The Busy Life of Ernestine Buckmeister

I just had the delight of reading The Busy Life of Ernestine Buckmeister by Linda Ravin Lodding, and illustrated by Suzanne Beaky. It’s a beautiful picture book with bright, bold illustrations and clever text. It addresses the issue of over commitment in a head-on fashion, but it’s comical tone make......more

The International Baccalaureate Organization seeks to help all the members of its school communities, not only its students and educators but families, to become better learners. One way we work toward this aim as an IB school is to concentrate on the Learner Profile. As we focus on this list, our s......more

Like so many children of busy parents, Ernestine Buckmeister's life is over-scheduled. She has extracurricular activities every day of the week since her parents want to meet her physical, creative, and spiritual needs. She even has a nanny to make sure she keeps to her schedule. Although Ernestine......more

Ernestine Buckmeister is one busy girl! Ernestine does one lesson on Monday, one on Tuesday and another on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, she never has a day off. One day on the way to school she sees her friend Hugo playing outside and all she wants to do is play. She comes home from her lessons o......more

I absolutely loved this book! The book is about a busy little girl whose parents scheduled her tight with a bunch of different classes. Soon Ernestine realizes that she doesn't want to take a bunch of classes and just wants to have fun! This book reminds us of the importance of play in a child's lif......more