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My Body Sends A Signal

svuolde — 2024-04-22 14:30:23 UTC

This book is about a boy learning about physical signals and mental symptoms he feels with various emotions. He experiences signals for happiness, proudness, anger, fear, disgust, sadness, embarrassment, and surprised through a series of events. This book is for 3-7 years. Connection: A lot of students in the classroom struggle with their emotions which can be represented as challenging behaviors. We believe this book could help the students recognize their feelings and could lead to implementing self-regulatory strategies.

My Perfect Family

svuolde — 2024-04-22 14:55:11 UTC

This book discusses various family dynamics and structures. This includes step-families, single parents, extended families, multigenerational families, adopted families, surrogacy/donor families, etc. This book is for ages 2-7. Connection: Many students in the class do not have a typical, nuclear family. We have many students who have experienced divorce, separation, and loss within their families. This book would make students realize their family are just as normal as the typical nuclear family.

Last Stop on Market Street

svuolde — 2024-04-22 15:03:06 UTC

The story is about CJ and his grandmother taking a bus after Sunday church. During the bus ride, CJ wonders about aspects of his life and how it differs from others he knows and sees. The age range is from 2-6 years. Connection: many students in the class have financial struggles at home which is discussed in this book. Furthermore, students will be familiar with buses as they are the most used mode of transportation and they live near Wilmington where buses are commonly used.

Spanish is my Superpower

svuolde — 2024-04-22 15:05:32 UTC

This story is about a girl who is bilingual. She is very afraid to speak in her native language, Spanish, because she feels like it makes her different. However, when a new student who speaks Spanish arrives in the school, they work together to be more confident in both languages. This book is for ages 4-10 years. Connection: Various students in the classroom are a part of an immersion program in the classroom. This means that half of their day is in Spanish and the other half is in English. Furthermore, this school incorporates Spanish into their announcements and school activities. This book may make these students feel even more welcome in the classroom and love their culture and identity.

The Calm Down Jar

svuolde — 2024-04-22 15:07:25 UTC

This book is about a young girl named Lily who is learning how to manage their emotions by using a jar filling with glitter. She will shake the jar when she is upset and watch the glitter settle as she takes deep breaths and calms down. This book is for ages 4-10. Connection: Many of the students in the class struggle with emotional regulation which may cause challenging behaviors. Reading this book and implementing calm down jars in the classroom may aid in students' self-regulatory skills.

My family, Your Family

morganstein — 2024-04-24 02:25:43 UTC

This book describes the differences between different families. This book includes the different families and what they look like, who's in them, and how they act. This book is for 5-8 year olds. Students in this class have a variety of different family structures and have experienced a lot of different things in their lives. This book would help them see that everyone has different lives at home.

Lunch from Home

morganstein — 2024-04-24 02:41:45 UTC

This story is about 4 students who brought their lunch from home and got bad looks from their classmates. This story is about how the students cope with their peer's thoughts on their lunch and how they come to feel confident with their culture. This book is for children that are the ages of 3-6. These students come from many different backgrounds and cultures.

A Ticket Around The World

morganstein — 2024-04-24 02:58:38 UTC

This book is about a young boy who wants to travel to 13 different countries to see his friends. Each one of his friends explains their backgrounds and their native language and culture. This book is for ages 5-8.

The Way I Feel

morganstein — 2024-04-24 03:23:41 UTC

This book is about different emotions and how to identify and express them. They explain the positive coping mechanisms and how important feelings are. This book is for ages 2-4 years old. This is super important for our students because these students have a very hard time expressing their emotions in positive ways. So this would be a great start to learning how to cope and express these feelings.

Breathing is My Superpower: Mindfulness Book for Kids to Feel Calm and Peaceful

morganstein — 2024-04-24 03:37:04 UTC

This book is a story about Sofia who will teach the readers different breathing strategies. This story is for children ages 4-7 years old. Students in this classroom have trouble coping with their emotions. Learning about this breathing technique would be great for these students to calm down and have a minute to collect their thoughts.