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Alexander G.'s letter to his future self

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Alexander G.'s letter to his future self

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This past week Aria and I turned some of the items from her brainstorm (her current favorite things and activities she's looking forward to trying) into her vision board! She seems excited to try new activities and I'm hoping we can incorporate her interest in science, movies, and animals into her literacy curriculum! 

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Gotta work on my Handwriting.  Tough being lefthanded.

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Harvey has decided to focus on improving his handwriting skills. He understands it's important to do his best, which is what I have seen in our past two tutorial sessions. He's doing Great!!

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Today, Scarlett and I worked on part 3 of the winter SEL activity

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Today Nevaeh used her brainstorm to put together a beautiful vision board for 2026! It was such a gift to watch her be so excited for the rest of the year and truly manifest wonderful things for herself. I asked Nevaeh if she had any quotes or inspirational messages for herself to all to the vision board and she immediately had 3 messages that she says to herself often (as seen on the board). I was so thrilled that she included one saying "I always get good grades" without me even bringing up anything school related. Her hard work is inspiring and her vision board is so fun!

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Today, Lizbeth and I worked on part 3 of the winter SEL activity

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Today, Jade and I worked on part 3 of the winter SEL activity

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Harvey's brainstorm session for Vision Board Project

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Harvey's brainstorm session for Vision Board Project

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Harvey's answers to the two questions below:

What is one thing you did this past year that you would want to do again?

Answer: Travel to different cities in California and learn to read maps.

What is a challenge you want to succeed at next year? (school, sports)

Answer: Work on his handwriting skills

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Ethan and I finished up his Winter 2026 SEL activity today by completing his vision board and writing a letter to his future self. We had a lot of fun picking out pictures and customizing colors for his board. Writing a letter to his future self was a bit challenging but with some prompting questions we were able to figure out what he wanted to tell himself in 3 years! Ethan wants to let his future self know that he is strong and is capable of doing anything he puts his mind to. What a great encouragement to his future self!

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Emily loves adventure and being active! She drew skates, a zip line, and a slide. She also hopes to have a turtle one day. On her main vision board she added her family and food she enjoys.

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Asiyah has some awesome brainstorm goals for the year including everything from speaking German to riding a skateboard to swimming in a lake to leaning to do a backflip! She's very adventurous and likes a challenge - I'm excited to see what she achieves this year and to build out the vision board next week.

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Today, Nevaeh and I brainstormed ideas based on the prompts for her vision board. Nevaeh has prior experience making a vision board as her 2025 vision board is her current phone wallpaper! A lot of Nevaeh's brainstorming involves her interests such as journaling, reading (for fun), and spending time with her loved ones. I'm inspired to make my own vision board and I can't wait to see hers come to life next week!

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Jolene will be 13 by the time she gets her letter.

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When I receive my letter, I will be 14 years old and in 9th grade. I will feel happy when receiving this letter.

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Last week, Aria and I brainstormed for her 2026 vision board! She showed interest in trying new hobbies like dance class and baton as well as learning more about her favorite subject, science! We also tried to come up with something that achievable she could do to make her school routine easier!

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Joaquín wrote a letter to his future self of 5 years. Joaquin wrote when I receive my letter, I will be 12 years old and in middle school in 7th grade. He said he will be excited but also a bit nervous because he knows it will be different then being in 2nd grade. Joaquin has goals for this new year, and goals from 5 years from now it’s exciting to see and hopefully all his goals and dreams come true!

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Layla wrote a letter for herself 3 years from now.

Layla: "When I receive my letter, I will be 14 years old and in the 9th grade. I might be a junior content creater for an art channel on youtube."

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Christine ended 2025 with a letter to herself that will get sent to her in one year!

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Today we finished working on Christine's 2026 vision board based on her brainstorm. Christine chose a heart collage and we put pictures to represent her goals and ideas for the new year!

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Brown Organic Vision Board Photo Collage

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For Christine's 2026 brainstorm from a few weeks ago she included that she wants to continue doing piano class, sports during recess, more homework and zearn, and learn how to play the guitar and ukulele. She also said she wants to be a better sibling by playing and helping her younger brother. We added that her role model and inspiration is her mom who helps her do her hair. And the last box represents Christine wanting to get better at math!

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Today, Ethan and I spoke about some of the things we would like to do in the coming new year. Ethan was excited about many different things that he wanted to do like learn new skills and gain new knowledge! Ethan had mentioned before that he wanted to be an engineer, so today he told me that he would like to learn about how technology works. He would also like to play more sports and see his grandmother!

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We got more specific this week with Elijah's goals for 2026. He likes picking the images to represent his goals.

