Children's Feeling Storybook
So yesterday I blogged about my favorite parenting book How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk
and thought why not talk about my favorite children's book? Now, I have a ton of favorite cute children's story books like Kiss Goodnight, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, Goodnight Moon, etc. but my favorite feeling story book is Today I Feel Silly by Jamie Lee Curtis.
There are A LOT of counseling children's books out there and some of the titles are so straightforward it's ridiculously funny: My Dad's in Jail, Teeth Are Not For Biting, Heather Has Two Mommies, Did My First Mommy Love Me?, Daddy Has a New Roomate, etc. And there are a lot of feelings books and other touchy feely books out there, but Today I Feel Silly is just plain cute!
It's a story that talks about all the different feelings you can have and sends the message that all feelings are good feelings, even negative ones like anger.
Here are a few verses from the story:
"Moods are just something that happen each day. Whatever I'm feeling inside is okay!"
"Today I am quiet, my mom understands. She gave me two ice creams and then we held hands."
It even has a little feelings wheel at the end where you can pick the feeling your child feels at the moment! And, the best part about it is that it doesn't feel like a forced book to get your kids to talk about feelings. But it is a great way to get them to start thinking about using feeling words and introducing them without hearing, "Mom, I don't want to talk about it!" :)
What are some other good children's therapy books you would recommend?
ReplyDeleteWow, there are so many out there. It depends on what issues the child is dealing with. The best website to look through is the Self Esteem Shop at http://www.selfesteemshop.com/. For instance, for Divorce I have always loved the Dinosaurs Divorce and Mommy and Daddy Bear's Divorce, but if you go to their site, they have 10-12 different ones. A great resource. Let me know if there is a specific topic and I can give you some good suggestions.
ReplyDeleteWow, there are so many out there. It depends on what issues the child is dealing with. The best website to look through is the Self Esteem Shop at http://www.selfesteemshop.com/. For instance, for Divorce I have always loved the Dinosaurs Divorce and Mommy and Daddy Bear’s Divorce, but if you go to their site, they have 10-12 different ones. A great resource. Let me know if there is a specific topic and I can give you some good suggestions.
ReplyDeleteIt’s a story that talks about all the different feelings you can have and sends the message that all feelings are good feelings, even negative ones like anger. It depends on what issues the child is dealing with.
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