mathmarm Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 I'm looking for books that make good discussion for matters of social and emotional intelligence with young kids. For example, Enemy Pie and Spaghetti on a Hotdog Bun. Can The Hive help me out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nixpix5 Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 (edited) https://www.socialthinking.com/Products/WeThinkersVolume1-FiveStorybookSet These are used more as a curriculum in a school setting but super easy to use one on one and have activities associated with it. I love Michelle Garcia Winner and most of her stuff is solid. For slightly older....2nd, 3rdish the Social Detective books are awesome. Edited February 24, 2018 by nixpix5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPan Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 Enemy Pie (Reading Rainbow book): Derek Munson, Tara Calahan King: 0765145027786: Amazon.com: Books Have you gone through all the recommended books in "customers also bought" on amazon? There are tons listed. Nixpix is correct that if you're looking for more explicit instruction in social thinking, you want to look at Michelle Garcia Winner's stuff. Also the Julia Cook series (and rabbit trails) will be good. So in order of intervention, your Enemy Pie books would be more mainstream, then the Julia Cook books (more explicit), and then the Social Thinking/MGW books (most explicit, connecting dots for kids who are not connecting dots). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 A Bad Case of the Stripes and When Sophie Gets Angry are probably my two favorites in that genre. Peter Pan gave great advice above though - Amazon's "Also Bought" is a great feature for this... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathmarm Posted February 26, 2018 Author Share Posted February 26, 2018 Enemy Pie (Reading Rainbow book): Derek Munson, Tara Calahan King: 0765145027786: Amazon.com: Books Have you gone through all the recommended books in "customers also bought" on amazon? There are tons listed. Nixpix is correct that if you're looking for more explicit instruction in social thinking, you want to look at Michelle Garcia Winner's stuff. Also the Julia Cook series (and rabbit trails) will be good. So in order of intervention, your Enemy Pie books would be more mainstream, then the Julia Cook books (more explicit), and then the Social Thinking/MGW books (most explicit, connecting dots for kids who are not connecting dots). Sorry, I should have been more clear. I was hoping The Hive would be able to help me out with any "tried and true" favorites partly because there are so many of them and I can't buy them all. It's hard to gauge the age-level/story type because I'm clueless about things like that. We don't use digital books, but thanks for the tip on using the Amazon suggestions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPan Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Sorry, I should have been more clear. I was hoping The Hive would be able to help me out with any "tried and true" favorites partly because there are so many of them and I can't buy them all. It's hard to gauge the age-level/story type because I'm clueless about things like that. We don't use digital books, but thanks for the tip on using the Amazon suggestions. Have you tried your library and ILL? I've used a good number of Julia Cook books that way and like them. Have used tons of the Social Thinking materials and highly recommend. What is your audience? My ds has ASD, and his support level is significant. In other words, we could be dealing with the same issue (losing your temper, whatever), but the level of intervention level might be different than what you're looking for. Now people will use Social Thinking materials across labels, sure. Like you can use them with autism and ADHD and kids with no labels. They're using Social Thinking materials extensively in schools, especially stuff like Zones of Regulation (Kuypers, not technically ST) and SuperFlex. This is pretty standard stuff and there are schools implementing it school-wide, with ALL their kids. That book you linked looked good, and you don't want to buy unless the next will work. That makes sense, but I'm just tossing out that "working" really depends on what the problem is. Did that book help? Was it an adequate level of explanation, or did your dc still have a blank look? The higher the tier of intervention, the more explicit instruction. So you can get into ST materials and they'll start with people have feelings, the group has a plan, where is your body, that kind of thing. Really explicit. And it's going to come with activities and games and storybooks that back up all the way to this point of foundational concepts that let you even get to more advanced things like tattling or lying or bullying or whatever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lecka Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 My daughter loved Kevin Henkes. Chrysanthemum is about a little girl bullied about her name. Owen is about a little boy being pressured to quit carrying his blanket. Julius Baby of the World is about being jealous of a sibling. Lily's Purple Plastic Purse is about feeling upset because you got in trouble. Sheila Ray, The Brave is about a little sister helping her big sister. She also liked some books by Helen Lester, she has a bit of a series about kids doing stuff. My older son really liked the Franklin books by Paulette Bourgeois. He liked Nancy Carlson also, she has a bit of a series. The two of them didn't connect with the same books, so I think it will just depend. These are all authors who will have a lot of books, if your kids end up liking them, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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