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Today, Elith and I discussed her goals for next year! She loves math and wants to learn how to do division. She also is currently obsessed with the Fast and Furious movies, so she wants to drive fast cars and meet Brian O'Conner in Tokyo. 

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Last week Brayan selected pictures to represent the ideas, activities, and goals he wants to pursue in 2026. As part of the vision board activity, he reviewed his brainstorming notes from the previous session, reflected on what felt most important to him, and chose images that matched his dreams and interests for the upcoming year using the Canva platform. 

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During last week’s brainstorming activity, Brayan explored ideas and addressed a series of guiding questions to begin shaping his goals for 2026.

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Jolene is excited to try a lot of new things next year.

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Student: Joaquin Nicho

Joaquin worked on his vision board today!!! He has goals next year that include getting better at soccer, running better, getting better in math, helping his little sister more, and learning more about the geographical maps!!!

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Niko shared many things he's looking forward to achieving next year: boxing, basketball, and karate. However, he said he is most excited for eating gummy sharks and making slime.

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12/18/25

Dear Dana,

This year i started middle school.  Something I enjoyed most about middle school is that I went to Japan.  This year I have mostly gotten Bs and As.  Before the end of the school year I hope there are more parties. My favorite subject this year is Avid.

An activity I look forward to is making random things. A movie that you should watch again is Kiki's Delivery Service. Something you should try again is fish because it was really good in Japan. The thing I love the most about me is my art.

For the future I say you should save your money and you should make things that are useful.

When I receive this letter I will be 14 years old and in 9th grade. I think that when I get this letter I will be happy.

Sincerely,

Dana

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Today, Aaron wrote a letter to himself, to be delivered one year from now. Aaron said this about the letter:

When I receive my letter, I will be 15 years old and in 9th grade. I might be surprised, because I will probably forget that I sent the letter.

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Aiden is really hoping his future self accomplishes some of his goals like becoming a faster runner and going to Universal Studios!

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25-12-17 Aiden letter to future self - Google Docs

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Aiden had some fun in creating his vision board for 2026 and he was excited to be able to look back like we did for this year's vision board and see what goals he will accomplish.

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Before our brainstorm session, we went back and looked at Aiden's 2025 Vision Board. Aiden enjoyed seeing what goals he had and which ones he was able to accomplish like growing taller. Though he did it without having to eat more vegetables!

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Look at what we worked on together

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Santiago's 2026 Vision Board Brainstorm

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Look at what Lizbeth and I worked on today!

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Today, I helped Jade make her 2026 vision board!

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Elijah enjoyed thinking about what he'd like to accomplish in 2026. As you can see he's got no shortage of interests!

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2026

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Joaquin Nicho’s (student) Vision Board:

Tutor: Jasmin Sierra

Joaquin is a second grader who's learning English. He enjoys playing soccer he mentioned he has scored a lot of goals in soccer and he wants to beat his own record next year. He's very interested in nature because he wants to learn more about the ocean and ponds. He wants to be a better brother for his sister and wants to spend more time with his grandmother next year. Wishing his next year wishes come true!!

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Jolene shared her goals for 2026 today and her favorite goal is to hopefully learn how to bake treats for her friends.

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Tunu's interest in working with animals. He Likes the idea of working in a veterinarian clinic.

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There are some ideas we came up with during today’s tutoring session

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"Keiner" Jose is excited about next year. He wants to learn to read and write in English. He is a dedicated student and I'm sure he'll be able to achieve his goals.

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Keiner's vision board and future self reflection

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Keiner's vision board and future self reflection

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Ben Franklin - invented the lightening rod, bifocal glasses, and wrote books.

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Rosbeilin's letter to her future self was inspired by her dedication and willingness to be a a great student. I think her future self will be proud of her accomplishments.

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Keiner's hard work is paying off. He is learning how to read in English and Spanish and every day he gets better and better!

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Jose Keiner is learning how to read and is putting a lot of effort to achieve that goal in 2026.

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Rosbeilin is working hard to learn English and support her 2026 goals

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Today, Rosbeilin defined the goals she wants to achieve in 2026. She wants learn to speak more English, cook "ayacas" (Venezuelan dish), and learn to ride a bike. She is excited to start the new year.

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Electricity - man looked calm, may be a worker in the room with a huge spark.

Food critic - Tasting Japanese food that he never had before: fish and rice with soy sauce, it may be salty from the soy sauce.

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Today, we watched the video on "Neuroplasticity" and shared our reflections on what it means in our daily lives. Yasmin shared that our mindset is really important, and it affects how we approach our habits. We both took a few minutes to share what two of our current goals are and what we are working towards to expand our goals and challenge ourselves! I was pleasantly surprised to see how creative Yasmin is, and found our shared interests in playing games. Will incorporate some of that in our future sessions to make them more fun! Yasmin also told me she enjoyed sharing goals, and I will look into more interactive activities we can do together.

