Me Portfolios

I enjoyed reading about "Me Portfolios" in Chapter 6 of Daniels and Bizar.  I like to do an "all about me" theme at the beginning of every year.  In  order for the children to learn about their new classmates we so several introduction activities.  Their favorite is when they are asked to fill a bag full of items that represent who each child is.  They put in items such as favorite colors, food, toy, movie, what they want to be when they grow up, etc.  They also draw a picture of themselves so that we can use it at the end of the year to compare their drawings to the beginning portraits.  We look at similiarities in the different children to see if any of them like the same things and then discuss differences.  It helps the children understand that everyone is different and that is Okay!!! "All About Me" is a very fun unit in getting to know one another!!!