Circle of Friends Weekly Syllabus
Week 1
Social – greeting friends
keeping body and brain in the group
Emotional – trying something new
Play – sharing with new and old friends
Week 2
Social – trying when something is hard
thinking with eyes
Emotional – listening
Play – playing a game with a friend
Week 3
Social – understanding others feeling
perspective taking
Emotional – starting a conversation
Play – taking turns
Week 4
Social – dealing with anger
expected and unexpected behavior
Emotional – starting and maintaining conversation
Play – joining in a game and sometimes losing
Week 5
Social – perspective taking/understanding others
expected and unexpected behavior
Emotional – listening and not interrupting
Play – asking to play
Week 6
Social – accepting “no” from friends
perspective taking
Emotional – practice listening
Play – asking to play
**Winter Break**
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Attendance is taken at each class; to report your child’s absence, please call (ECC at
781-545-8790 ext. 113) before 2:30 p.m.
School offices are closed during program hours. Please use the following number to
contact the instructor in case of emergency: 781-424-8008 (If no answer, text to that
number.)
Circle of Friends Weekly Syllabus
Week 7
Social – taking turns
staying on topic, staying with group
Emotional – trying something new
Play – taking turns with friends
Week 8
Social – understanding your own feelings
Emotional – identifying feelings in self
Play – playing emotional bingo with friends
Week 9
Social – understanding expected and unexpected behaviors
Emotional – practice listening and speaking
Play – role playing of expected and unexpected behaviors
Week 10
Social – sharing ideas with a group
Emotional – starting and maintaining conversation
Play – joining in a game
Week 11
Social – sharing our favorite topics!
Play – our favorite games!
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Attendance is taken at each class; to report your child’s absence, please call (ECC at
781-545-8790 ext. 113) before 2:30 p.m.
School offices are closed during program hours. Please use the following number to
contact the instructor in case of emergency: 781-424-8008 (If no answer, text to that
number.)
Circle of Friends
Book List:
The Way I Feel
Sophie
It’s My Turn
It’s Mine
DW’s Guide to Perfect Manners
How to be a Friend
Please, say, please
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good
Very Bad Day
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
How about a Hug
I Like Myself
Whoever You are
Subjects Addressed Weekly:
-social
-emotional
-play
Students complete a journal page on the subject of the
week. They take home the daily journal page to share
with the family!
Welcome to the Fall Session of Circle of Friends. Mrs.
Sheehan will be the teacher and the class will be joined
by Mrs. Damaso.
We will have a weekly newsletter outlining the concepts
we are working on during our time together. The program
will have a weekly focus on a social, emotional and play
skill, while encouraging independence. Some concepts
that we will cover are: sharing, trying when something is
hard, interrupting, perspective taking, listening with your
eyes, accepting “no”. Most of the concepts will be
reinforced with either a story or role play. We will
“write” and illustrate a journal page each day that is
specific to our weekly topic. The children will take their
journal sheets home to share with you!
Please send your child with a small snack and a drink.
We are looking forward to a great session!
Regards,
Mrs. Sheehan
Circle of Friends Dates:
We meet on Tuesday’s and Thursday’s from 2:45 to 4:15.
It is a 22 session program. The dates are as follows:
November 3 and November 5
November 10 and November 12
November 17 and November 19
No class on November 24
December 1 and December 3
December 8 and December 10
December 15 and December 17
Winter Recess, Circle of Friends resumes on
January 12
January 12
January 19
January 26
and January 14
and January 21
and January 28
February 2
February 9
and February 4
and February 11 (Last class)
**Please send your child to class with a
small snack and drink **
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Students will stay at school to attend the program.
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Attendance will be taken each class. If your child will be absent, please call
that school’s office before 2:30 pm to leave a message for the instructor so all
students enrolled are accounted for.
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If someone other than yourself is picking up your child, you MUST give a
note of permission.
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Your emergency contact person needs to be someone who will be available
and able to pick up your child.
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Please pick up your child on time. There will be a $25 late fee if pick up is 10
minutes or more after dismissal time.
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I understand and affirm that by registering my child for a CORSE program,
I grant permission for SPS, Scituate Recreation and CORSE to use photographs
and/or videos of my child in CORSE, SPS and/or Scituate Recreation
publications, materials and websites. If there is a need to avoid photos of your
child, you must contact corsefoundation@comcast.net and put your request in
writing. Every effort will be made to avoid photos in regards to this request, but
it cannot be guaranteed.
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If your child needs access to medications after-school, please be aware that
there is no school nurse on-site and medications in school offices are locked.
Parents are responsible for assuring the appropriate arrangements and
information is provided to the instructors. School personnel or instructors
cannot dispense medication. If there is an emergency, 911 will be called.
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If your child is intentionally disruptive in the class, you may be called to
pick them up early. Chronic intentional behavior problems will result in
termination from the program without refund.
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If there is an official school holiday, there is no class that day; it will be
rescheduled. If school is cancelled for weather or emergent reasons, there is no
class that day; every effort is made to reschedule for this, but make-up classes
cannot be guaranteed nor fees reimbursed. If class falls on an early release day,
the instructor will inform you if the class will still run that day or if it will be
rescheduled.
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Refund policy is based on the withdrawal date of the student. Please notify
corsefoundation@comcast.net immediately.