Is your child’s school finished?

Then it’s the summer break time! Are you ready for it?😉

Whether your child starts a summer program soon or not, I think it’s a good idea to recognize the end of school year and take a time to reflect on the year. 

School is not easy. Getting to school in time, learning many different things, following rules, behaving well, keeping good relationships with peers and teachers etc. 

So I want to suggest a fun activity that you can do with your child to recognize her/his effort and accomplishments over the year and celebrate it together. 

Did you see the photo at the top? It’s something to do with a jellyfish.

You know that some jellyfish can emit light? 

I’ve also found that there are a few different ways that jellyfish emit light. It’s called bioluminescence and the main purpose of it is to defend themselves against predators. 

You can teach your child about this fact about jellyfish first by reading this book together.

After learning about the bioluminescence of jellyfish, I want you to use this cool skill as a way to represent the learning and the self-worth of jellyfish. 

“If we are a jellyfish, we can glow like a magical flower in the ocean.
What did we learn last year? 
What made us glow more this year?”

– Teacher Gela

The jellyfish in the story always knew about what she’s could do. She was comfortable and confident because she knew what she was and she knew what she could do. She could glow more when it was darker.

When we learn new skills, we can be more confident and glow more.

“How much more glowy are we at the end of this year?”

I made a mindful story + thinking time and you can listen to it on the episode 54 of Teacher Gela podcast. There is a song that you can sing as you talk about this topic with your child.🌈🎵 So I recommend to listen to this episode with your child.

I made a small activity to go with it, too.

You can prepare Q-tips and bright colours of paint. 

Play an ocean-related background music, think about how much you became more glowy this year and make the jellyfish on the paper glow. 

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Academic learning is not the only learning. In fact, I believe learning life skills should be first and foremost. (That’s why I’m a growth-mindset teacher!😊👑🪄)

In the environment where the academic achievement gets more attention and seen as a greater success, the important person’s (mom) acknowledgement about learning life skills and lessons can mean a lot to your child. 

Sit down with your child, with a jellyfish on a paper.

Make your jellyfish glow and help your child glow.

Happy learning and quality time!

Teacher Gela