special person.
Miss Brittany, M.S.Ed
Average rating:
5.0
Number of reviews:(127)
What's included
1 live meeting
50 mins in-class hoursClass Experience
This one-time class will begin with a personalized welcome song to greet each student before moving into a discussion meant to help each learner identify a special person in their lives. Once everyone has chosen someone to focus on, we will read select pages from The Mommy Book by Todd Parr and practice using descriptive language from the book to guide us as we talk about our loved ones. We will then demonstrate gratitude for our special people by drawing, cutting, gluing, and writing on a flower craft--perfect for gifting to the loved one in question! Please note that I value an emergent teaching style, and as such the content and products of each class session may change, when feasible, to accommodate student interests and abilities in any given moment.
Learning Goals
-Students will listen and respond to excerpts from a book read aloud.
-Students will identify and describe a loved one’s attributes.
-Students will draw, cut, glue, and write to complete a craft designed to display gratitude to a loved one.
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 and glue, they may simply use blank paper and drawing implements to complete the craft. Otherwise, students are encouraged to attend class prepared with the following: -multiple colors of construction paper (colors of your choice) -writing/drawing implements (crayons, markers, colored pencils, etc.) -glue -scissors
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Joined August, 2021
5.0
127reviews
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
$18
per classMeets once
50 min
Completed by 14 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 5-9
1-5 learners per class
