tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post3140789619060262032..comments2024-03-26T07:07:14.304-07:00Comments on Teacher Tom: "I'm Making Bell Soup"Teacher Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14606781724784785338noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-32329936247099208692012-08-17T17:45:36.828-07:002012-08-17T17:45:36.828-07:00Lovely story thanks so much for sharing! Recently...Lovely story thanks so much for sharing! Recently during the summer program I'm teaching we had two new very shy siblings enter our group of kids that already knew each other. The way I discovered to help them feel comfortable with the other kids was through collaborative drawings. Each drawing was created by two or three kids and was very much like a conversation with one person beginning and the next adding and elaborating. The enjoyable interactions those children experienced during that one drawing activity made them feel very much a part of the group from that point on. And the drawings and accompanying stories were terrific too!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-29793742997795155662012-08-17T16:05:04.686-07:002012-08-17T16:05:04.686-07:00I like the positive connection the play gave. It r...I like the positive connection the play gave. It really did grab the connection of all the kids.kathyhttp://old-oaktree.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-83242625603812350612012-08-17T09:04:04.506-07:002012-08-17T09:04:04.506-07:00Its so important to facilitate kids making those c...Its so important to facilitate kids making those connections, and this is such a nice example of modeling play that children will naturally embellish on. We're creatures of habit, and as teachers, we see that as children return to the same items and themes over and over again. The soup making might happen a few times, but when they move on to something else, those children will probably still be working and playing together because of the positive connection they've made!alliehttp://www.bakersandastronauts.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-79318652732179180262012-08-17T08:52:28.167-07:002012-08-17T08:52:28.167-07:00This has always been one of my favorite stories. :...This has always been one of my favorite stories. :-) And a wh00t to the first pot bringer sharing my name.Meaganhttp://hadesarrow.com/blognoreply@blogger.com