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Yasmin shared that she is staying curious and is open to learning. After watching the two videos on fixed mindset vs growth mindset, she reflects that she will keep trying and keep practicing when encountering difficult situations in the future. We also shared personal experiences that were difficult at first, but now come easily. Yasmin shared that English was not her first language and was overwhelmed when she had to do public speaking at school. However, with time, she was able to grow comfortable speaking English to a crowd, and now she is no longer nervous about it!

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I hope I stay in touch with Amir until he is older so I can find out what job or jobs he decided to do!

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Together Avery & I wrote to her future self.

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Today in our gratitude session, we watched "The Reflection in Me" video, where we discussed things to be grateful for within ourselves, and Raymond mentioned how we need to be grateful for the little things in our lives.

After we worked on the gratitude worksheet where we had a fun time talking about moments to be grateful for himselves and he even told me about how his trip to Disneyland for his birthday which he was grateful for!

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In our third session on Kindness and Happiness, Danna imagined and created a day of self-kindness and happiness. She happily pictured herself spending time with her family and eating delicious pancakes with strawberries all day. She wanted it to be a fun day with her family because they make her feel happy and good.

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Creativity session 3 - the animal book (Zine)

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Creativity session 3 - the animal book (Zine)

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Sophie loved the illustration animals so much that she made a Zine about it. Her mom & I think she has aesthetic creativity- because she loves to make art.

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Lyric and I took two session to complete this one, but had a great time watching the videos and tapping into her creative storytelling side!

She made a Zine book and chose the following prompt:

Write a short story that must include a detective, a piano, and a pizza

She titled her story Hidden Keys and did a great job integrating all the prompt elements in her mystery story. Lyric felt like this activity was the most challenging and fun because making a Zine was the most opened of the 3 activities.

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Counting Money! One dollar in five different ways.

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Today, Antonio showed a great amount of creativity in the logo he designed. He wanted to create a dinosaur themed pizza place called "Pizza Antonios" and the dinosaur would deliver the pizza. He says he has learned a lot about creativity and really enjoys these activities.

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Raymond's Thank You letter to his sister!

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In our second gratitude session, we began by discussing how Raymond had started to appreciate the little things in his life more.

Second, we began working on the "thank you" gratitude letter, where we wrote about his younger sister, Yoshy. He primarily spoke about the funny things they do together, such as him and his little sister pretending to be asleep during bedtime, or how she always takes their other sister's toy for Raymond to play with!

Lastly, he discussed one invention he is grateful for, which is his phone, as it allows him to watch videos to pass the time!

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My sister Emily’s favorite toy is her CatDog plushie. One day when I was mad at her, I took her CatDog plushie and donated it to Goodwill. But after a while, it stuck in my gut that I donated her favorite toy.

At the same time, I needed to get a present for my best friend Brittney. She was blowing up my phone, texting about her birthday and all the presents she was hoping to get. My heart sank to my toes. We’ve been best friends since 8th grade. So what was I supposed to do? I tried to pause and wait a second to think of what I was going to do. I only had a few dollars to spend.

I had an idea. I went back to Goodwill and with the money I had, I bought the CatDog plushie I had just donated. I rushed home and I wrapped my present for Brittney.

Everyone came to my home, including Brittney. She opened her present from me. It was special homemade coupon gift card that promised FREE HUGS FROM ME.

And then I surprised my sister with a present from me to her. It was her long lost CatDog plushie! She was so happy she wanted to scream, but she had to go outside because of Mom’s rule. Inside voices inside - outside voices outside!

In the end, everyone choked down big pieces of cake, giving everyone a big stomach ache. And that’s the story of CatDog and what happens when you eat too much cake.

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Sunny or Snowy Vacation - (illustrated with blue snow! Ha!)

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WOULD I RATHER GO ON A SUNNY VACATION OR SNOWY VACATION?

I would rather go on a sunny vacation because snowing doesn’t fit my vibe. I like to wear shorts and tank tops. I don’t want to wear a big bulky coat.

When I did spend time in the snow, it was Christmas in the mountains. It was terrible. We got snowed in. We were staying in a house at the top of a hill. The stairs were so slippery, we could not go out to play.

Our dog, named Sage, did go out and play in the deep, deep snow. The snow was so high, it reached the bottom of the window. So when Sage looked in the window from outside, it looked like he was flying.

No cars could come or go because the hill was so icy. It was my grandparents who saved us by driving to us in a 4 wheel drive car.

That’s why I would rather go on a sunny vacation.

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Reflection - I think imagination comes from the mind. Like right now I’m eating spicy noodles, and can think of a refreshing ice-cream even if it’s not here. Creativity is when you can imagine things that don’t exist, like a big robot.

