In 5th grade they do what they call a "Valentine Social", when Tanton was in 5th grade at Providence they called it the Valentines Tea. But, the concept is the same. The children are to wear nice clothes th
at day, room moms go to their class before the social and talk to them about manners and what is appropriate, what is not etc. Then the boys are to escort the girls to the social, seat them, ask them what kinds of toppings they would like on their ice cream. Then the boys go and get the ice cream for the girls and serve them, before going back to get their own ice cream. It is pretty cute. When Tanton did it I think they had them dance or something, but I think that caused them all too much anxiety. So they took that part out of the event. Before all of the kids arrive for their social - all of the other room moms are busy decorating the tables with balloons, conversation hearts, and this year we scattered several pieces of paper along the table of conversation ideas, questions that they could ask each other etc., so that they did not just sit there awkwardly looking at each other, like "what should we do next?". It went very well. Everyone seemed to have a great time, and part way through their event a magician came and performed for them. I think it was really fun, and although they all claimed they were going to die, no one did!
Abby was "lucky" enough to have two escorts....
In 5th grade they do what they call a "Valentine Social", when Tanton was in 5th grade at Providence they called it the Valentines Tea. But, the concept is the same. The children are to wear nice clothes th
at day, room moms go to their class before the social and talk to them about manners and what is appropriate, what is not etc. Then the boys are to escort the girls to the social, seat them, ask them what kinds of toppings they would like on their ice cream. Then the boys go and get the ice cream for the girls and serve them, before going back to get their own ice cream. It is pretty cute. When Tanton did it I think they had them dance or something, but I think that caused them all too much anxiety. So they took that part out of the event. Before all of the kids arrive for their social - all of the other room moms are busy decorating the tables with balloons, conversation hearts, and this year we scattered several pieces of paper along the table of conversation ideas, questions that they could ask each other etc., so that they did not just sit there awkwardly looking at each other, like "what should we do next?". It went very well. Everyone seemed to have a great time, and part way through their event a magician came and performed for them. I think it was really fun, and although they all claimed they were going to die, no one did!
No comments:
Post a Comment