Hello Tiger Paw Families,
BEING KIND AND SHOWING EMPATHY are the themes for our social emotional learning classroom readings and small groups for the month of February. We will be learning how we can show kindness and empathy to others. Some examples of kindness are being supportive, friendly, polite, sharing and apologizing. Being empathic can be a hard concept for our younger students to learn, but what a powerful attribute to have!
“Empathy is the most important attribute we can possess. Empathy is the ability to understand how a person feels and why they feel that way.” Funkatron.com
Some of the books that I will be sharing with our classes and groups will beA Little Spot of Love, A Little SPOT of Love on Valentine’s Day, A Little Spot of Empathy (A story about understanding and kindness A Little Spot of Kindness, A Little Spot Learns Kind Words and ABC’s of Love and ABC’s of Kindness by Diane Alber, Please contact me if you have any questions regarding the lessons or books being shared with your child.
Please call or email me if you have any questions or concerns.
My email is maryanderson@ozarktigers.org or call me at (417)582-5992.
Sincerely,
Mary Anderson, MSW, LCSW
School Social Worker
RESOURCES
Care to Learn weekend food bags . This is a free program where we will send home a weekend food bag with your child which has snacks and meal items for the weekend. If you would like to sign up for this program, please contact me or your student’s teacher and we will get you the QR code or link to sign up.
FOOD PANTRY
Least of These (Helping Families Access Healthy Food)
Please call or go online to schedule an appointment
https://leastofthesefoodpantry.org
417-724-2500
OACAC (Housing & Utilities)
Ozark office- 204 E. Elm Street
417-581-7631
CLOTHING
Abundant Blessings 417-725-4949 726 Center Circle Drive, Nixa
First Baptist Church Ozark 417-844-0715 1420 W Skyline Drive, Ozark
PROJECT BIRTHDAY BAG (items are given to help you celebrate your child’s birthday!)
https://projectbirthdaybag.org
