Lovely post! “I encourage them to notice what they need—and ask for it.” Yes! This is so important, teaching self-awareness, self-management, self-advocacy, and communication is what we want for all our kids, these are skills that will help all their lives. And every time they do this and they are heard, they know they’re safe, supported, and loved. One of my children really likes me repeating what he says (even though he has literally just said it!) because then he knows I have heard ALL of his thoughts before we move on. If he’s stressed, this has a wonderful calming effect. Thanks for writing 🙂
The EF book - would that be suitable for younger kids? I've seen one similar (same format, maybe same author?) but worried it would be too dry or too technical for my 7 & 8 year old.
This is an encouraging post! Relieves some of the pressure to get it right all the time, which then results in more adult meltdowns. 😅
maybe it's familiar because of instagram? She's @eftoolkit
I highly recommend reading it with silly voices and moving your body as visual experience of the text shifts! Some of it was hard to grasp, but it's written in a way that you can come back to it or read it over multiple sittings.
My older one is is a little younger than yours, and he loved the visual movement and the way I used my voice to read it. It has helped us talk a lot about how our brains are different from our friends and have fun with it. We read it in chunks the first time, and have revisited the beginning a lot.
His assessment was that it reminded him of the pigeon books and that he liked being able to talk back to the book.
Lovely post! “I encourage them to notice what they need—and ask for it.” Yes! This is so important, teaching self-awareness, self-management, self-advocacy, and communication is what we want for all our kids, these are skills that will help all their lives. And every time they do this and they are heard, they know they’re safe, supported, and loved. One of my children really likes me repeating what he says (even though he has literally just said it!) because then he knows I have heard ALL of his thoughts before we move on. If he’s stressed, this has a wonderful calming effect. Thanks for writing 🙂
Thank you for reading and do such a thoughtful comment!
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The EF book - would that be suitable for younger kids? I've seen one similar (same format, maybe same author?) but worried it would be too dry or too technical for my 7 & 8 year old.
This is an encouraging post! Relieves some of the pressure to get it right all the time, which then results in more adult meltdowns. 😅
maybe it's familiar because of instagram? She's @eftoolkit
I highly recommend reading it with silly voices and moving your body as visual experience of the text shifts! Some of it was hard to grasp, but it's written in a way that you can come back to it or read it over multiple sittings.
My older one is is a little younger than yours, and he loved the visual movement and the way I used my voice to read it. It has helped us talk a lot about how our brains are different from our friends and have fun with it. We read it in chunks the first time, and have revisited the beginning a lot.
His assessment was that it reminded him of the pigeon books and that he liked being able to talk back to the book.
And thank you!! It really is a relief!