With the help of Bethany (school psychologist) and Karen (Speech Pathologist), Kindergarten has ben learning the art of “personal space.” Our class has been participating in “Personal Space Camp” twice a week over the last few weeks and into the next few weeks. We are learning that we each have an invisible “personal space bubble” around us. Our bubbles are smaller for family (family may be closer to us) medium sized for friends and teachers (we can be close to friends, but not TOO close), and larger for strangers (people we don’t know shouldn’t invade our bubbles).

We sing songs, play games, share stories, and practice personal space in fun ways (such as using hula hoops to help us better visualize our personal space. We learn techniques for calming our bodies, and how we can use visuals (such as stop signs) to remind us to interact and play in hands-off ways that do not “pop” each others personal space bubbles. We carried our personal space hula hoops around for the ENTIRE day today!! It was a lot of fun, and I think we learned A LOT!! Thank you Bethany and Karen!! We can’t wait to see what you have planned for us next week!!