SuperGirls: That's what friends are for...

Great day for the SuperGirls!

Our theme for today was FRIENDS.

To start our day we gathered at the craft table to make picture frames for our
photo booth shots from two weeks ago.

I did a little contrast and fading to make them look a little artsy.

Bring out the popsicle sticks,
glue, glitter, sticker and
ribbons and some pretty cool frames were made!

I thought they turned out great and I am hoping the girls will hang them in their bedrooms.

Our next activity was to get in pairs and make two lists.

1) What qualities make someone a good friend?
2) What are some things you would not want in a friend?

We got back in our circle and shared our ideas. Many had similar things to say. We focused more on the good and made up one big list together.

A good friend would be:

nice
friendly
respectful
trustworthy
considerate
helpful
shares
fun
there for you when you need them

Mia helped out Aspen who didn't want
her picture taken.

The girls were really engaged in the conversation and shared some situations they have been in and various examples of what should or shouldn't happen within a good friendship.

It is clearly very important to them.

Peyton and I also shared some personal stories and reminded them that the friends they have now may be friends for a life time!

In fact, here is a picture of me and my BFF in 1987 on the way to a rock concert.
Just to give you a laugh for the day!
We just celebrated our birthdays together last week.

Yes, that is a white leather fringe jacket
and matching mini skirt

After a snack break we tackled the subject of gossip. I shared my personal story of how in my first year of high school a group of girls started spreading some rumors about me that were not true.

There were so many people who believed them that I had a horrible time in school for a couple of years and was bullied relentlessly.

So, this is something close to my heart and I will always stress being kind and not talking about others, especially if you don't know if what you are repeating is true!

To illustrate how fast rumors can go we had a little activity. I asked for two volunteers and told them that the feathers I was holding was a rumor that someone had started that I was a mean person and even maybe a witch (I did a great cackle)! If they couldn't catch them before they hit the floor, then the rumor would spread all around Deerwood school.

I started with a couple of feathers, moved onto a handful and then when the girls had their backs turned I dumped a whole bag in front of a huge blowing fan.
You should have seen them scramble!
They had fun and I think they understood the point.
You think you might be telling one person but if they tell someone and so on, it's soon out of control.

One more quick teamwork game of Head's Up which is an ipad app.

We played Act it Out. Last week we had to use words to describe something, this week we did it with actions and no words.

There were definitely some good "actors' and others were good "guessers".