Mindfulness is experiencing a renaissance as a conscious and considered approach to life, beckons us to do more than just survive the stresses of daily life. It calls us to thrive and live happily.
This pensive and peaceful book encourages children to slow down and become deliberate with their day-to-day actions and thoughts. With gentle rhythms and soothing imagery, kids may be guided toward a quiet self-awareness and mindfulness. And when a day feels stressful or topsy-turvy, kids can use such self-awareness to calm down and feel better. Kids can then enjoy the beauty of the world all around them and fully savour life.
“I take the time to fix my little mistakes
And to be sad, if I need to
To think about what I've dreamt
To listen to silence
To heal my hurt feelings
I take the time to love
And then I feel better”
Help children develop the attitudes and skills of courage and assertiveness in order to make wise choices and work through challenges. Children learn to do what they think is right and be brave, even if it’s hard. They learn to distinguish between expectations set by trusted adults and hurtful, wrong, or dangerous things adults or children might pressure them to do. The book also highlights trying new things, taking reasonable risks and speaking up. *Being the Best Me Series:* From the author of the popular Learning to Get Along®... More info
An illustrated adaptation of the long-running bestseller How Full Is Your Bucket? (over 400,000 copies sold) for kids told through the story of a boy who learns a valuable "bucket filling" metaphor and watches it come to life as the day moves along. The book describes a day in life of a little boy named Felix. It shows how he learned about the value of kindness through the metaphor of "bucket filling" that his grandfather taught him. *Other Bucket Filling Titles:* Baby’s bucket book Bucket filling from... More info
Greedy gruntly has a lot to learn about sharing. A book about sharing for one and all! Gruntly is a hog—a ball hog, a snack hog, a treasure hog! He doesn’t share his toys with his pals and, in fact, helps himself to theirs! And when Gruntly finds out about Saturday’s treasure hunt, he can’t wait for the first clue so that he may be the one to find the treasure and keep it . . . all for himself. From the delightful duo that created Tacky the... More info