3-2-1 TUESDAYS WITH MS NIV

Issue #191, 5th March 2024

When demand exceeds supply, we experience stress. Right? March is exam time, March is school budget time, March is tax filing time…Ides of March. Best known as the time when Julius Caesar was assassinated. But in school term, as an educator, I have experienced the Ides of March when students and teachers fall sick. When exam stress reigns high over both students and teachers. When parents are stressed because their children are stressed out for the final exam term prep and/or it is the time when transfer orders come for parents who are in transferable jobs. So here are some ways to identify, align, and deal with your stress and stressors.

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Three images of the week

Two Thoughts of the Week

“No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to be anybody but oneself.” —Virginia Woolf

“Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency. Nothing is that important.” —Natalie Goldberg

One Video of the Week

Guest Expert of the Week

Reading with Ms. Meenu

Building a Foundation for Future Learning:

Picture books and reading routines are the foundation of Literacy. Unfortunately, some of our students come to us unlucky in literacy. In other words, they have not been raised by able adults, for one reason or another, to provide the literacy-rich environment essential for future school success. We know that “parents who frequently engage in shared reading experiences and frequently teach about alphabetic knowledge have children with the most reading success after a few years of elementary school. Consequently, we need to fill future learning as children accumulate familiar books, stories, songs, and poems to draw when reading, writing, thinking, and talking about texts.

When read-aloud becomes a priority, you gain endless opportunities to forge connections among all the learning your children experience throughout their day, week, and year. Read-aloud experiences provide children with a shared frame of reference – a path for taking their understanding forward in company with each other. So reading aloud should be a vital part of every child’s life while growing up.

Happy Reading!

Meenu Gera

Consulting home and school librarian and reading guide.

Dear reader,
I have been a research scientist, a journalist, and an educator for over 3 decades. I read and, I write. With this weekly newsletter, I share what I read, learn, and, experience. At the same time, I engage with students, parents, and teams of teachers across K-12 schools, higher education institutions, and ed-tech organizations.

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