community celebration

Once again the children have worked together to make choices in support of our learning and play - they have been responsible as they transition through our school, they have used kind tones when negotiating with peers, and they have had safe bodies when we gather together. There are many powerful moments in our day that are noticed and celebrated with a quick meeting or a high five, but we often use our community bands to recognize their influential choices.

As before, we voted; Big Playground, Open the Loft, or Bake.

Each child wrote their name on a sticky note and put it in the column of their choice. We counted and compared - bake had the most! We discussed some possibilities for baking and - once again - voted.

Our choices; Waffles, Pancakes, or Pumpkin Bars.

Waffles and Pancakes had an equal number of votes - 3.
Pumpkin Bars had the most - 14.
Virginia, our teaching assistant during morning meeting, and I were included in the voting!

On Wednesday morning we reviewed the recipe and worked together on the rug to scoop, measure, add, and mix all of our ingredients. With each stir we counted. We checked and rechecked our recipe. While I do not have a picture of the children enjoying their pumpkin bars, I do have their feedback;

Some children loved the bars.
Some said we need to add more maple syrup next time.
Some said we need cinnamon.
Some said more mini chocolate chips - of course!