It's Wednesday in the Brown Room

The Brown Room Check-in Board

With our rotating schedule, the children see different friends depending upon the day of the week and they have started to understand that they share the Brown Room with friends that they do not see every day. This week, we  introduced a check-in system to help the children understand who comes to school each day. Upon arriving in the Brown Room, children find their symbol and place it on the check-in board next to their photograph to signify that they are present for the day. The check-in system helps them develop a sense of belonging in the Brown Room and it's already been a great conversation starter. When children ask where a friend is, we can refer to the check-in board and see if they are indeed scheduled to be at school that day. 

Bailee Chooses a Symbol

On Tuesday, our newest friend in the Brown Room began the process of choosing her symbol. Bailee experimented with the music note symbol first. Then she chose to experiment with a few more symbols: “Clock. Shoe. Cupcake (birthday cake). Shoes. Yeah! Bug (ladybug) yes!"

Today Bailee worked with a smaller set of symbols to choose from based on her preferences from the day before. The curated selection that she chose from included the music note, the birthday cake, the ladybug and the clock. Mimi joined Bailee while she worked on choosing a symbol. Mimi shared that she had chosen "The frog. It's swimming." To which Bailee replied “CC loves ladybugs. CC loves ladybugs,” talking about her older sister who is in Tucker Room when picking up the ladybug symbol. Mimi questioned Bailee: “The ladybug?” to which Bailee adamantly replied “CC loves ladybug. No! Clock! Clock!” as she chose her symbol.

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Using Our Symbols in Messages to our Friends

Recently, children have shown more interest in visiting the "post office" since finding messages from family made during their visits for Classroom Stories and Parent Teacher Conferences. We've talked about how we can also make messages for our friends at school.