Stick and Stone

Over the past few weeks, the children having been reading the story 

Stick and Stone written by Beth Ferry.  

The story focuses on two individuals who are wondering the earth lonely and alone. 

They have a chance meeting at the playground and through an incident with a "bully", 

they become friends.

Each Wellness block, the children were asked questions about the story,

 friendship, and bullying.

For example: 

What is bullying?

Bullying is behavior that is unwanted and harmful emotionally and/or physically that is repeated.

What is a bystander?

A bystander is someone who sees or hears about a bullying situation.

In the story, the character being treated unkind was Stone and the character 

who was seen as the bully was Pinecone.  The bystander was Stick.

Ask your child: What did Stick to do "stick up for" Stone?

The last Wellness block, we reread the story and worked on retelling the story.

The children colored and cut the pieces taping them to popsicle sticks. 

 We then took turns retelling the story using specific details about the story. 

Ask your child to retell the story to you.

The children really enjoyed the story about friendship and 

seemed to learn many concepts throughout our Wellness blocks.  

We all learn that together Stick and Stone make a perfect 10!

Friends make a perfect 10!