Resources for Talking to your Child About Anxiety

May 15, 2015.Reading time 4 minutes.

Summer is coming. The weather is heating up, the days are getting longer, and the school year is winding down. While this is a joyful (and rambunctious) time for many, the transitions that come at the end of the school year can be a struggle for some students. Being tested on their growth, preparing to […]

Resources for Talking to Your Child about Diversity, Race, and Racism

April 29, 2015.Reading time 4 minutes.

It can be a scary time to turn on the news, and an even scarier time to talk to an impressionable child about what they are seeing and hearing about the world around them. But that means that it can also be a critical time to have an open, honest conversation with your child – a […]

Festival of the Book: Visiting Author Kate DiCamillo

March 27, 2015.Reading time 7 minutes.

Last Friday, students from all over Charlottesville City and Albemarle County zipped rain coats, boarded field trip buses, and made their way through the rainy city of Charlottesville to St. Anne’s-Belfield school. More than 1,200 students gathered in the STAB Convocation Center and sat, tapping their feet and twiddling their thumbs nervously. There was electricity in […]

Festival of the Book: Visiting Author Anne Marie Pace

March 23, 2015.Reading time 1 minute.

Thursday afternoon, Virginia Festival of the Book author Anne Marie Pace stopped by Johnson to teach our students what it’s like to be an author. She had some great insider details about the writing and editing process, and even showed us real drafts of her Vampirina Ballerina series! Mrs. Pace started from the beginning, talking about where […]

Virginia Festival of the Book Visiting Author: Sandy Pugh

March 23, 2015.Reading time 2 minutes.

This Thursday, author Sandy Pugh visited Johnson to put on a Peeper-ific show for our kindergarten, first, and second grade students! Sandy introduced us to the Peeper gang, read us a few Peeper stories, and even gave us a sneak preview of some new books that she has in the works. In the picture above, […]

Coming Soon: Virginia Festival of the Book!

March 13, 2015.Reading time 2 minutes.

The Virginia Festival of the Book is coming! Next week, world famous authors, illustrators, and publishers will flock to Charlottesville to give talks, presentations, and seminars about books of every genre. They’ll talk about the writing process, the publishing process, graphic design, and creating characters. They’ll sign books, share new stories, and inspire people of […]