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As the sun nurtures life, we the Slocum community, strive to guide our children towards academic excellence and social maturity within a safe and caring environment.
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Kindergarteners at Edith L. Slocum Elementary wrote and mailed letters to veterans, thanking them for their service. Some students have relatives, including fathers, uncles, aunts and grandfathers, who are currently serving or who have served, and they were able to address their letters to them, specifically.
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Date Added: 11/15/2023
Second graders in Erin Marrazzo’s class at Edith L. Slocum Elementary School in the Connetquot Central School District learned about the benefits of mindfulness breathing during a special lesson. In reading “My Magic Breath” by Alison Taylor and Nick Ortner to the class, Ms. Marrazzo’s students gained an understanding of the power of using their breath and how to use it to calm down, focus and manage difficult emotions such as worry. “Teaching children to use tools to become mindful at a young age has countless positive effects,” said Ms. Marrazzo. “They are creating healthy coping habits that can last a lifetime.” She followed up the reading with an activity, creating “jellyfish breathing cups.” The cups are a clear visual for students to become aware of their breath, using a plastic cup as the jellyfish body and streamers as the tentacles. “As students breathe out, they see the jellyfish’s ‘tentacles’ move and know that they are helping themselves mentally,” said Ms. Marrazzo. Aside from her 21-year teaching career, Ms. Marrazzo has been a yoga practitioner for the past 15 years and last year, obtained a certification in children’s yoga and mindfulness. In looking for ways to share the benefits of these practices, Ms. Marrazzo began a yoga and mindfulness club at Edith L. Slocum Elementary for third to fifth graders and incorporated a weekly yoga practice into her second grade classroom. As part of the students’ weekly practice, Ms. Marrazzo began using mantras with her second grade students and said the positive benefits were evident. From there, she began writing mantras as part of a children’s yoga lesson plan which naturally evolved into the first draft of her book. Ms. Marrazzo’s children’s book, “Everyday Mindful Mantras for Minis,” is a tool that can be used to build children’s self-confidence and help them cope with big feelings and difficult situations. The book will be available in November.
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ELEMENTARY HALF-DAY PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES
ELS PTA Holiday Breakfast 9:30 a.m.
ELS PTA Icee Day
ELS PTA Holiday Store