Social Greeting in the Morning Meeting

Amy Flores, Bonnie Taylor and Beth Friedman visiting with Lincoln Principal Kathleen Miller.

While visiting Lincoln School in Mundelein, the Principal invited us to sit in on classroom morning meetings.  Each teacher brings her class together for about 15 minutes with their chairs in a circle or sitting on the floor.  In the meetings, the students could talk about how they were doing with the habits and have some sharing time.  We also saw some activities to practice greetings.

Practicing Eye Contact and Greetings  One class  was excited to play a greeting game.  The students all stood up and greeted each other with eye contact, a handshake and "Good Morning  ___".  One child was secretly designated to give a "double squeeze" in their handshake.  When the children received the "double squeeze" they quietly left the game. The activity continued until no children were left standing since the "double squeeze" child had greeted everyone.  I was impressed with how the students enjoyed the activity and participated perfectly.