Noelle’s friend Gunner stepped up and volunteered to help her out and hold the microphone while she conquered her fear of reading and speaking aloud to the entire class.
Blanton that completing a challenging or worrisome task is sometimes more easily accomplished with a friend by your side. Noelle had also learned an important life lesson from Mrs. Wong challenged her to read the story, Creepy Carrots to her entire class. To support Noelle’s growth in working through her fear, Ms. Tristyn Wong, to help her generalize her already avid and confident reading skills to the emotionally challenging task of reading and speaking in public. She was working with El Morro’s school counseling intern, Ms. Noelle had previously experienced a barrier over speaking to large groups of classroom peers, also known as a fear of public speaking. Blanton’s enthusiastic teaching to heart. Blanton walks the talk and regularly models her thinking and actions with students so they integrate the essential mindsets and skills of persistence, bravery, and positive self-talk. Blanton employs with students is teaching the strategy of self-talk and repeating the mantra “you got this!” whenever they need support in overcoming a difficult personal challenge. Blanton’s kindergarten class at El Morro Elementary School, teaching students how to use their own strengths and mindsets to overcome personal challenges is a core value and sets them up for lifelong success.
Throughout the year, kindergartners (and all students) have navigated through obstacles and found invaluable coping skills along the way. Students also had to learn to navigate relationship building and how to read and express emotions with eye contact alone until the mandatory mask mandates were lifted in March 2022. They had to push through the first-day butterflies without a parent or guardian by their side and had to meet their teacher and peers while only being able to recognize them through their eyes above a mask. While some students had a small taste of school with distance learning, some never experienced transitional kindergarten or preschool, marking kindergarten as their first time in an in-person school environment. Brave Day: Life Lessons From a KindergartnerĮntering kindergarten for the very first time is hard enough, but as LBUSD’s Class of 2034 crossed the threshold into Room 19 for the first time this fall, little was known about the impact COVID-19 would have on their impressionable hearts and minds.
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