Knot Our Average Day

Problem-solving is one of the most important life skills that one can aquire. It 'aint a bad skill to have when it comes to school work either.

However, problem-solving is definitely an area that most all of us in Room 503 need some work on - especially when it comes to group work.

Today, we "interrupted our regularly scheduled program" to engage in an activity called The Human Knot. This is an exercise in which a group of people "knot" themselves up by standing in a circle and extending one of their hands to someone across from them, and then extending their other to someone else. Once all hands are holding all other hands, the group's task is to "undo" themselves into a circle, without letting go of any hands.

The exercise requires a good deal of looking and assessing. It requires good communication in terms of listening and offering up ideas. It requires a great deal of patience, care and flexibility (literally). The Human Knot requires problem-solving skills.

After engaging in this activity, it seemed that the group work we did (continuing to develop our Stone Age board games) went much more smoothly.

*Please continue scrolling down and enjoy the art work the students in Room 503 produced during yesterday's Language Arts lesson.

Cheers,
Ms. Pitman