Take a Look It’s In a Book Children's picture books provide a familiar and comforting source to help build and support young children's social emotional development. In this session participants will: *gain knowledge of quality bibliotherapy children's literature *share picture books that provide opportunity for discussion *explore the use of these books birth to age eight *learn music and hands-on activities that enhance the text *receive research about bibliotherapy children's literature InYourHeartBooks@gmail.com workshop by Karen Richards Toothaker Email addresses to me at above address to receive handouts Intro. Game name ball – name- where work- what age group then next slide

Bibliotherapy Definition What is it? Bibliotherapy is the process of using books to help children think about, understand, and work through social and emotional concerns. from Positive Child Guidance by Darla Ferris Miller Use Happiness is book to play Cool Breeze

RESEARCED BENEFITS OF BOOKS FOR KIDS Compiled by Heather Gilmore, MSW, LLMSW, BCBA. Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA).  1. Improves kids’ ability to manage potentially stressful life events Some children’s books are written specifically about experiences that children might find difficult, such as going to the dentist or having divorced parents. Reading these types of books to children can help them to feel more comfortable with the situation and can prepare them for what they are experiencing or what they will experience. 2. Increases feelings recognition and management As children develop, they learn about emotions (their own and other people’s). In order to grown into a healthy, well-balanced adult, kids must learn how to recognize what emotions they have, what emotions others have, how emotions are experienced, and what to do about them or how to behave in response to an emotion. To do this, books can teach important skills that will help them learn appropriate behaviors for different emotions as well as to be more aware and accepting of feelings in general. 3. Enhances relationships When parents read books to their children, the bond between them increases. Reading allows for a time when both parent and child can relax, connect with one another, and be in a moment in which they do not have to worry about the demands of everyday life. Reading can also enhance a relationship between siblings. For instance, an older sibling can read to their younger sibling which can create a positive bond between them. 4. Calms and strengthens the mind Reading a book or being read to can help the mind of a child to grow by improving a child’s creativity, imagination, and ability to simply slow down and relax which also refreshes the mind and makes the brain have the energy it needs to perform everyday tasks more efficiently and with better quality. 5. Improves self-confidence When children develop reading skills, their self-confidence improves because they are accomplishing a task in which they put in effort to learn. Learning to reading and reading new books and even familiar books is great for children’s self-confidence. Part of self-confidence is feeling good about being successful at something (about one’s own abilities) and this is surely an outcome of what reading can do for children. When the adults in a child’s life respond with positive attention, acceptance, reassurance, and encouragement, a child’s self-confidence can improve even more.

developed by Karen Richards Toothaker BOOK REPORT GUIDE to asses bibliotheropy usefulness of a picture book developed by Karen Richards Toothaker TITLE _______________________________ Author__________________ Book is appropriate for ages ____ as a listener ages ____ as a reader feelings recognition and management Feelings expressed / implied in text Feelings expressed/ implied in illustrations Strategy used in book to manage feelings/emotions Supporting activities to increase child’s understanding: (songs, games, movement, visual arts, hands on) relationships Social issue or relationship expressed or implied in text Social issue or relationship expressed or implied in illustrations Relationship message to the child Supporting activities to increase child’s understanding: (songs, games, movement, visual arts, hands on ) calm and strengthen the mind How does the text refresh a child’s brain How do the illustrations refresh a child’s brain Supporting activities to calm, refresh, slow down, relax, spark creativity:(songs, games, movement, visual arts, hands on) improves self-confidence Resilience attributes expressed/ implied in text Resilience attributes expressed/ implied in illustrations Supporting activities to build these resilience attributes What ability(s) do the character(s) display comments – observations – summery

Web based bibliotherapy book list https://mothersniche.com/childrens-books-that-teach-important-life-lessons/ https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/ https://librarybooklists.org/fiction/children/jbibliotherapy.htmshow/bibliotherapy http://clearlakechildrenscenter.com/resources/bibliotherapy/ http://www.ala.org/tools/resource-lists-helping-children-times-trouble