Dear Friends,
If you have ever experienced winter, you know the saying "out like a lion, in like a lamb" is very apt way to describe the weather in the month of March. What may start with frigid temperatures, and even snow, ends with mild breezes and spring flowers blooming. Well, in my experience, it is the opposite in our schools. The closer we get to Spring Break and summer vacation the less mellow our children get. That's why I think our March book of the month. "King of the Playgrounds", by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, is so fitting, Kids are comfortable; they know the ropes and may test the limits. Bullying, our topic this month, may occur.
"King of the Playgrounds" is full of imagination and colorful characters. Children will identify with Kevin. Will any of them remember times when they were like Sammy? What a great book to use examine and explore character's feelings and emotions.
As we enter the month of March and watch as some of our little lambs exhibit lion-like behavior, share this cute but powerful book with them. And may each of us have someone in our lives, as wise as Kevin's father, comforting us while guiding us to come to our own conclusions, in our own way and time.
Look how some classes celebrated the book:
