Creative Communication

Session 1 Week 2 Year 5

This week was all about challenges that promoted growth and opportunities! Our heroes were tasked for one day to use nothing but sign language, writing, or mouthing to communicate. They learned about how difficult it is for members of the community who can’t communicate verbally to get their thoughts across and had to get creative. Everyone who successfully completed this challenge received Chic-fil-A on Friday!

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In the Elementary Studio, after a Socratic discussion on good vs. bad teamwork, the learners participated in an additional game. They were each given 1 Hero Buck and 1 Little Hero Point that they could not keep for themselves, but had to award to another hero who they observed demonstrating good teamwork skills. When they gave the reward they announced it with a character call out. Congratulations to Charlie, Aubri, Tucker, Gypsy, Zoey, Isabelle, and Leah who were observed helping the tribe!

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Children and a guide sit in a circle on a rug in a classroom

Three children at a snack table give thumbs up in a classroom while others sit at small tables behind them

Young girl sits at a table stirring a cup of food beside a paper towel and a vase of pink flowers

Two children at a table with snacks and juice boxes give thumbs up in a classroom

A smiling hero sits at a table with a red plate of snacks while a guide stands nearby

Two boys sit at a table using red plates during a classroom game

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Little Hero Studio

The Little Heroes continued to learn about Moroccan culture and discussed how they drink a lot of tea. They had a circle where they got to feel and smell the dry tea and then taste it in liquid form. The tea was a fun blue color for the blue moon! Afterwards, the learners worked on their gratitude journals.

Two brass teapots and a blue stone sit on a carved tray during a tea tasting activity

Plates of dried tea and colorful petals sit on a table in a classroom during a Little Hero Studio activity

Blue tea in a glass pitcher and bottle sit on a tray during a tea tasting activity

Young hero writes in a gratitude journal at a table beside a vase of pink flowers

Young hero writes in a gratitude journal at a table beside a vase of bright pink flowers

A young girl writes in a spiral gratitude journal at a table in a classroom with shelves behind her

Young hero wearing pink glasses writes in a gratitude journal at a table in Little Hero Studio

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Quest

On Tuesday, the ES heroes played a teamwork game where one person had to guide their blindfolded partner verbally to find tennis balls around the dojang and put them in a basket. Afterwards, we had a discussion on what made this game challenging and what could’ve improved the teamwork. They created squad shirts and a tribal flag on Wednesday during quest time. They learned about the symbolism of flags, and looked at examples of flags from around the world, before coming together to design their own as a tribe. On Friday, we discussed the “decision chain” which can help you make a decision when you are stuck between two choices. Afterwards, they were able to practice two other ways to make decisions - “trial and error” and the “question funnel” - by playing the games Memory, Roborush, and Guess Who.

A learner arranges orange cards on a table while another child uses a laptop behind her

A learner sorts blue cards on a table during a Memory game

Eagles play Memory and Guess Who at a table with game boards and card trays

Young hero at a table using a laptop during creative communication activities

A young boy in a red shirt plays Memory at a table covered with blue cards in a classroom

A hero sorts blue cards on a table in a classroom with whiteboards and blue chairs

Heroes play Memory and Guess Who at a table with cards and game boxes in a classroom

Girl designs a shirt with markers at a table beside a laptop in a classroom

Four children paint a large shared paper at a table during Creative Communication

A painted four-panel board in pink, green, yellow, and blue with glitter and small doodles

Two learners decorate a color-blocked board with glue and sequins at a Creative Communication table

A learner draws on a white T-shirt with markers at a table

A hero draws on a white T-shirt at a table in the classroom

A hero colors a white T-shirt with markers at a classroom table

Child seen from behind wearing a hand-decorated shirt with “HERO” and drawings of a bird and mushroom

A boy kneels on a rug and writes in a notebook while another child sits beside him

Two girls sit on a rug, drawing and holding papers during Creative Communication

A child kneels on a rug and writes on graph paper beside a bulletin board

Poster titled Problem? No Problem With Decision Chain! showing steps problem, need-to-know, pros/cons, weigh, decide, commit

Children crawl across a gym floor with blue balls and black boxes nearby

Blindfolded girl crawls on a padded floor mat in the gym

Blindfolded boy kneels on the gym mat reaching for a blue ball near a black box

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ES Comms

This week we focused on what makes a quality birthday note! The heroes learned a recipe for writing a sincere birthday card and looked at several models of strong and poor writing. Afterwards, they wrote a practice birthday card for “Sammy” the imaginary bear from our launch. On Thursday, we discussed what warm and cool feedback is and then the learners partnered up to give peer critiques on Tuesday’s work. After receiving feedback, the ES heroes revised their card to create a final product for exhibition.

Three learners work at a table, drawing and writing in notebooks during a classroom activity

A learner kneels by a whiteboard, writing a practice birthday card during Creative Communication

A young hero writes on a worksheet at a long table with a laptop and printed pages

Young hero smiles while holding a pencil at a table with crayons and a black cardboard writing divider

Young girl writes with a pencil at a card-making station with colored pencils and a black divider

Young hero writes a practice birthday card behind a cardboard divider at a table

Art

This week we learned about still life art! We used Mrs. Gigi’s Moroccan tea set and fruit as the scene to sketch on paper. Then the heroes used color pencils to bring the pictures to life!

Learner sketches a still life of a Moroccan tea set and fruit while a tea tray sits on the table

A young hero colors a still life sketch with colored pencils at a classroom table

A hero sketches a still life on paper with colored pencils beside other pencils at a classroom table

A hero sketches still life art with colored pencils at a table in the classroom

Children’s still life drawings of a tea set and fruit displayed on a table for an art exhibition

Five children’s still life sketches on white paper with red borders, including a tea set and fruit

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Cooking

We continued studying Morocco this week and Mrs. Molley led the heroes in cooking Moroccan pancakes with cinnamon oranges. They mixed the batter, sprinkled cinnamon sugar on the oranges, and drizzled butter and honey on the pancakes.

Open cookbook pages with the Moroccan Cinnamon Oranges recipe, ingredients, instructions, and a photo of the dessert

Open recipe pages for Moroccan Pancakes on a patterned tablecloth

Moroccan pancakes cooking on a griddle beside a mixing bowl and red plates

Bowl of batter with whisk beside a red plate of Moroccan pancakes on a patterned table

A guide stirs batter beside a tray of sliced oranges and cooking ingredients on a patterned table

Guide and children cook Moroccan pancakes at a table with yellow orange slices

Children smile around a table while holding plates of Moroccan pancakes with cooking tools nearby

Plate of Moroccan pancakes topped with cinnamon oranges on a patterned tablecloth

Plate of Moroccan pancakes with cinnamon orange and honey beside a flower vase on a wooden table

Our first half of PE was in the dojang and consisted of an obstacle course and games. The second half of PE was outside and the learners played basketball, hula hoops, and jump rope!