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In our third growth mindset session, Royce learned the power of ‘yet.’ Using the worksheet, we practiced turning fixed mindset statements into growth mindset ones, such as changing ‘I can’t make this any better’ to ‘If I keep trying, I will learn.’ We also discussed using affirmations during challenges, and Royce had fun exploring how positive words can encourage him to keep going. He showed curiosity and creativity throughout the activity, and we are excited to keep practicing this skill in future sessions.

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I learned so much from Chuy about the two things that make him so happy, playing baseball and basketball. He can hit dingers in baseball and do a spin move to sink a basket at the buzzer in basketball!

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Emily continues to love to draw and wanted to use her imagination to focus specifically on drawing this adorable dog. We discussed how this talent is a wonderful creative outlet.

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Lyric and I started our second session with the, "This is not a...," activity, where Lyric said that the image was not a flower, but a ladybug. See her response below:

"This is not a flower this is a ladybug due to the way it looks like diagonally. The reason why I pick this shape is because, I love the creative patterns. They are unique and special like me with my creative style of artistic skills/talents. I feel that ladybugs are very lucky creatures with great vibes and give me hope on the world and our society today. Encountering a ladybug is like encountering the best reflection of the universe. I think that they are a graceful but, wise species of insects. And I hope to have the same graceful, wise, luckiness as I get older. And this is why it is not a flower this is a ladybug. :)"

We then moved on to the brainstorm a product activity, where Lyric created the Bubble Map Graphic Organizer on her creative and helpful app, "Artblock." Check it out above, along with her design for a brand logo in the center with the product name!!! She also is a logo queen and got all 10 logos correct for the check out activity.

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If Amir were interviewing one of the people in this image

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We wrapped up the gratitude activities by drawing things we're grateful for, especially things about ourselves. Mulan is grateful for many things, like how she takes care of her dogs and her enjoyment of anime.

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We talked about some of Wyatt's hobbies outside of school and he picked some jobs he would like to have when he is older. He really likes fishing and being out on boats, so he said his dream job is to be a fisherman.

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In our second growth mindset session, Royce worked on the Making New Connections worksheet. We learned how practicing new skills helps strengthen the connections in our brains. Royce listed his current skills in the ‘Crawl’ column, like reading one paragraph, and set goals in the ‘Walk’ column, like reading a whole book. He also shared dreams like becoming a policeman and firefighter, and visualized these goals with colorful drawings, even trying to draw Katie from the growth mindset video. He showed great creativity and energy, and we are excited to keep building on his strengths in future sessions!

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Harvey was able to assemble 22 pieces into this truck in a short amount of time.

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Harvey also wrote a short poem as we sat in the heat today.

"I don't like the heat

So I don't like to meet

I like to eat

And that's a treat!"

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Today Onisty proposed an improvement to cars which she named the Bumper Stopper. It works similar to the way bumper cars operate to prevent car crashes from occurring. This safety feature would be implemented into all cars and help any person that uses cars for transportation.

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This week, we learned more about kindness and how it impacts us and "colors" the world around us. Together, we talked about different ways people show kindness and created a plan for how we can be kind in the future. Danna shared that she can help at home, play with her sister, and say “thank you” and “you’re welcome”. There are so many ways to be kind, and discovering new ones made this session meaningful and fun.

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Danna and I started off this lesson by talking about the things that make us happy and our favorite things. It turns out that Danna loves to cook! She enjoys making and eating pancakes with strawberries on top, saying that's the right way to eat them. She described them as super delicious and said they make her really happy.

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Alexander learned the meaning o thinking outside the box. When asked to draw something that was not a fish, he drew the picture of the fish shown above. He came up with a very creative way to establish that even tough fish and flowers live in different environments their ecosystem have many elements in common.

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Chuy and I talked about how doing kind things for others feels so good.

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This is Emily’s second creative session.  She drew this picture spontaneously in response to the prompts. When discussing inventions she thought about how cool it is to write a secret code with, first a white crayon and the decode it with a a darker color. She thinks she may want to be an artist and a doctor!

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This is Emily’s second creative session.  She drew this picture spontaneously in response to the prompts. When discussing inventions she thought about how cool it is to write a secret code with, first a white crayon and the decode it with a a darker color. She thinks she may want to be an artist and a doctor!

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Wyatt chose to make up a story about the Elmos in the above image. He said that the scientists are making the toy Elmos come alive. The Elmos are able to roam the streets and you may even find one in your yard. He said that if one shows up in his yard, he would have his drone come and attack it.

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Harvey used his creative side to produce this Cool dolphin/shark named Daffy. He is also great with legos and puzzles.

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Stella created this wonderful story based on the prompt. She even spelled out the sentences!