For December, our Character Education theme is Communities Support Everyone’s Name.

We recognize many holidays during the month of December. The holidays we recognize are: Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa.

Our book of the month, Your Name is a song is all about acceptance. What does it mean to accept others?

Acceptance is understanding and celebrating the ways that each person is different and unique. That means that people have a right to their own feelings, thoughts and opinions. When you accept people for who they are, you let go of your want to change them.

When we are accepting we:

• Spend time with people who are different than us
• Include everyone
• Being kind and respectful
• Learn about other people and ask questions to get to know them better
• Make others feel valuable and loved regardless of their differences

Listen to a read aloud of the book of the month:

This month we will learn how important it is to pronounce someone’s name correctly! After reading the book we will also learn that people should not be shy to ask others to call them by their name and correct them when they get it wrong. 

A person’s name is the greatest connection to their own identity and individuality.  Some might say it is the most important word in the world to that person. When we use peoples names and say them correctly it is a sign of respect and a way of recognizing them. Let’s all make an effort to get to know each other and make sure we are saying everyone’s names correctly! All of our names are like songs!

Our song of the month is: This is Me.