This year, our school is really focusing on helping our students develop a Growth Mindset. There are several books on the 2019 Monarch Award list that are perfect to use as mentor texts for this. One of the books on the list, and one of my favorite picture books ever, is After the Fall: How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again by Dan Santat.
In this book, Humpty's body is put back together after his fall but now he is afraid of heights. Since Humpty normally loves being up high and close to the birds, his fear of heights is getting in the way of the things that he loves. Eventually, something happens that forces him to face his fears and he learns to soar!
After reading and discussing this amazing book with students in grades K-3, I asked students to tell about a time that they overcame their fears to do something that they wanted to do. Here are a few of our kindergarten responses:
This was such a great book and activity for promoting a growth mindset!
Kindness Counter
This week, I opened a new center for students to visit...our Kindness Counter! I've had an empty counter in the library for over a year now and I finally found the perfect use for it. Students can visit the Kindness Counter after they check out books or during makerspace time. At the counter, students can create inspirational bookmarks to hide inside books in our library, They can write thank you notes and other cards to give to others. Students can create awards to give to another student, or teacher, who is deserving of one. Finally, students are free to create anything else that their imaginations can think of to spread kindness throughout our school.
This new center has already been very popular and I can't wait to see what students will create!
Happy Reading!
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