Formative week: We Can Be Friends

Hi, I'm Olga the Hobbit. Can you be my friend?
Olga is looking for a friend. Can you help her?
How? 
Welcome new families and friends!

We began our new Unit of Inquiry on Friendship. The children will inquire into:
  • the role friendships play in our lives
  • the giving and receiving of friendship
  • the expectations in friendships

The following are teacher's questions to support the children's thinking
  • Does friendship matter?
  • What does friendship feel like?
  • Are there rules of friendship?

In our formative week the children were asked who their friends are and were asked to describe what fun things they like to do with them. They talked about how it feels like to have a friend and some felt that friends should never be angry with one another and that saying "no" will hurt a friend's feelings. Seems like the children are describing more than just the role of friendship but more of what is expected among friends. Are there rules in friendship?
They also talked about the function of a friend: to play with; to have fun with and go places with;someone you share things with;someone who is nice to you and invites you on playdates.

The children met Olga the Hobbit who is here at Creative Minds to make new friends. When asked how we can help find a friend they responded:
Simone: say hello to her
Judy: hold her hand
Pauline: read her a book

Orin suggested to greet Olga and he also asked: " but how do you make a friend"

For the next 6 weeks we will explore all these questions and ideas.  We will start by talking about the different feelings involved in friendship and how to initiate a friendly conversation.









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