Spreading Joy

We were excited to participate in SEL Day on March 8th. It began in 2020 as a global campaign for social emotional learning. It has since grown with representation in 87 countries and all 50 states. For the past few years, we have completed a variety of activities that allow students to reflect on their emotions and the emotions of others. We have tried to find ways of spreading joy to those around us. Each year, including this year, we have painted rocks and set up rock gardens in the community. We are eager to continue this tradition and look forward to planning where we will share our kindergarten kindness garden this year.

While we have enjoyed our SEL Days each year, we decided to spread joy inside our building as well! We connected the idea of spreading joy with our SEL curriculum. We reviewed the Other People Mindset: Cheering Other's Successes. In kindergarten and throughout Goodrich School, we learn fun and silly cheers to give each other compliments for hard work and participation. This is where our Kindergarten Kindness Parade was conceived. The three kindergarten classrooms came together to pick our favorite cheers. We then paraded through each classroom spreading joy and smiles with our favorite cheers. We hope the rest of the school loved the cheers as much as we did and maybe they will start to use some of our favorites in their classrooms!