Families and flowerpots
Families and flowerpots
Southampton Intermediate School eighth graders recently participated in a Home and Careers lesson that focused on family dynamics.
During the lesson, taught by Christina Duryea Cassel, Home and Careers teacher, students learned about the family cycle and how flowerpots are similar to family dynamics. The flowerpots they received symbolized the support and strength within a family. Students also learned about crises that can happen in a family that create “cracks” in their “flowerpots.”
To symbolize the cracks, students were instructed to break off a piece of their flowerpots and tasked with putting them back together with glue while learning about helplines for themselves, friends or family members. Students bandaged the cracks in their flowerpots with healing activities that would provide happiness, positivity and stress reduction. The students then planted basil in their pots to represent the growth that occurs with these healing activities.