Q1 2025
January // Strength
Happy new year and welcome to 2025! This year, our overarching theme is STRENGTH. Research shows that children who exercise regularly have enhanced cognition and perform better academically. Because there are so many great things happening in a child's body while they exercise, including hormone release, stimulated central nervous system, and increased oxygen to the brain, children who exercise reap a ton of benefits. Not only is their cognition enhanced, but children who are physically fit also tend to have an easier time regulating their own emotions. Get kids moving this month (and the whole year!) in order for them to be physically and mentally stronger!
BOOKS
- 8 & UNDER // "Becoming the Best Me" By: Bre Davis
- 8 & OLDER // "The Academy" By: T.Z. Layton
WORKSHEETS
- 8 & UNDER // DOWNLOAD PDF
- 8 & OLDER // DOWNLOAD PDF
February // KINDNESS
Being kind is contagious! This month we are asking our kids to do a random act of kindness each day. Research shows that when we do kind things out in public, then others tend to follow that lead and do kind things too. This month both of our books are about being kind. For the younger children the book "Built to Last," focuses on building a friendship through play. Our patch has a dragon on it, and it is modeled after the artwork in this book. In our book for older kids, "Saving Winslow," one child takes care of a sick baby donkey and finds out that caring for one thing helps him learn to care for everything else more deeply. Enjoy delving deeper with your children this month into what it means to be kind.
BOOKS
- 8 & UNDER // "Built to Last" By: Minh Le and Dan Santat
- 8 & OLDER // "Saving Winslow" By: Sharon Creech
WORKSHEETS
- 8 & UNDER // DOWNLOAD PDF
- 8 & OLDER // DOWNLOAD PDF
March // HUMOR
BOOKS
- 8 & UNDER // "Knight Owl" By: Christopher Denise
- 8 & OLDER // "Stand Up, Yumi Chung" By: Jessica Kim
Q2 2025
April // perspective
BOOKS
- 8 & UNDER // "Rescue and Jessica: A Life-Changing Friendship" By: Jessica Kensky, Patrick Downes, and Scott Magoon
- 8 & OLDER // "The Eyes and the Impossible" By: Dave Eggers and Shawn Harris
May // memory
BOOKS
- 8 & UNDER // "Finding Winnie" By: Lindsay Mattick and Sophie Blackall
- 8 & OLDER // "Winnie's Great War" By: Lindsay Mattick, Josh Greenhut, and Sophie Blackall
June // determination
BOOKS
- 8 & UNDER // "Grace Hopper: Queen of Computer Code" By: Laurie Wallmark and Katy Wu
- 8 & OLDER // "The Bletchley Riddle" By: Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
Q3 2025
July // Adventure
BOOKS
- 8 & UNDER // "The Fastest Girl on Earth!" By: Dean Robbins and Elizabeth Baddeley
- 8 & OLDER // "The Girl Who Rowed the Ocean" By: Alastair Humphreys
August // Courage
BOOKS
- 8 & UNDER // "Aloha Everything" By: Kaylin Melia George and Mae Waite
- 8 & OLDER // "Call it Courage" By: Armstrong Sperry
September // Humility
BOOKS
- 8 & UNDER // "Some Pig" By: E.B. White
- 8 & OLDER // "Charlotte's Web" By: E.B. White
Q4 2025
October // Creativity
BOOKS
- 8 & UNDER // "How to Make Friends with a Ghost" By: Rebecca Green
- 8 & OLDER // "The Puppets of Spelhorst" By: Kate DiCamillo and Julie Morstad
November // Resilience
BOOKS
- 8 & UNDER // "War Horse" By: Michael Morpurgo and Tom Clohosy Cole
- 8 & OLDER // "War Horse" By: Michael Morpurgo
December // Confidence
BOOKS
- 8 & UNDER // "Piper Chen Sings" By: Phillipa Soo, Maris Pasquale Doran, and Qin Leng
- 8 & OLDER // "The Legendary Mo Seto" By: A. Y. Chan
