Books Reviews, Children's Books, Education, Healthy Living, Kids

A Self-Help Kid’s Coloring Book for Overcoming Anxiety, Anger and Stress

A Self-Help Kid’s Coloring Book for Overcoming Anxiety, Anger and Stress

Angry Octopus Color Me Happy, Color Me Calm

When a tool is in the form of books and toys it makes teaching emotional skills and mindset strategies much easier with kids. In a coloring book such as this you get fun lessons filled with simple strategies to self-soothe, manage anger, overcome anxiety and improve emotional intelligence.

Angry Octopus Color Me Happy, Color Me Calm is more than a simple coloring book. The pages are exercises to help parents, teachers, or counselors guide children ages 4-11 to manage BIG feelings.

Sometimes putting your feelings in writing or drawings helps us feel better. This is much better than tantrums, meltdowns, or outbursts. There are 76 pages and more below:

  • Dozens of coloring pages designed for children.
  • Underwater Scenes, Garden Designs, Angry Octopus, and Friends, and a Mandala.
  • Each coloring page is designed to help relax, motivate, and introduce an anger or stress management technique in a playful manner.
  • The variety of pages increases emotional intelligence while offering something for every skill level.
  • Each coloring page is on a separate sheet with light-hearted text on the opposite page.
  • User-friendly for children, parents, classrooms, homeschoolers, and private practice.
  • Perfect add on to the Stress Free Kids Curriculum and Lesson Plans.

Find more books, music and activities by visiting Stress Free Kids

Comment: I was sent a copy of the book for review. All opinions are my own.

2019 Valentine's, Children's Books, Education

Storyteller’s Hollywood-Illustrated Dictionary

Storyteller's Hollywood-Illustrated Dictionary

Storyteller’s Hollywood-Illustrated Dictionary

by: Mrs Wordsmith

On January 28, the Storyteller’s Hollywood-Illustrated Dictionary was released in the US.  The book is currently #1 on Amazon UK. Parents love this book for a few reasons.

You get a 50% improvement in vocabulary proven by the National Literacy Trust. The book contains 4000 key storytelling words and hundreds of illustrations. In fact, the illustrations are from Craig Kellman, the Hollywood artist behind Madagascar and Hotel Transylvania’s unforgettable characters, come hundreds of hilarious illustrations.

Illustrated Dictionary

Once you purchase the Storytellers Illustrated Dictionary, look for a daily text message from their Word of the Day service. This book encourages independent readers as it boosts reading confidence.

I love how organized it is with words cleverly fitting into 6 categories – Action, Character, Emotion, Setting, Taste & Smell and Weather. Each section ends with illustrated noun sets. If they need help finding a related word, it is in the book on these topics.

Get your copy ordered today for Valentine’s or Easter gifts from MrsWordsmith.com

2019 Valentine's, Education, Gift Guides, School, School Gifts, Tips and Tricks

5 DIY Valentine’s Gifts for the Classroom

Our youngest is 10 and even in 5th grade the kids still love the holiday gifts that arrive for celebrations. I showed up to the classroom on the last day before the Christmas holiday with donuts from the grocery bakery and you would have thought I brought a movie star with me!

“Whoa! Do we all get 1 whole donut?”

“Thank you so much!! The donuts are our favorite”

They were so excited I kind of felt guilty. Other kids brought in so many great sweets and treats and the kids were drooling over these donuts like it was all they needed. Then as they got their donut and the rest of the kids handed out there items, there was another popular treat.

The only handmade item (the rest were typical store bought cookies and cupcakes) was a boys homemade cookie treats and the kids began admiring those. They weren’t store bought and they were unique so the kids were intrigued. Even at grade 5, the kids still appreciate the effort and uniqueness of DIY class gifts.

So, I have not totally made up my mind of what to send with Anthony for Valentine’s Day but here are my favorite DIY Valentine’s Gifts for the Classroom right now I have saved into my bookmarked pages.

1. Fruit Snacks Valenties

I found these on Domestic Executive Online and in her Free Valentine’s Printable post she has this fun idea for fruit snacks. Cheap and easy!

2. Goldfish “Hooked On You” Valentines

This is so fun and also very inexpensive. All you need is some goldfish crackers, baggies and the instructions from Frugal Coupon Living’s post for these fun free Valentine’s printables!

3. Capri Sun with Cupid’s Arrow Messages

Like I mentioned above, I attended my son’s 5th grade class holiday party and with 30 kids who brought treats, no one brought drinks and us adults were running for water for very sugar-high thirsty kids! This is a fun idea I found from Joy’s Life for this fun drink Valentines printable.

4. Crayon DIY Printable

Boxes of crayons are a great non-food gift for the kids of all ages. I found this free crayon printable for this Color My World Valentine from Dreaming in DIY.

5. Peel the Love Valentine

Want to bring the healthier treat? This is a fun free Valentine’s printable from Happy Money Saver for cuties oranges

2018 Holiday Gifts, Education, Reviews by Anthony, STEM Learning, Toy Reviews

Kiwi Co. The Glow Lab STEM Science Kit

Kiwi Co. The Glow Lab STEM Science Kit

2018 Holiday Gift Guide Feature: The Glow Lab

The Glow Lab is one of the project kits from KiwiCo and will be a hit in homes. In this lab kit you get everything you need to complete 3 experiments: fluorescence, phosphorescence, and chemiluminescence. It is rated for ages 14+ but I tried it (supervised) with Anthony who is 10 1/2 and here is a video below:

At Kiwi Co there are STEM kits and projects for ages 3-teens! The most popular choice are the Kiwi Crates. These are monthly subscriptions you can send once or every month for years. Pick an age (you can change that age at anytime) and they get a new kit every month and the longer you order your subscription for the more you save and even getting science kits sent for under $20!

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If a subscription service is not your thing, then you can shop their kits by age and category.

Shopping for Science Kits

Available at Kiwi Co along with more science its for all ages.

Need more gift ideas? Visit the 2018 Holiday Gift Guide!