May 2024 Newsletter
As the year winds down our team of educators continues to help you with your future decisions and plans:
- for the summer
- for your educational concerns and consultations
- for next year’s placement and research
- for recommending specialists as needed
- for boarding school questions
From preschool through high school over 100 children were placed in public and private schools across our city through our practice this past year. We have helped families all over the world, from Dubai to Seattle and in between. In our own city we have reached different corners helping parents create a plan for their children. We meet each child and try to help you understand the learning style of your child, calling in additional specialists as needed or determined.
Words that resonate with us as educational consultants:
Passion
Perspective
Perception
Proactive planning
Persistent positivity
Partnerships
Points to remember for summer:
- We are constantly discussing the overuse of our devices. We are an addicted culture. Technology is a source of a constant battle with ourselves and our children. Summer can be a great opportunity to establish new boundaries and policies with technology in your home.
- Remember the value of play and downtime. Summer is the perfect time for these themes.
- Allow for, and prioritize, reading. We want everyone to try all types of genres: graphic novels, audio books, magazines, autobiographies and science fiction. Reading is the key to learning and critical thinking.
- Find time regularly for your children to review some academic concepts:
Math, word problems and logic
Writing and illustration for fun
Build vocabulary since vocabulary books are not readily used
And of course- READ, READ and READ
Books For Summer: Everyone in your family needs to be reading this summer! It’s important that parents model the practice of reading for their children. Please see below for some of our recommendations.
Non-Fiction for Grown Ups:
- The Anxious Generation (Jonathan Haidt)
- Wide Wide Sea (Hampton Sides)
- The Many Lives of Mama Love (Lara Love Hardin)
- One in a Millenial (Kate Kennedy)
Fiction for Grown Ups:
- The Berry Pickers (Amanda Peters)
- Wandering Stars (Tommy Orange)
- The River We Remember (William Kent Krueger)
- The Women (Kristin Hannah)
Books for Late Elementary and Early Middle School:
- Framed Series (James Ponti)
- Warriors Series (Erin Hunter
- Out of my Mind (Sharon Draper)
- Lightning Thief: Percy Jackson Series (Rick Riordian)
For Mid Elementary Chapter Book Readers:
- Ivy and Bean Series (Annie Barrows)
- Seekers of the Wild Relm (Alexandra Ott)
- A to Z Mystery Series (Ron Roy)
- The Akimbo Adventures (Alexandra McCall Smith)
- Beezus and Ramona (Beverly Cleary)
For Early Chapter Book Readers:
- Wallace and Grace Take the Case (Heather Alexander)
- Junie B. Jones Series
- Fly Guy Series (Tedd Arnold)
- Owl Diaries (Rebecca Elliott) and Pug Diaries (Kyla May)
For the Little Ones:
- Ada Twist, Scientist (Andrea Beaty)
- Cars and Trucks and Things that Go (Richard Scarry)
- The Gruffalo (Jennifer McDonald)
- This is How We Do It: One Day in the Lives of Seven Kids From Around the World (Matt Lamothe)
Finally a list of our continuing Atlanta day school partnerships and placements:
Atlanta Academy
Atlanta International School
Atlanta Speech School
Ben Franklin
The Children’s School
Christ the King
Cliff Valley School
Galloway
Holy Innocents Episcopal School
The Howard School
The Lovett School
Marist School
Mount Vernon School
Pace Academy
The Paideia School
The Schenck School
St Benedict’s Episcopal School
St Francis
St Martin’s Episcopal School
St Pius High School
Trinity School
The Walker School
Weber School
The Westminster Schools
Whitefield
Woodward Academy
and many more schools including preschools and public schools.
We have all been busy. Now it’s time to find time for yourself and your family. Do the things that bring you pleasure and joy to all.
Happy Summer,
Barby, Betsy, Fontaine and Margo