lollie010 Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 I team teach a group of girls (1st-6th) grade at church. The co-teacher who we are all very close to, passed away suddenly on Saturday. This is a huge loss for me and the girls. We have our first class since her passing tonight. I'm not ready to teach or do much of anything. Any ideas on how to spend some time with the girls to process this all without a big lesson or high prep craft. They probably won't have a lot to say so I need something planned. I'm nervous about facing the girls. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraidycat Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Paper, colored pencils, crayons. Have them do some "art therapy" and draw their feelings or favorite memories of the teacher. Or create handmade sympathy cards for the family. Or a DVD movie that has nothing to do with any of it for distraction. :grouphug: I'm sorry for the loss of your friend. :grouphug: 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clementine Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 How about creating a mural for the wall? Large paper dedicated to pictures, poems, messages about her? I don't think it needs to be high prep - markers, crayons, scissors, construction paper, glue. Make, draw, or write things that remind them of their beloved teacher. Or cards of sympathy to give to her family? Blank cards - decorated by the students - one per child. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clementine Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 We had the same ideas :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingersmom Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Let them draw pictures/make cards/write letters to her family. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vonfirmath Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Paper, colored pencils, crayons. Have them do some "art therapy" and draw their feelings or favorite memories of the teacher. Or create handmade sympathy cards for the family. Or a DVD movie that has nothing to do with any of it for distraction. :grouphug: I'm sorry for the loss of your friend. :grouphug: I like this idea. Card blanks AND paper. With various art stuff. So they can each deal in their own way -- whether that is random art or a focused card. And plans for a DVD movie if everything else peters out and you decide you'd rather just distract yourselves from it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vonfirmath Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 ETA: note: with that age range, you probably want to have another adult helping you. The older ones are more likely to be upset and understanding what happened, while the younger ones may seem inappropriately chipper and wanting to just continue on continuing on. So you may need to split them up into different groups. The older ones, also, may not be ready to understand why the younger ones seemingly "don't care" about their old teacher, etc. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lollie010 Posted October 15, 2015 Author Share Posted October 15, 2015 We made it through. We went outside under a beautiful oak tree and painted little cardboard boxes and wrote notes and drew pictures to put in our boxes. They spend 40 minutes working on the boxes and talking. Then everyone went to the playground and hung upside down on the swings. Week 1 down. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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