Be persistent!

Overview: Persistence is the continuous effort to do or achieve something even when faced with obstacles.

The word of the month for February is persistence, sticking with something even if it’s difficult. Often children will ask for help with a task they perceive to be difficult, but if they just try it, they are able to accomplish the task on their own. Whether it be opening their snack, zippering their coat, tying their shoes, or even what to do if a pencil breaks. We talk about always trying your best first, and then asking for help if you really need it. It’s okay for something to be hard. Then the accomplishment will feel so much greater. Along with persistence, this is a great time to talk about encouragement, cheering a friend on. With some kind words, we can all go a long way. Here is another great story about be persistent, and getting some encouragement along the way, Eric Carle’s The Very Clumsy Click Beetle:

Assembly Read Aloud: The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires

The girl has a wonderful idea! She is going to make the most MAGNIFICENT thing! She knows just how it will look. She knows just how it will work. All she has to do is make it, and she makes things all the time. Easy-peasy!? But making her magnificent thing is anything but easy, and the girl tries and fails, repeatedly. Eventually, the girl gets really, really mad. She is so mad, in fact, that she quits. But after her dog convinces her to take a walk, she comes back to her project with renewed enthusiasm and manages to get it just right.

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A Visitor For Bear by Bonny Becker	Leo the Lightening Bug by Eric Drachman	Try and Stick With It by Cheri J. Meiners
Flight School by Lita Judge	Long Shot: Never to Small to Dream Big by Paul Chris	Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems

Stuck by Oliver Jeffers

The Very Busy Spider written and illustrated by Eric Carle

I Knew You Could! A Book For All The Stops In Your Life by Craig Dorfman

Below is a fun little animation that illustrates persistence!