Friendships

Friends are something you have to work at, nurture and never take for granted.  Are we supposed to teach about friendships or just let it happen naturally?  Just like anything else in life, you must learn about it either through experiencing it or observing role models.  Both good and bad, but these experiences are out there.  We offer opportunities for our children to show how they feel about each other daily. 

If a child fell, another child would run over and extend a hand to help them up.  If someone got a boo boo, another child would provide comfort and place a bandaid on for them.   When circle time would begin, children would grab carpet squares for each other.

 

The list goes on where compassion is shown daily.  We often talk about what it means to be a friend and the kids express what they believed was a friendship.

Some would say it meant to play with each other and to say sorry if we hurt them.  Some would say it meant to share our toys and to help get the out-of-reach toys for their little friends. 



Making Friendship Flowers for Each Other



This week was Friendship Week.  Everything we did, we did for our friends.  Here are some examples of items we made for each other:

The Friendship Flower

Our Friendship Quilt

Friendship Poster

This is an example of how the children see each other.  Holding hands, smiling and just being with each other.  So, the question still remains; is friendship taught?  I don't know if there is a correct answer, but just remember, everything you do and say, the children are almost always watching.  Be a good role model and extend your hand in friendship.