Did you know that reading fiction to children develops empathy? You will find an article about this at the end of this blog. How do you not fall in love with this book? It is a 2011 Caldecott Medal winner. Beatrix has snuck into yet another book: Kindness! Our vocabulary word this week was “concern”:… More A SICK DAY FOR AMOS MCGEE, by Philip Stead, illustrated by Erin E. Stead
The library was filled with love, hearts and kindness this week: Children understand kindness, even the 2 year olds understand that it is not kind to laugh at someone like this: How can we be kind? What if all of our acts of kindnesses spread across the world? After the story we talked about how… More BE KIND by Pat Zietlow Miller, illustrated Jen Hill
Have you noticed that some people are a little on edge lately? Well, fires, floods, pandemics, politics, and a list of surprises that never seem to end, will put anyone on edge! At a time like this it seems especially important to talk to our children about kindness. So we read A Little Spot of… More Kindness is Always in Style!