"In the end we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends"
Each day if I have nothing in particular to write about, I think I shall search for a quotation that strikes a chord or at least makes me contemplate. I like this one, because today we did some chatting about Martin Luther King, Jr.... How he encouraged people to use words instead of fists and love instead of hate. My first graders really seemed to get that message. One of them even made a connection to another story we had read (4 feet, 2 sandals i think it was called, about a refugee camp in afghanistan), where the girls were not allowed to go to school but the boys were. I think the idea of "unfair laws" is a grasp-able concept. The Discovery Education streaming video I found was totally age-appropriate... A good pre-cursor to the book "Martin's Big Words". If anything, I have more kids verbalizing the fact that everyone should get along and make an effort to be nice to each other. One of my girls said, "I like it when people are nice to me, so I think I should be nice to everybody."
1 comment:
Great lessons for your first graders!
Too bad there is still so much hate and prejudice in our own country. It is good you are teaching them something positive and getting along with others. Their little brains are like sponges at that age - they are lucky to have a teacher like you!They are never too young to learn about acceptance and tolerance and mainly - just being NICE! :)
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