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MCS Staff Participate in Community Service

Ready to get dirty!

​On the recent Professional Development Day, MCS staff participated in a service project during the break between the training sessions.

Kenzee and Christina worked outside the 1700 South entrance.

​Staff members were broken up into six garden crews and assigned to specific areas of the campus to work in.

Infant, toddler, early childhood and admin staff collaborated on the pots.

Each group was given tools and spring blooming bulbs, corms or rhizomes to plant.

The task involved watering and clean up!
The crews were deliberately orchestrated to include staff from different departments and with mixed experience in gardening.
Robyn helped provide great gardening tips to her crew.

Problem solving, teambuilding, and a little sweat enducing hard work were the name of the game.

They seem pretty pleased with themselves!

And best of all, delayed gratification!

Jordan gets to work.

We look forward to seeing the results of their efforts in spring of 2022.

Keep your eyes peeled for the first flowers!

Great Summer Reading….Teaching Kids Empathy

I happened upon this lovely little post from Tinybop this morning that shares the most wonderful list of children’s books that teach empathy.  These are hard times and an important time to teach our kids how to handle the world’s turmoil in a healthy way.  What a great summer read!

13 kids books to spark conversations about empathy

Lately, it seems like every other day, we turn on the news or open up our social media to find that another tragedy has occurred. Each time we’re faced with these events, we may be overcome with sadness, frustration, and hopelessness. But in these times, it’s important to have conversations with the children around us about inclusion and empathy.

Empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. It’s what helps us connect to other humans, and what makes us better humans. You may be surprised to learn that empathy isn’t an inborn trait, but rather one that must be learned – preferably during early childhood.

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