Television and DVDs for Infants

The Wiggles will make you feel like dancin'!

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Board Books for Young Children

Board Books for young children are an excellent way for them to be exposed to the joy of literature.  Sturdy board books make it easy for young children to handle the pages, hold, gnaw on, and enjoy with out fear of tearing or harming the book.  Many popular books are produced as board books.  Below is a sampling of some fun board books for young children.  Aloha

Boynton, S. (1993). Barnyard dance!  New York:  Workman Publishing.    24 pages.  ISBN-10: 1563054426

Boynton’s  barnyard is alive with dance, when the animals promenade two by two, stomping and clapping during the barnyard dance.  This book will have adults and children dancing along and asking for more.  Winner 1994 Gold Medal - National Parenting Publications.

Horacek, P. (2006).  Silly Suzy goose.  Cambridge:  Candlewick Press.   32 pages.  ISBN-10: 0763641413

Suzy goose wants to different.  Trying her wings at hanging like a bat and jumping like a kangaroo, it all sounds so wonderful to be like someone else.

Kirk, D.  (1997).  Miss Spider’s tea party: The counting book.  New York:  Callaway & Kirk. 32 pages  ISBN-10: 0590065191X

One lonely spider wants to play and decides to have a tea party.  Counting through the insects that all run away.  Brilliant illustrations bring this tea party to life.

Schindel, J. (2008). Busy pandas.  Berkley:  Tricycle Press.   20 pages.  ISBN-10: 1582462593

Irresistable photographs of Pandas in action.  Simple text describing panda’s daily adventures sliding and hiding, and rolling and strolling.

Wells, R. (2000).  Goodnight Max.  New York:  Penguin.  14 pages, ISBN-10: 0670887072

Reminiscent of Goodnight Moon, Max cannot get to sleep.  This comforting night time book is complete with windows that move (so the clock can be thrown out), and a blanket to cover Max as he finally settles down.

Grief and Trauma

No one wants to deal with death, grief or trauma.  

I know I steered away from it in my private practice, until one day I attended a conference with Basel Van De Kolk and Bellaruth Naparstek (two experts in the field of trauma).  That day totally changed the way I practiced with grieving children/families.  

Unfortunately,  multiple tragedies came to our community and I would need to utilize the information I had learned.  The Grief and Trauma list below is a collection of books for children and their families.  Visit Belleruth's website for excellent Guided Imagery materials.  www.healthjourneys.com  Aloha

Check out my booklist!

More still to come on this preliminary list of books that I have used over my many years working with children as a therapist.  Aloha

Navigating the sea of blogging...

OK, so I am going to begin the journey into the world of blogging.  

The topic for the blog will be about books and resources for children in grades K through 6.  I am embarking on this journey for several reasons: to document the children's books I read this summer in my Resources for Children course, and to prepare for the YA course that I will take in the fall that requires a YA book review blog.  

So this will be my practice ground, and hopefully it will be a resource for information seekers who want to find information on books for young children. 

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