December 4th, 2017

Good Afternoon,
  I hope this find all of you well and rested as we head into the blur we call December.  It is hard enough to believe that we flew through November so quickly.
Last week we had a visit form local author Lou Bevaqui. He shared his book and used games and art activities, to introduce the concept of emotional self-awareness. Lou was able to really connect with the kids, drawing from them their thoughts and ideas, and making it fun so they could learn without ever realizing it!

Lou and the children used art and descriptions and their five senses to explore various emotions. They were were introduced to the idea that these emotions do not define them (“I am angry”). Rather, the emotions are something they “feel,” and feelings change. Lou ended by introducing the children to ways they change how they feel.

Here is a description of Lou’s book and message:

Sarah’s day leads her into one emotional storm after another. Can Sarah weather these storms and find ways to turn her day around? Vibrantly illustrated, Changing Your Weather is intended to help children and their parents identify and understand their emotions, increase their emotional self-awareness and create mental tools that allow them to choose the way they want to feel. When children learn language and tools to identify and govern their emotions they become more attuned with what is going on both inside and outside of them. The fun glossary and journal included in this book provide tools to enable parents and their children to interact as they build these important skills.

You can learn more about Lou at: http://loubevacqui.com/

  Today we headed to Moretown to hear from Sam Drazin.  He is a person who deals with  Treacher Collins syndrome.  You may have heard of the new movie out or read the book Wonder.  The main character deals with the same syndrome.  Here is a link to hear more about Sam.  

That is all for now.  I hope you all have a great week.

Tommy

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