Book Review - The OK Book

This week in the first grade classrooms I will be presenting a lesson on the importance of trying new things and accepting that some things we are just "OK" doing.  This message is beautifully written in The OK Book by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Tom Lichtenheld.  The book is simply written and it encourages everyone (including adults) to try many different things in life to figure out what we are just OK doing and what we will be very successful at.  Even though we are not good at everything we try we should remember to have fun experimenting with a myriad of new activities - because after all that's how we will find out what we are really great at.  In the classroom - the students will be thinking of the things they are an "expert" at and the things that they are just "OK" at.  It's important to let children know the things that you are ok at so they are open to that possibility in themselves.  The book talks about being an OK skipper, an OK climber, and an OK lightning bug catcher.  Being OK leads to the discovery of all the things we will eventually or immediately be great at.  In our society, we tend to focus on finding the one thing we are great at.  When we should be focusing on the journey of finding our individual strengths and weaknesses in our lives.







This book is a nice reminder to all of us to engage in life just for the sake of it.  I encourage all of you to find out and celebrate all of the things that you are OK at in your life.