Description
Product Description
2022 Readers' Favorite Gold Medal Winner and Mom’s Choice Awards® Gold Recipient
Self-Regulation Skills Series 14
Decisions Can Be HARD! Here’s a great story for helping kids manage their emotions and anger.
* Teaching kids how to make good choices
* Every choice (good or bad) comes with consequences
* Helps children with decision-making process
* Learn how to behave, tolerate frustration, adapt to change
* Teaching kids about empathy, kindness, and compassion
It has a great message:
“Excellent for sharing and encouraging discussion... Very good teaching tool for kids ages 3-5 and adults. ” - Kelly
“Love this book! We've only read it one time, but it has already helped my kids see things a little differently.“ - Taylor
Explains choices & consequences:
“The book flows really well, rhymes and paces just right. The illustrations are beautiful too. “ - Emily
“My 5 year old son's behavior changed immediately!” - Anne
And
* Cute illustrations with nice rhyming story
* Not too long, grabs kid’s attention
* Print version includes COLORING PAGES
*Perfect for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten
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Review
★★★★★
Josh is at it again learning about feelings! I have been enjoying thesebooks by Michael Gordon that feature Josh, his sister Emily and theirparents.
My grandson has learned a lot too about managing his feelings when we get a chance to read these books together.
In this book Josh is upset when he finds Emily has his favorite toy! Hisdad intervenes and gives him a tip to help him manage his feelings.
The trick is to see what makes a situation better or worse? Josh has learned a lot thinking about this each time he gets upset.
He doesn't want to make Emily sad and knows if he is upset that willhappen. Counting backwards from 10 is a better choice to calm down.
A few other scenarios are presented in the book.
Josh would love a piece of Emily's birthday cake but knows if he takes a piece it will ruin her party.
Josh's friends are playing a boardgame and Josh does not win. He gets angryand thinks about the better or worse scenarios. He doesn't want to hurthis friends feelings. Josh decides to deal with his emotions by takingdeep breaths until his angry feelings go away! Then he's ready with hisfriends for more board game playing!
Josh wants candy at theGrocery store and his mom says no!! Josh has learned to let his angerquietly out and some deep breathing helps here.
This book isappropriate for around the ages of 3 to 5 years old. What child doesn'tget frustrated, angry or upset about a situation? Some may not be ableto count backwards from 10 by themselves but with the help of a parentor caregiver this is a good distraction. Other distractions like deepbreathing help release the intensity of their strong emotions too.
The artwork is very appropriate for the content of the book. It's the sametype of drawings as in the other books featuring Josh and his familydealing with emotions.Reviewed By Kathy - Goodreads
5-star review
The Choices I Make by Michael Gordon is the latest in his series of books on Self-Regulation. Josh is a preschooler who is learning how to deal with his emotions in a positive way. When Josh gets home from school, he discovers that his sister is playing with his favorite toy. Josh gets upset with her. His dad hears the commotion and teaches Josh a simple way to control his emotions. Throughout his week with his friends and parents, he is confronted with different frustrating situations. He thinks about what his dad said, how he has the opportunity to make each situation better or worse and proceeds to calm himself down. Attached to the end of the story are a few black and white illustrations from the book, perfect for coloring.
The Choices I Make is a story that discusses a necessary skill young children need to develop in a very kid-friendly way. By describing situations that all kids are famil