During our “How We Organize Ourselves” unit of inquiry, KZE students started doing different jobs to help take care of ourselves and our learning environment.
One of the jobs is playground monitor – to make sure everyone in KZE is making good choices and playing safely at the playground.
Last week, we noticed that there were too many students playing at the slide. A couple of them got hurt and were crying. Some people stayed at the bottom of the slide and didn’t move. When other students came down, they bumped into each other. “It was dangerous!”
We had a discussion on how to solve the problem. We decided that the playground monitors will help ALL students to make good choices, not just KZE students.
So we go straight to work: creating signs, brainstorming playground rules, discussing how playground monitors can help, sharing at the Kindergarten community meeting, taking turn doing the playground monitor job, and training other students to do the job…
When we notice a problem, we don’t ignore it. We take action and help solve the problem.