The Problem
We are choosing junk journaling as our 'Unearth A Story' project for the main Summer Reading Program activity this summer. We have noticed that children who have grown up in the COVID-19 era have a lot of anxiety and will often have very high expectations of themselves. We believe that allowing them the freedom to junk journal however and whatever they like will be healing and help alleviate some of these anxieties. In addition to the 4 key areas our project will address, this project will also address literacy, arts, zero waste, mindfulness, healing and social-emotional growth. We love junk journaling for this summer's project because it is freeing - nothing has to be perfect, there are no wrong ways to do it and there are very few rules to junk journaling.
