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3/19/2019 0 Comments

BOy and Me let's Review - Being healthy

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Cami Kangaroo Has Too Many Sweets by Stacy C. Bauer

Book Description:

Cami Kangaroo loves sweets. In fact, she can't stop thinking about them. Even after Mommy catches her eating from a bucket of ice cream, she still finds ways to sneak them. Will she ever be able to listen? Cami Kangaroo is funny, uplifting story about the importance of honesty and following the rules, even when you don’t want to.

Christians Review (written by him, with no editing)::-

I liked this story, it shows you that you don’t sneak treats or get bad teeth and to be honest and eat better.

Mummy’s Review:

A beautifully illustrated book about a Kangaroo called Cami, who like most of us has a sweet tooth and through many sneaky ways she manages to get all her favourite treats and doesn’t listen to her mummy about how she could get cavities, until she goes to the dentist.    I loved reading this story with my boy and this reinforced the idea that sweets are treats and not for everyday use, that he is in charge of his health and finally above all to list and be honest.  All in all a great read.

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3/14/2019 0 Comments

Cerebral Palsy awareness month

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March is Cerebral Palsy awareness month and I couldn't think of a better book to introduce the subject to my son, than Ben's Adventures: Day at the Beach by Elizabeth Gerlach


Ben's Adventures: Day at the Beach by Elizabeth Gerlach  (Author), Yip Jar Design (Illustrator)
About the Book:
In his first adventure, Ben imagines a perfect beach day where he builds sand castles, flies kites, plays with crabs and enjoys special moments with his family. Ben loves the sun on his face and the wind in his hair. He can dream, he can play, and he can interact and have meaningful experiences. Ben smiles, and you will too.

Mummy’s review:
Ben’s Adventures: Day at the Beach is an absolutely amazing book.  This book touched such a range of emotions for me, as a child I worked with children with many varying disabilities and one particular boy had Cerebral Palsy and his favourite time was when I took him into the garden to smell the flowers, he loved roses and would always smile with such joy.  So for me to be able to introduce the subject of disabilities to my son in such a beautiful way was really special.  The story is beautiful as you join Ben on his many exciting adventures, this is a classic book that stays with the reader long after you finish the page.

Christians review (written by him, with no editing):
Loved the images and I loved everything about it.  I love that he had adventures that made him happy, it opened my mind to more.  
10/10


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3/13/2019 0 Comments

Boy and Me let's Review BOOK CORNER......

My beautiful son, aka 'Boy' which is what my daughter calls him... as a ongoing project and bonding experience we are reviewing books together.  We will read weekly different book subjects but our first week is going to focus on anxiety, positive thinking and emotions.  So join us as we learn, laugh and hopefully love some of the wonderful books out there.
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​What To Do When You Worry Too Much: Kid's Guide to Overcoming Anxiety by Dawn Huebner

This has in no doubt been our Number ONE book so far, with real practical help for anxiety. 

Description:
What to Do When You Worry Too Much guides children and parents through the cognitive-behavioral techniques most often used in the treatment of anxiety. Lively metaphors and humorous illustrations make the concepts and strategies easy to understand, while clear how-to steps and prompts to draw and write help children to master new skills related to reducing anxiety. This interactive self-help book is the complete resource for educating, motivating, and empowering kids to overcoming their overgrown worries.

Mummy’s Review:
What to do When You Worry Too Much is a must for anyone who worries adult and child alike and really is a gem.  Written by Dawn Huebner who is a Clinical Psychologist, this book is fun and informative and using Cognitive Behavioral Techniques.  We brought this to help my son with his anxiety the idea is that you work through a bit a night, It has parts to write and draw in (for example to show where you feel the anxiety), which my son loved.   So each night we would grab the book with pencil in hand and learn a new way to cope with his anxiety.  This has been the most practical and long lasting book we have used to approach and learn tools to help with anxiety and I got a lot from it myself.  We are now working through the other books in this series.  

Christians Review (written by him, with no editing)::-
I really like this book at night with mummy we would learn about worry and how it grows like tomato if we feed it.  I liked worry time and was sad when the book ended as I liked the drawing and reading it.
10/10
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The Scaredies Away by Stacie Florie and Barry McDonagh
 
Book description:
Eight-year-old Jack is scared...of the dark...of swimming in the ocean...and of riding the biggest roller coaster on the boardwalk. Jack usually runs away from what scares him. Most people do! But now that his cousin Clay has taught him how to overcome his fears all on his own, Jack is ready to take on the world! And with the Magic Finger Countdown, you will be too!

Mummy’s review:
Scardies Away is a book about an eight year old boy who is scared of going on Big Red, which is a huge ride.   In this book the boy is taught about how to do the MFC which is short for the Magic Finger Count down.  This book is beautifully illustrated, bright and has lots of great images for children to enjoy.   My son really enjoyed the visualization of the MFC and I feel that it something we will be using to help him when he is worrying.  My only comment that is not 100% positive hence the 9/10 is that I found it very wordy, I wasn’t expecting an overly simplified book but for my seven year old who loves to read, he got a bit caught in it. The message however is brilliant with a great skill to help with anxiety….all in all a great read, I also loved the advice in the back of the book…that was really nice addition.  UPDATE:  We have used the MFC a few times when anxiety comes and it has had some success..so yay.
Vote 9/10
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Christians review (written by him, with no editing)
What I like about the book is it gives the key to make scardies Fly Away.  I like the mfc, I like the shades and the colour and the type of book.
 
Vote 10/10

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Will I be ok?  By Laurie Wright
 
About the book:
To little children, the world is B-I-G and full of confusing situations that create hard to handle feelings. Telling children repeatedly that they will be okay doesn't work.

Share the funny pictures in 'I Will Be Okay' with your children while reinforcing the idea that they are not helpless, and that they can do things for themselves when they have tricky feelings, that will help them feel okay again.

Mummy’s review:
I loved the simplicity of the book, the images were well drawn and I loved the different scenarios that no matter what “I will be ok”.  My son enjoyed reading the book and the message it gave and he read through it very quickly.

Christians review (written by him, with no editing):
What I liked the most was the theory of the book don’t be scared of things that all is ok. 
9/10


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Don’t Feed The Worry Bug  by Don't Feed The WorryBug (The WorryWoo Monsters)  by Andi Green

Book description:

Meet Wince, The Monster of Worry, and his number one nemesis, the WorryBug!  join Wince as he discovers the secret to keeping his worries from getting monstrous. 
 
Mummy’s review:
I loved this book which is about Wince the Monster of Worry, as he starts worrying he gets a worry bug and the more he focuses on his worries the bug grows and grows. Until he decides he has had enough of his worry bug and sets about to rid himself of his worries.   This story is beautifully illustrated and a fun way to approach the subject of worrying.  My son loved it and so did my daughter and I have no doubt we will be reading it again.

Christians review (written by him, with no editing):
 I like that the worry bug got bigger and bigger, then shrank because he stopped worry.  Never worry because it won’t help.   10/10

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    My name is Katie, homeschooling mum of two amazing kids (age 3 and 7),  this blog is my musings - I am no way an expert in any subject but I have a passion for helping my kids to be all they can be.   I didn't imagine myself being a teacher to my children - but after painfully witnessing my oldest (after a year in school) become withdrawn, anxious, stressed, negative and underweight due to his school environment, I pulled him out.   Now I have a vibrant, happy, healthy and funny kid who loves learning again......have we fixed everything? NO but are we trying YES.

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