“It is so important to allow children to bloom and to be driven by their curiosity.”
How can you provide students a way to slowly START their day? A SOFT START provides students a 10 - 15 minute time at the beginning of the day, to be curious and play. Are you tired of coming up with arrival or morning work? Check the links below that pertain to your grade level.
“We believe there is play in work and work in play,” they write. “It helps to have practical ways to carry that mindset into all aspects of the curriculum.” Purposeful Play by Mraz, Porcelli, Tyler
Students deserve to be invited into learning, not forced into it.
Soft starts are an invitation into the day. Think about the mental, emotional, and social demands on our students on a typical day of school. When we provide a soft start, we are inviting students to prepare their brains to meet those demands.