We had a very exciting day today! We started our "Roots of Empathy" program with the children and had a very special visitor. Roots of Empathy is an evidence-based classroom program that has shown significant effect in reducing levels of aggression among school children while raising social/emotional competence and increasing empathy.
Baby Arya came to our class for her first visit. We will be seeing her once a month for the rest of the year. We had a chance to meet her and observe her responses to us and our classroom. We will be charting her growth throughout the year and observing all of the developmental changes that she will experience in her important first year! Here are some great pictures of our visit: