Personal Narrative: My Circle Time

My circle time topic is covering the topic respect. I would introduce the topic by having all the children sit at the rug. When all the children are sitting crisscross applesauce I would begin. “Hello boys and girls! Today we have some really special guests with us for circle time. We are learning about something very important today. Raise your hand if you can tell me what the word respect means?” I would then pick on a few children and listen to their responses. “Very nice answers, respect is a word we sometimes hear adults say. It’s important to understand what it means. Today’s guest are going share a little about when people didn’t show respect to them. I want you all to look around the rug, do you see anyone that looks different from you? Of course you do because we are all different, but does that mean it’s okay to be mean to someone that is different from us? No, we should be kind to everyone. ‘Respect is a word we use to describe valuing the worth of other people as much as our own. Respect have to do with equality.’(Thomas, p.8-9)” I would then bring out the first guests James, he is a puppet with holy clothes on. “Are you ready to meet our first guest? This is James, he can’t afford new clothes so he has to wear these holy ones. James are people mean to you because of your clothes?” James hangs his head, “Yes, the other children say im yucky and make fun of me because I wear the same clothes every day.” “How does that make you feel?” “Sad” turn to the children, “Is it respectful and kind to say mean things to someone because they don’t have nice clothes? No, not everyone can have nice things because their families don’t have the money. What is something kind we can do for someone like James to make him feel better when people are teasing him on the playground? We can go and ask him to play so he doesn’t feel alone. Remember when I asked you all to look around to see if there are people different from you? I want you to raise your hands if you like when people are nice to you? See look at that, everyone likes it when people are kind to them ‘Most of the differences between human beings are ones we can see with our eyes. What makes us alike are the things we feel in our hearts.’(Thomas, p.12-13)” I would then bring out Baily whose sister Nicole is mean to her because Baily is younger and wears glasses. “Everyone say hello to Baily, she has a sisters named Nicole who is much older than her. …show more content…
Baily does Nicole treat you different because you are 4 and she is 10?” “Sometimes she calls me names because I wear glasses and yells at me. She says she’s my boss because she is older, but she’s not.” “How does that make you feel when she yells at you and says mean things about your glasses?” “It makes me feel sad. I like my glasses, they make me feel like I’m swimming in air” “‘There are some types of respect that we all deserve like being treated fairly, not being called names or shouted at...and not being made fun of because we are different.’ (Thomas, p.14-15) Does anyone here have brothers and sisters? Do they say mean things to you? What should we do if they are mean to us? We should use our words and say can you please not say mean things to me because it hurts my feelings. ‘...there are some types of respect that we have to earn by doing things like keeping our promises, being loyal, being polite, listening, and being honest with others. The more you show respect to others by doing these things, the more they will respect you in return. Some people think they can force other to respect them…and some think they deserve respect even when they haven’t done anything to earn it. These people act like bullies, and try to scare people into doing what they tell them to do. But being scared of someone isn’t the same as respecting them.’ (Thomas,