Unit of Inquiry: Friendship

    September is a wonderful time to be experiencing new and exciting things.  As we continue to learn the new ropes and routine in school we also make new connections and build new friendships along the way.  This current Unit of Inquiry will explore Friendships.  The aim of this unit is to help children develop an understanding of: How do we develop friendly relationships, how to foster friendly relationships and the giving and receiving of friendship.

Who is your friend and why?



     We began the formative unit (first week) with a simple task of asking the children to tell us about one special friend.  They decorated a ginger bread person and used that to represent and talk about this friend.  It was interesting to hear their responses.  Of course, most children talked about who they played with while others talked about their family like their siblings and moms as their best friends.  However there were some disagreements in this because some children did not think that family members can be your friends.  We will explore this further in the weeks to come.

Here are some of the children's responses:

Nicholas - Markus is my friend because he plays with me and shares his treats
Andy - I like Nocholas because he is nice to me
Olin - Olivia is my friend because she's my sister
Renee - Elaine is my friend because I play with her.
Emerson - Josh and Noa are my friends because they share their toys with me.

      According to the children's responses, it seems their understanding of friendship is based on having common interest with the people they spend time with at play or at home.  They also find Sharing is also an important element between friends.

Some of the questions we might explore next:

What is a friend?
What does it feel like to have friends?
Can you have more than one friend?



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