INT. BILLY'S BEDROOM – MORNING.
It's one of my favorite times of day. The room is dark, and Billy's still warm and snuggly from sleep.
Me: Time to wake up, big guy. Time to get ready for camp.
He rubs the sleep out of his eyes and whispers to me.
Billy: Mama, how do you feel?
Me: I feel like I love you.
Billy smiles.
Billy: That makes me feel thankful.
My heart bursts and I hug him deeply.
Me: I'm thankful too. I'm thankful for you.
Billy: I am not frustrated.
Me: That's good.
Billy: I am not very shy.
Me: Truer words have never been spoken.
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The illustration for "Proud."
Billy and Willow love the book, The Way I Feel, written and illustrated by Janan Cain. Both kids have started using words to identify their feelings, a major goal for us this year. A book can't teach these ideas all by itself, but as a visual reinforcement of conversations about these vague concepts of emotions, I think it can be very helpful, particularly to preschoolers and/or those kids with developmental delays. The illustrations in The Way I Feel are engaging and colorful, and the little rhymes do a great job of capturing the essence of feelings such as “jealous,” “shy,” “silly,” “frustrated” or “excited.” I recommend it, if your kids are working on these concepts.
FYI, I bought this book with my own hard-earned cash, and all opinions contained herein are my own, un-sponsored objective perspective. However, had anyone offered to pay me for it, I would have happily taken their money.
Sigh.
Thursday July 07 2011 01:21:20 am
Melody
I think I'll go look for this book as this is the 3rd time it's title has come up this week. We are still working on identifying feelings and the subtle gradations of...
I hope you are well Amanda. It was good to see your name on a list somewhere today so I popped on by to say hello!
Teacher gave it to me
Saturday June 18 2011 02:57:09 pm
Megan
My son's teacher gave us this book as well and he loved it till it fell apart. I think it was very useful in teaching him about feelings, which we are still working on.
Snippets 'N Stuff
Friday June 17 2011 03:55:33 pm
DeeAnn Lancaster
Good to know. I'll pass this information on to the teachers I work with.
Yeah, I'd happily take money too!
Friday June 17 2011 01:35:35 am
Cheryl D.
Too bad nobody is offering!
LOL
Thursday June 16 2011 05:57:19 pm
Karla T
Very sweet!
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