January's Character Education Theme: Personal Space!
Posted by Ramona Ramesar on 1/31/2020
At Beechwood School we kicked off our new year by talking about a skill that can be used everywhere and for many years to come! Personal Space! We talked about how everyone has their own invisible personal space bubble, some people may have a big bubble and some people may have a small bubble, but no matter what we have to respect others’ bubble! We read Personal Space Camp, by Julia Cook. Students were able to practice many examples of showing good personal space. We used a hula hoop to show what someone’s personal space bubble might look like, we practiced what it means to be an arms length away from someone when talking or walking in a line, and we gave examples of how we can express to others that we might need some more personal space. Students had great examples of respecting personal space, let's keep the conversation going and keep practicing how to respect personal space!