Anyone else relate to this dinner scenario?
"How was your day?"
"Fine."
(Eat in silence or while scrolling on phones)
One of the biggest challenges I've noticed since being back in school in person is the need for conversational skills. In class during morning meeting, we spend time devoted to talking and interacting with one another. While I can foster this in the classroom, I know practicing communication skills need to continue at home.
In comes our holiday gift for our families: the Table Talk can. You repurpose any container you have around, but I love tea and I've been saving the tea cans for a "someday project". (You're teachers... I know you understand this)I gave students a template with four rectangles, one for each side of the can. They decorated it: some drew the four seasons, others drew family members, while some drew activities their family likes to do together. Each can was unique. We cut it out and wrapped it around the can with clear packing tape.Click HERE to download the tea can template. For a copy of the Table Talk questions and tea can lids, click HERE.
For more holiday gift ideas, click HERE. Or if you have a tea problem like I do extra tea cans, read HERE about more ideas for using them in the classrooms! Happy holidays!
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What a great way to help generate conversations.
ReplyDeleteThat's a great creative and fun idea.
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