Superhero Disco
Just like adults, children need to develop strategies for managing their emotions. Both the good and the bigger, more challenging emotions. When children are given the right tools to help them build their social-emotional skills they will be able to put into practice what they have learnt. When children are more socially and emotionally aware and skilled, they can more effectively navigate relationships, calm down and problem solve when challenges arise. They are also equipped to celebrate their own uniqueness and what makes them so special and what they are good at.
This work is completed through our Respectful Relationships program by discussing who is their superhero. And why this person is so important to them. Their responses are typically, they love me, help me, read, or play with me. Never is it because they can jump tall buildings or save the world!
From here, we talk to the children about identifying what is their superpower. We talk about what they do to help their friends and family, how they help the classroom and on a larger scale, the world. The children create images of themselves as Superheroes and we record their superpower for all to share. These are now displayed in the foyer of the ELC.
This person is then invited to our ELC Superhero Disco. This event, our annual Superhero disco, was held last Friday night. Through the Disco we celebrate our ‘Awesomeness’. I know that this is one of the children’s favourite events in the year as they celebrate someone in their lives who, in their eyes, is a superhero.
We all dress up and dance the night, (early evening as we are still little and need to go to bed) away! All funds raised from the disco are donated to HeartKids, an organisation that supports children with congenital heart disease (CHD). This part of our program is important as the children begin to realise that they can and do make a difference in the world, to their teachers and their friends.
We hope our families enjoyed the Disco.
Kristin De Vos | Director of Early Learning Centre
