Talk and Work It Out

This is a great book for helping kids to learn peaceful and co-operative ways of resolving conflicts. Too often they become frustrated and overwhelmed by feelings which they don't know how to name or control. This book shows how to understand and think about the problem, how to try and understand the other persons point of view and how to talk things through, it makes the point that by doing all these things, not only will everyone be happier because the outcome is better but there is also the added bonus of having more fun and friends to play with which is more important than getting your own way all the time. The text and pictures are simple and the situations used in the story are ones which all small children can relate to. My 6 year old really likes this book and finds it fun as well as helpful, he can read a lot of it by himself and also likes to look at it on his own from time to time. He told me that very often he doesn't know what to do in these situations and seems relieved to have a book which gives him some help and guidance. There are lots of good games/questions at the back of the book which have prompted lots of discussion about various situations he has found himself in and how he might handle similar ones next time. Definately a useful book to have to help any young child feel comfortable and confident in sorting out the many conflicts and disagreements that arise between small children.

We have really enjoyed this whole line of books. We have an only child (4 yrs) and as he is preparing for Kindergarten, wanted to make sure that he was getting the basics of how to express his emotions with other kids, since he is so used to expressing them with mostly adults around our family. So I bought a few of these, and we've enjoyed them so much that I bought the whole set.We read one of them every night along with several other story time books before bed. We can talk about the situations in the books, and relate parts of the books to situations that he is currently going through in Pre-K. Having said that, it's not that we did not know how to teach our child manners... these books were also a way for us parents to get better ideas on how to discuss these situations with our 4 year old in a way that he can relate to. If the teacher lets us know that he was not sharing very well that day, we have a small discussing about the situation and then we read the "How to Share With Others" book before we go to bed. This in turn puts our son's mind at ease, and helps him better explain his feeling earlier on in the day and gives him ideas on ways that he can handle the situation next time it happens. Quite simply, they help us communicate better as a family... and honestly, sometimes show us parents ways that we need to handle our own situations as well. Excellent series of books! I would recommend them to any parents of 2-6 year olds!

These books have made such a difference!! Could not recommend them enough we saw behaviour changes within a few days. Designed for kids and works with early learning concepts at school too.

This definitely makes your child think about situations more.

Great resource book for teaching character -building. I teach 4s & 5s and teaching social development/problem-solving skills is always a part of my curriculum. In my earlier years of teaching, all of the resources I found for helping teach those skills was above their learning level. Now, years later, Cheri J. Meiners has hit the nail on the head! These are exactly the books I was looking for years ago! The children can relate to the stories and there are questions att he end for the teacher to use with the children. There is also more info in the back like additional books that can be read, vocabulary words, websites, etc. If you want to build character, help develop problem-solving skills and foster social skills in your classroom, then this series of books is for you and your classroom.