Me and My Friendships: A Friendship Book for Kids

by JoAnn Crohn

Overview

Encourage kids ages 6 to 9 to make and keep friends with this guide to social skills

Just like riding a bike, baking chocolate chip cookies, or playing a video game, making friends is a skill kids can build. This fun entry into friendship books for kids teaches little ones how to be a good friend—and choose friends who treat them with kindness and respect, too. From introducing themselves with confidence to dealing with disagreements and bullying, they'll learn all the skills they need to form healthy, lasting friendships.

This book goes beyond other friendship books for kids. Inside you'll find:

A variety of activities—Quizzes, fill-in-the-blanks, breathing exercises, and more teach kids about talking and listening to others, seeing things from someone else's point of view, and other essential social skills.

Real-life situations—Stories about other kids in tough situations encourage children to think about how they'd react if they were in another person's shoes.

Kid-friendly content—This standout among friendship books for kids makes it fun for children to learn about friendship with brightly colored illustrations, short chapters, and engaging exercises.

Inspire kids to be bolder, kinder, and more confident in their friendships with this empowering choice in friendship books for kids.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781648768088
Publisher:	Callisto Publishing
Publication date:	07/06/2021
Series:	Me and My...
Pages:	110
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.26(d)
Lexile:	540L (what's this?)
Age Range:	6 - 9 Years

About the Author

JOANN CROHN is a National Board Certified Teacher in middle childhood education. A former public school teacher, she now runs the company No Guilt Mom, where she helps parents raise self-sufficient kids. She’s also the host of the No Guilt Mom podcast and author of Drama Free Homework: A Parent’s Guide to Eliminating Homework Battles and Raising Focused Kids.

Table of Contents

A Letter to Grown-ups viii

A Letter to Kids x

1 The Road to Friendship

What Makes a Good Friend? 3

Friendship Basics 8

All About Me 12

You Did It! 17

2 Being the Best You 18

Expressing Yourself 20

Calm and Cool 24

Flexible Thinking 28

When to Be a Comedian 32

You Did It! 35

3 Talking and Listening 36

Getting Good at Talking 38

Be an Active Listener 42

Our Bodies Talk, Too 45

You Did It! 48

4 Thinking of Others 50

Kindness Goes a Long Way 52

Walk in Someone Else's Sneakers 55

Respecting Differences 60

You Did It! 62

5 Having Fun in Groups 63

Joining In 65

Asking Others to Join 68

Being a Good Winner and Loser 72

You Did It! 75

6 Dealing with Tricky Situations 76

Disagreements 78

Peer Pressure 80

Gossiping 84

Teasing and Bullying 87

You Did It! 89

7 You've Got This! 90

More for Kids 95

More for Grown-ups 96

Editorial Reviews

Friends play a huge part of our children’s happiness and success. The good news is that friendship is comprised of teachable skills. Me and My Friendships is filled with simple and practical ways parents can instill these crucial skills to help their kids gain social competence. This is the one book you’ll want to return to again and again! Highly recommended!” —Michele Borba, Ed.D., author of Thrivers: The Surprising Reasons Why Some Kids Struggle and Others Shine

“As parents, we all want our children to have healthy, happy, and thriving friendships. In Me and My Friendships, Crohn provides a playful framework that is interactive, entertaining, and educational for both parents and children about what it takes to be a great friend. I highly recommend this book as it effectively provides the guidance parents are looking for in helping their children develop strong and healthy relationships.” —Dr. Lisa Bravo, relationship expert and author of The Bravo Effect

“In this approachable, easily digestible guide, experienced educator and parent JoAnn Crohn breaks down simple strategies kids can use to make friends and be a good friend to others. Through simple instructions, friendly graphics, and workbook-style scenario questions in each ‘What would you do?’ section, Crohn guides kids to learn how to deal with disagreements, how to win and lose gracefully, be friendly and open to making friends, and many more important social skills they need to thrive in relationships. Me and My Friendships is a resource that needs to be in every classroom AND in every family's library, because making friends is the most important work of childhood!” —Audrey "Sunshine" Monke, author of Happy Campers and host of the Sunshine Parenting podcast

“What the world needs right now are friendships! As a therapist, I often see today's loneliness taking over and starting at such a young age. This book is such a wonderful way for parents and children to unite with realistic scenarios and exercises to better understand building long-lasting social skills and relationships. Every parent, teacher, and counselor could benefit from having this book!” —Tessa Stuckey, LPC, author of For the Sake of Our Youth

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