Stay Dry and Safe!

I'm hoping that you are all staying safe and dry on this stormy day. What a great opportunity to snuggle up and read. Although we are not going to have our Read-a-thon kick off tonight you could have your own at home! Sit with your mom, dad, or kids to read books together. Today my boys and I have done a variety of literacy activities. We have made names/words on our refrigerator, played show and tell for some oral language development. We have also had story time and time for drawing. Oddly enough these are not things I have asked them to do but things they have asked to do. When you have a day like this and your kids ask you to interact with them DO IT!! Color with them, read, write about the storm. Did you know that coloring has been linked to significantly reducing stress? There is a lot of research about that out there. If your kids are worried about what is happening let them draw about it. Austin drew me a picture this morning with lots of squiggly lines on it. I asked him what it was and he said it was the waves in the ocean and that the beach was closed. That gave me an opportunity to talk to him about what he was feeling so that I could reassure him things were going to be fine. In these times of stress take time to read and talk to your children about what is going on and it can make the event much less stressful for everyone. I hope you all make it through with the power staying on! We are wet in Point of Rocks but we do have power for now.... I hope to see you all later this week!! Mrs. Del Balzo