What an amazing week! Our first day back from break happened to be a Mentor/Mentee Monday and it was awesome to ease back into things by talking about leadership. We focused on which leadership skills each mentor brings to the table and how to capitalize on their strengths. Then, we prepared ourselves for our upcoming lessons on specific leaders.
We conducted our typical Tutoring Tuesday, but with a twist: we all participated in a guided meditation. This meditation focuses on calm, slow breathing and it's extremely helpful in becoming grounded and focused. We'll continue to listen and breathe through this exercise frequently throughout the rest of the year.
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| A little bit of Kagan action during our Apple Pie lesson! |
Apple Pie was the theme on Wednesday and Thursday. We discussed how our relationships were like pie, in that they can be dissected similarly. In a Controlling relationship, one person (the Whole Pie Eater) takes over. The inverse relationship, the Victim relationship, means one person only takes a little bit of the "pie" and we call this individual the Pie Crumb Eater. The ideal relationship is a Balanced one, in which both members of the relationship take ownership of their part and try to meet the other person's needs when appropriate. During this lesson, we talked about how we play different parts depending on the situation and the other person. Oh, and we ate pie. It was fun to be able to make a connection between real-life issues and food. As you may expect, the kids liked it too!
On Friday, we meditated again, then had No Fun Friday. The students were allowed to complete word searches, draw, or play board games with their mentor/mentee partners. A great time was had by all.
Tune in next week for more fun!
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