Primary eNews – September 11th, 2020

Library Prepares for PreSchool

PreSchool is studying a unit of inquiry entitled “Living things in our care share the same basic needs” and the peripheral concepts of responsible behavior towards the environment and our need for plants and animals. With that in mind, we have chosen books that relate in some way to these ideas, whether it be the book we read aloud in class, the books we read and peruse during our “tuning in” at the beginning of class, or the plethora of books the children can choose to bring home to read as a family for that week. 

The BIS Library Team assists all of our faculty members to provide resources for units of study throughout our school. We do this by searching in our BIS Library Destiny catalog for books that relate to the key themes and subjects of the unit, we also incorporate adjacent and related subjects. Our team also removes books from the resource list that no longer offer good value as maybe some new additions having to do with the same subjects; new books will replace older ones. Finally we add classic books or well-known authors that have proven to be patron favorites over the years and around the world. 

As a reminder, students can take out 2 books per library checkout (and parents can take 3 each) – these books are able to be checked out for 14 days. 

Please contact the library or any questions or to sign up for a new parents account.

NoahJohn Marshall – Librarian

Counseling

Reframing thinking after an upsetting incident is a process that helps people move on and prevents anxiety. Young people can do this with support. I suggest you work through this well after the upsetting event, when everyone is calm. If your family has a disagreement, applying the reframing exercise can help your child come to terms with his/her thinking and emotions and then you can share in a family meeting. 

Click here to see the three steps with an example for young children.