The Importance Of Reading

Anxiety

Anxiety is a natural part of childhood that helps kids to learn to cope with and respond to the world around them. Children go through developmentally appropriate phases of anxiety. Babies, for instance, feel anxious around strangers, clinging more closely and more tightly to their parents when a new person is introduced. Toddlers often struggle through separation anxiety, while young children wrestle with imagined dangers like monsters or ghosts. As children get older, their anxieties reflect what's going on in their lives - test anxiety in school, fear of rejection by peers, social pressures, etc.  
http://bodyandhealth.canada.com/channel/mental-health/children-and-anxiety/children-and-anxiety

If you would like more resources to help with anxiety, check out this link. There is a neat video to watch with your child and free printable activities.

Perfectionism: 8 Tools for Parents with Kids Afraid to Fail

Children and Anxiety 

Really great resources here for adults and children.

Mindfulness Activities

Mindfulness seems to be the buzzword these days...are you being mindful? What does that even mean? If I don't know what it is, how do I teach my kiddos about it? This article might help if you are curious about mindfulness. Try a few of these strategies at home. At school, we have been doing an activity called "Melting," the video on Go Noodle is very helpful in getting started. We do this particular activity after our workouts in the gym where there is more room. I then guide students through some calming meditation. See what works for you. 
To see the article with more information, playlists and additional printables and ideas, click here 

Tumble Books

Struggling with home reading? Trying to find a book that your kiddo is interested in? 
Try Tumble Books!

The Swan Valley School Division has purchased a licence for all students in the division to access an online library. The library is full of  picture books, graphic novels, novels, non-fiction (etc.) which you can read, or have read to you.

The login information is:      

Kindergarten – Grade 6 Collection:

www.tumblebooklibrary.comwww.tumblebooklibrary.com

Username: swanvalley

Password: reads

O'Canada

We have been learning more about what makes Canada a great place to live.
Check out this cool video about Canada!

Cool video here :) 

Perseverance

Perseverance

This week we have been learning
about Perseverance. Watch these
3 short clips and follow along
with the discussion about how to
foster perseverance.  Ask your
child about "the dip" and what
strategies they have to get out of
"the dip". 

Perseverance videos 

How To Raise Resilient Kids Who Never Give Up (Based On Science)

How To Raise Resilient Kids Who Never Give Up

Resilience is such a difficult thing to teach, click on the link for more information.

Guest Reader Schedule

Having students share stories out loud to an audience is a very powerful experience. After getting over the butterflies in the stomach and all the excitement, students learn some pretty important lessons from this experience. Starting today, students will take turns being our guest reader.

Students can bring in a favourite book from home or read a book that they have practiced reading at school. Pictures of our guest readers will be posted and shared on this blog and the Remind App.

Why is reading out loud so important? 

• To enhance fluency
• To strengthen comprehension
• To develop critical reading skills
• To help struggling readers
• To facilitate collaborative learning
• To share newly crafted abilities with others
  

Interested in learning a little more about these points?
Check out the article here

Reasons to Teach Children To Read Aloud 

Our Guest Reader Schedule

Tuesday Jan 9 Dylan
Wednesday Jan 10 Brody
Thursday Jan 11 Noah

Friday Jan 12 Jude

Monday Jan 15 Maddy
Tuesday Jan 16 Taliah

Wednesday Jan 17 Ashton
Thursday Jan 18 Falon
Friday Jan 19 Torvan
Monday Jan 22 Nevaeh
Tuesday Jan 23 Kalli
Wednesday Jan 24 Macy
Thursday Jan 25 Jaxon
Friday Jan 26 Salesi
Monday Jan 29 Carter

Tuesday Jan 30 Addison
Wednesday Jan 31 Ayla
Thursday Feb 1 Leiland
Friday Feb 2 Nate

Monday Feb 5 Joshua