Each week students in PreK, Kindergarten and First Grade join me after school to learn new ways to calm their bodies and regulate their emotions through play. During this less structured time, we do crafts, play games and have lots of hands-on fun. To celebrate Valentine’s Day this week’s classes focused on self love. I wrote affirmations on conversation hearts with white crayons that students revealed with paint. What a heartwarming surprise! For homework students were instructed to to post these notes somewhere they could read them every night. This week the same students chose to make our own puffy paint and tackle an obstacle course. One of the things I love most about these sessions is that the students direct a lot of the activities, it really is their time!