Emerging Themes

There is a lot of intentionality right now in Home Sweet Home to discuss and explore ideas about and practices of kindness, gratitude and empathy. Sky has supported strong conversations around the gift of giving - how it is a gift to ourselves to positively impact others. In the Butterfly classroom we have some collection bins for several charities, including canned foods. The act of the child bringing in a can to donate will further open up their thoughts about this theme. Please initiate and continue these conversations at home - linking the child's ideas back to their reality at Home Sweet Home. What does it mean to be a friend? What does it mean to have gratitude?

At our last Team Meeting, Home Sweet Home staff shared their observations of emerging interest around movement, both how we move ourselves and how things are moved. Transportation, with an emphasis on boats, seems to be an especially strong interest in the Brown Bear classroom.

A field trip plan started forming - taking the children by ferry from Alameda to Pier 39 and checking out the Jeremiah O'Brien Liberty Ship. This would be a rigorous field trip involving parent transport (to the ferry), walking, riding the ferry to and fro, and we will need a lot of parent and/or Bog Friend chaperones, especially for the Butterfly Class. Possible dates for this field trip are January 10th or 12th.

We would appreciate support from a parent coordinator! Any takers? Please connect with Dan and Artensia.