Here you will find all of the important announcements (and the not so important ones too, lol) that shouldn't be missed! So, please check here often so that you don't miss anything! These will be listed with the most recent ones at the top :) I have used different font colors so that one topic does not get lost in all the others because often, there may be many differnt announcements!
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November 11, 2001
As we discussed during our meeting, I would like to assemble a "Supply Box"! This box will contain "staple items" that we may need at each meeting such as (but not limited to) pencils, crayons, scissors, glue, etc. I would also like items that we could use to keep the kids busy/occupied in cases such as today when we finish early. Items such as games, card games, puzzle books, coloring pages, etc. (basically anything you can think of to keep them busy and quiet if the need comes up again). Also, it would be nice to have basic supplies on hand such as paper, tape, hole punchers, misc. craft supplies, etc. I do not want anyone to buy something for this purpose, but if you have extra items at home that you can spare it would be nice to have many of these things on hand!
Binders!! Please remember that your child will need a binder to bring to each meeting. You may set your binder up any way that you want to (one per child or one per family). You will need an area in your binder for worksheets/handouts and a place for awards/certificates. We will be decorating our binders during our meeting on November 25.
Optional Manners Project!! "Manners Superheroes"...Anyone (ladies, this gives us an opportunity to wear our superwoman capes) is welcome to participate in this project. It is NOT required to earn a manners certificate, but those who participate will earn a "Manners Superhero" participation award.
Children are to create a character for themselves, complete with costumes and special powers (remind them that they are fighting bad manners or bringing good manners). Here are some ideas (no two costumes will be the same, so it's ok if we have two of the same superhero):
Handshake Man - swoops down to shake hands with everyone
Super Smiley - Never stops smiling, brings happy faces to everyone
The Helping Hero - always doing whatever they can to help (could be meeting helper for the day)
The Slooooow Walker - walks slowly and has long, long arms to catch anyone who is running
The Word Catcher - has a huge net to catch rude words as they come our of children's mouths
The Recycler - makes it his/her mission to rescue items that were thrown away and could have been recycled
The Stink-Meister - always has mints on hand to pass to people who didn't brush their teeth
The Please-or-Freezer - A hero who with a wave of his/her hand can turn anyone who forgets to say please into a chunk of ice
Mr./Ms. Forget-me-not - a hero who rescues children who are sad because they were left our or ignored
Hello and Goodbye Girl - hero who hangs around doorways to make sure everyone gets a polite hello or goodbye
As we were leaving the library after our meeting today, the librarians politely brought it to our attention that we were a bit too loud. We should consider ourselves very lucky to be able to use the library for our weekly meetings and we do not want to loose this privledge, so, I have decided that I need to come up with and enforce a certain set of rules!
I will be sending our a few surveys and one of them will be ideas for rules that you think should be set forth, ex. No wrestling and/or arm wrestling. Rules will be set forth and posted. We will each be responsible to discipline our own children, but if you notice misbehavior from someone else’s children, please do point it out the their parent so that they can take the appropriate action with their child. I’ve asked Hayley to work on a behavior chart which will be used during our meetings. While this may be a bit juvenile for our older students, it is necessary to give the younger kids a visual warning of their misbehavior and it gives the older kids a chance to be a good role model for their younger groupmates. Once children are past their warning, the parent will be responsible for removing their child from the group for 5 minutes so that order within the group can be restored and noise levels can be brought back to an appropriate level!
I will keep meeting planning outside of our meetings so that we can all better focus and keep our meetings running smoothly.
Our next meeting, November 18, We will be covering Table Manners & Napkin Folding while our Superheros float about the room :) We will also celebrate Thanksgiving with our homeschool "family". Come join us for our Fingerfood Thanksgiving Feast. We will enjoy fun games and crafts! Can't wait to see you all there!**********************************************************************************
