Parenting Press activity plans provide step-by-step instructions:

• Expressing Emotions, based on Janan Cain’s The Way I Feel

• Interpersonal Skills, based on Laurie Simons’s Taking “No” for an Answer and Other Skills Children Need

• First Aid—Even for First Graders: Teaching Tips for the Classroom, based on Maribeth and Darwin Boelts’s Kids to the Rescue! First Aid Techniques for Kids

• Green Bingo, a supplement to your social skills, vocabulary or St. Patrick’s Day lessons

Reproducibles

Note cards: After folding, you can trim the white margin off two sides. Once trimmed, each card measures approximately 4 x 5¼ inches.

• The Way I Feel card can be used as a supplement to the Expressing Emotions activity plan (above) or with art or writing exercises. Encourages kids to draw facial expressions and write a brief personal message.



• The Way I Feel color cards are blank inside so children can create their own messages.

  • “Fish lips” face (the cover of The Way I Feel)
  • Angry child
  • Excited child
  • Frustrated child
  • Proud child
  • Silly child

• Color cards from the Self-Calming Cards are blank inside.

  • Make Silly Faces card
  • Read a Book card
  • Sing a Silly Song card

• Black and white cards from What About Me? encourage children to color or paint the cover image and use the blank inside for personal messages.

  • Cuddling pets card
  • Climbing cat card

• The full color card from What About Me? is blank inside so that children can write a personal note.

  • Reading to children card

Bookmarks: Excellent handouts for classroom, parent meeting, or library. Print four bookmarks per sheet on a black and white printer.

• The Way I Feel bookmarks

• What About Me? bookmarks

Reading Group Guides

• Historical Activity Guide Projects accompany A Horse’s Tale and supplement Washington state history curricula. An excellent guide for classroom teachers, home-schooling parents and youth-group leaders.

• Decision is Yours Leader’s Guide Designed to enhance the “Decision Is Yours” Series. Includes vocabulary lists, small-group activities and assignments for each of the five books in the series.

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