Teachers all know students who won’t take “No” for an answer, who pester and whine for the things they want, or who get emotional and angry during disagreements with adults and peers. In this companion guide to her picture book, I Just Don’t Like the Sound of NO!, part of the BEST…
“NO” is RJ’s least favorite word . . . and he tries his best to convince his dad, his mom, and his teacher to turn “No” into “Maybe” or “We’ll see” or “Later” or “I’ll think about it.” Even though he doesn’t have much success, RJ keeps arguing until his…
RJ’s way of doing things isn’t working out for him, especially in math class. His teacher is upset because so many of his assignments are missing or incomplete. RJ blames Norma “the booger picker” and Rodney “the alphabet burper” for distracting him during class. With support from his mom and…
Fun ways for your students to learn HOW and WHEN to ask for help and HOW to stay on task! Would your students benefit from learning how to stay on task, so they finish their work? Do they know how to ask for help if they need it? This activity…
When Faced with Danger You Must DO Something. The perfect companion to The Ant Hill Disaster and I’m Not Scared… I’m Prepared picture books. The purpose of this book is to enhance the concepts taught in the ALICE Training Institute and make them applicable to children of all ages in…
The teacher at the Ant Hill School wants her students to be prepared – for everything! One day, she teaches her students what to do if a “dangerous someone” is in their school. “Class, my teacher said to us, we need to learn a new drill. It’s called The Sheep,…
I’m Stretched! shows children just how overwhelming and powerful stress can be as it piles on the pressure and tries to steal our joy. I’m stretched! I have so much stuff to do. Gotta be here…Gotta do that…Where did I put my shoe? I feel like a rubber band that’s…
Although many kids say the pledge of allegiance at the beginning of the day, they sometimes don’t show a lot of sincerity while doing it because they don’t fully understand what the flag means to America. I’m Your Flag so Please Treat Me Right! is a story told by the…
The perfect companion to Julia Cook’s It’s Hard To Be A Verb picture book. The purpose of this book is to offer teachers and students “hands on” activities to improve their focus and organizational skills both in and out of the classroom. Since internal organization can be very difficult for…
Louis is a verb! He has a lot of trouble focusing and he is always doing something, but the problem is usually it’s the wrong something. It’s hard to be a verb! My knees start itching, my toes start twitching, my skin gets jumpy, others get grumpy. When it comes…