Help me give my students an area where they can feel safe with their emotions with items such as a Quiet Time Privacy Cube, room divider, and weighted lap pads.
This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because
it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.
My Project
During these past few years of COVID and many changes in the classroom, it has been very difficult to teach my littles how to manage their emotions and foster their Social Emotional development with the limited manipulatives and resources we are provided. Some of my students have NEVER been in a classroom setting and it is all new to them. Imagine your first day of school being scared and unable to communicate. The first couple of weeks are the hardest and I would love to give my kids an area where they feel safe and their emotions are validated with pictures and sensory calming toys and fidgets that are used to calm them as well as a space in the classroom specifically for that purpose. Part of Social Emotional development is labeling feelings and I would love to foster this seeing as some of my students are nonverbal or have speech delays these items would give them the opportunity to help me understand how they are feeling. With my students learning about their feelings it will better to help me when trying to have them socialize as well with their peers. The items, such as a Quiet Time Privacy Cube, room divider, and weighted lap pads, will benefit every student returning to my classroom as well as newbies to the class.
Nearly all students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
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