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The week my kindergarten class hatched chicks and one didn't make it
In my experience, that mix of wonder and quiet loss at age five in Mrs. Green's room taught me more about caring for fragile things than any lesson since, and I still think about it when something I'm nurturing doesn't work out.
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violar3519d ago
Remember to have a backup plan for the kids who get really attached. We kept a little memorial rock in the classroom garden for our chick that didn't make it, and it gave the class a quiet place to feel sad together. It's okay to let them see you feel a bit sad about it too, it shows them how to care. That early lesson about things being fragile sticks with you, I still get that same quiet feeling when a plant I've been babying just won't grow.
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jennifer83319d ago
That part about letting kids see you feel sad worries me. It puts too much weight on them. They need to see adults handling hard feelings, not just sharing them. A quiet memorial is fine, but the focus should be on moving forward, not staying in the sadness. Learning things are fragile shouldn't mean learning to dwell on loss.
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