Susan's Summer Reading Review

I hope your summer days were happy and safe. I found some time to read, even during crazy summer days! I thought I would share four of the titles that were on my own personal summer reading list:

The Hurried Child, Gowing Up Too Fast Too Soon by David Elkind, Ph. D.
The approach on this book is to show parents that if we expect too much too son, we force our kids to grow up too fast. He is very perscriptive in his writing, but as a parent of a young child, I found his advice to be helpful.


Too Much of a Good Thing by Dan Kindlon, Ph. D.
"It's ok to say no," is part of the sound advice that is given in this book. Kindlon argues that not only are parents giving too much as far as material objects in this what he refers to as the "indulgent age", but often parents emotionally indulge their children as well.

Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
After attending Chris Gorycki's parent education evening highlighting Malcolm Gladwell during the last school year, I wanted to read this. This was a fun read with many "aha!" moments for me. Gladwell wants the reader to understand success by reading stories about many who are successful.

Montgomery Staff Summer Reading - Best Friends, Worst Enemies by Michael Thompson, Ph. D.
For parents who want to learn more about their child's psychological development as it relates to relations with peers, this is a good read. There is one section about a child having a problem with another child one day with the parent asking the child about the problem the next day. The child, meanwhile, had forgotten all about the problem, but the parent's comment caused a "come to think of it..." reaction, causing the child to continue to think about the negative. Good advice for the mom in me, who always tends to want to do "follow-up" in an effort to fix things!

Gold Awards May - June

PreK
Evan M. - Ms. Getz
Colin C. - Ms. Janney
Nick H. - Ms. Janney
Cooper G. - Ms. Getz
Billy B. - Ms. Getz
Annette D. - Ms. Janney
Dylan B. - Ms. Janney

Kindergarten
Jillian S. - Mrs. Knauss
Ella H. - 2 - Mrs. Knauss
Emma v. - Mrs. Oakes
Ella S. - Mrs. Oakes
Ryan K. - Mrs. Oakes
Shane L. - Mrs. Oakes
Grace G. - Mrs. Oakes
Sam L. - Mrs. Oakes
Paulina P. - Mrs. Oakes
Luke B. - Mrs. Knauss
Reilly D.- Mrs. Knauss
Abby C. - Mrs. Knauss

First Grade
Connor P. - Mrs. Vaughan
Jackson S. - Mrs. Vaughan
Allison H. - Mrs. Vaughan
Becky R. - Mrs. Rex
Emily G. - Mrs. Rex
Cole C. - Mrs. Vaughan
Anjali B. - Mrs. Vaughan
Hunter B. - Mrs. Rex
Lizzie C. - Mrs. Vaughan
Raven M. - Mrs. Rex
Belle V. - Mrs. Vaughan

Second Grade
Ainsley V. - Mrs. Baumeister
Grace H. - Mrs. Baumeister
Ella G. - Mrs. Clay
Nicole V. - Mrs. Clay
Claire G. - Mrs. Clay
Georgia D. - Mrs. Clay
Nick C. - Mrs. Clay

Third Grade
Holly B. - Ms. Miles
Charlotte G. - Ms. Miles
Gigi H. - 2 - Mrs. Wetzel
Kyle W. - 2- Mrs. Wetzel
Kayla N. - 2 - Mrs. Wetzel
Quin M. - Mrs Wetzel
Bryan Y. - Mrs. Wetzel
Amy R. - Mrs. Wetzel
Katie C. - Mrs. Wetzel

Fourth Grade
Taylor E. - Mrs. London
Maya G. - Mrs. London
Emilie F. - Mr. Guidotti
Reilly P. - 2 - Mr. Guidotti
Jadon D. - 2 - Mr. Guidotti
Mark C. - Mr. Guidotti
Rachel Y. - Mr. Guidotti
Drew C. - Mr. Guidotti

Fifth Grade
Olivia K. - Mrs. Batson
Joe Meyer - Mrs. Batson
Kevin S. - Mrs. Barker
Caitlin K. - Mrs. Barker
Katie O. - Mrs. Batson
Courtney C. - Mrs. Batson
Emily L. - Mrs. Batson
Carly D. - Mrs. Barker
Chris R. - Mrs. Barker
Gannon R. - Mrs. Batson