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From: LAURIE DRAUS <DRAUS>
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 14:01:28 -0500
Toward the beginning of the year, I often include some books in my storytimes for the new kindergartners about dealing with new situations and getting past fears, since it is often a bewildering time of adjustment for many of them.
On my list is Down at the Bottom of the Deep, Dark Sea, by Rebecca C. Jones, about a little boy who by getting involved in what he is doing at the beach, gets over his fear of the water, and I pulled it to read today as I have for a several years.
It wasn't until I was reading it that it struck me that the message might cross over into fears they had about recent events. I doubt any of them at that age consciously made any such connection, but the idea of going about your business and not letting fear totally control you (he still is a little leery of the deeper, darker water farther out to sea at the end) may subtly get through on some level. One of the things the boy makes on the beach is a "sand skyscraper", but it doesn't collapse or wash away at the end or anything like that; everyone enjoys his work, which also includes sand gas stations, post offices, etc.
Received on Thu 20 Sep 2001 02:01:28 PM CDT
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 14:01:28 -0500
Toward the beginning of the year, I often include some books in my storytimes for the new kindergartners about dealing with new situations and getting past fears, since it is often a bewildering time of adjustment for many of them.
On my list is Down at the Bottom of the Deep, Dark Sea, by Rebecca C. Jones, about a little boy who by getting involved in what he is doing at the beach, gets over his fear of the water, and I pulled it to read today as I have for a several years.
It wasn't until I was reading it that it struck me that the message might cross over into fears they had about recent events. I doubt any of them at that age consciously made any such connection, but the idea of going about your business and not letting fear totally control you (he still is a little leery of the deeper, darker water farther out to sea at the end) may subtly get through on some level. One of the things the boy makes on the beach is a "sand skyscraper", but it doesn't collapse or wash away at the end or anything like that; everyone enjoys his work, which also includes sand gas stations, post offices, etc.
Received on Thu 20 Sep 2001 02:01:28 PM CDT
