This is the community quilt we made as a class during September in my main placement. After our summer course, in Human Growth and Learning that focused on community building activities in the classroom, I was very excited to do one with my students. It was a lot of fun and allowed us all to learn something new about one another. The kids loved this project and began to see themselves as a community instead of just a bunch of individuals sitting in a room together. It created a shared experience that we can look back at everyday since it is still posted up on the wall in the classroom. This is definitely something I will be doing again and again in future classrooms. But, what community building should I do next with my students? Any ideas, or favorite ones you have used or seen in your placements?
