Hi, we have a handful of Jehovah's Witness children in our school. They are aged 5 to 7 and I'm looking for ideas on how to practice inclusion when at this time of year the whole school has gone Christmas mad. In normal RE lessons they just go to a different class but that is not working at the moment as there are too many carols being sung, decorations being made, plays rehearsed etc. all over the school
2007-12-10 03:18:04 · 5 answers · asked by pfoagain 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Primary & Secondary Education
depending on what you are doing.. i think the class room idea is best... have them all go into one room and give them activities to do... games and things like that... but if you cant do that.... just give them seperate projects than the other kids...
if all the kids are making christamas trees out of construcion paper why not tell the kid to make something different.. tell them to pick there favorite TV show and to make a character from that.. or something like that... or maybe even something they believe in.. tell them to make noah on his ark or something like that.. they might really enjoy themselves doing this project...
just some sugestions!
also most kids these age LOVE to be HELPERS.. hahaha
why dont you save some papers that need to be stapled together and when the kids practice ther plays and sing chirtmas songs, the kid can be your little helper and erase the board for you and staple some papers together and things like that.. kids love that.
2007-12-12 05:01:21 · answer #1 · answered by Kyrstin 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I am a former teacher, and that is sort of a delicate situation you are dealing with. The only thing I can say regarding that issue is, I would contact the parents and ask THEM what they would prefer their children do or not do. Here where we live, if it is documented in writing that a child is not to participate in Christmas activities, then they are not allowed to participate in ANY of it- not caroling, not parties, nothing. You may want to ask your supervisors about this too, or other teachers who have experienced this before!
2007-12-10 12:14:48 · answer #2 · answered by FLmom3 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
I was raised a Witness and went to school in the 50's and 60's. My parents told me to deal with it.
I did. I am no longer a Witness but I am a much stronger person as a result.
Let them deal with it. Inclusion is not necessary, in fact often efforts to include me, while being sincere, just embarrassed me.
Kid's don't want to stick out. They're OK in the library. Just make sure they're not making out with each other.
I did that in High School. As a teenager, what Would you rather do, have a Christmas party or make out with a cute chick? While the rest of you were drinking egg nog, I was gettin' some lovin'!
Nuff said. The Library was OK with me
2007-12-12 10:57:46 · answer #3 · answered by isnrblogdotcalm 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
A good idea is to talk with the children's parents. Often compromises and solutions can be found this way.
I often ended up going to the library for personal time, or to catch up/get ahead on, my school work.
2007-12-10 22:25:19 · answer #4 · answered by Ish Var Lan Salinger 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
When my kids were in school, the library became a special place during those times.
They were given 'fun' assignments reading stories they preferred.
This way they weren't punished by having to do 'school' work while the others played.
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2007-12-11 09:26:33 · answer #5 · answered by TeeM 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