Using Social and Emotional Story Books with Infants and ... · recommendation by professional organizations and members of the KCCTO-KITS Infant Toddler Specialists Network (ITSN)

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Using Social and Emotional Story Books with Infants and Toddlers

The development of healthy and secure relationships with adults and other children provides the foundation for learning in all areas (Kansas Early Learning Standards, 2014). When young children are nurtured by caring and responsive adults to identify and express emotions in appropriate ways, they develop “emotional literacy”. When important adults in their lives model, teach, and support age-appropriate social skills, friendship skills, problem-solving, and self-regulation through positive interactions, little ones begin to develop self-confidence as well as social and emotional competence. Story books can be a fun and effective method of introducing, modeling, and reinforcing developmentally appropriate social and emotional skills for infants and toddlers. The following story books are available from the KITS Early Childhood Resource Center and can be checked out online by any Kansas parent or early care and education provider who works with infants or toddlers. The books were selected upon recommendation by professional organizations and members of the KCCTO-KITS Infant Toddler Specialists Network (ITSN). Most are durable board books. Many of them have activities and resources available online with suggestions for how they can be used effectively with very young children. If you have questions about how to use storybooks to support social and emotional development for the infants or toddlers in your life, contact the KCCTO-KITS ITSN at (800)-227-3578 or [email protected].

• Hands are not for Hitting by Martine Agassi (English/Spanish) http://csefel.vanderbilt.edu/booknook/hands/hands_new.pdf

• No Biting by Karen Katz http://csefel.vanderbilt.edu/booknook/bn_nobiting.pdf • No Biting, Louise by Margie Palatini • Teeth Are Not for Biting by Elizabeth Verdick (Engish/Spanish) • Little Dinos Don’t Bite by Michael Dahl

Note: For additional resources on understanding and preventing biting, see the ITSN Virtual Kit on “What to Do About Biting”: https://kskits.drupal.ku.edu/virtual-kit-what-do-about-biting

• I’m Feeling Mad: Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood http://www.pbs.org/parents/daniel/activities/ • Glad Monster, Sad Monster by Ed Emberly & Anne Miranda

http://csefel.vanderbilt.edu/booknook/glad/glad.pdf • The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle http://www.dltk-teach.com/books/eric-

carle/grouchyladybug/mfelt_fun.htm • Quiet and Loud by Leslie Patricelli http://csefel.vanderbilt.edu/booknook/quiet_loud.pdf • Grumpy Bird by Jeremy Tankard https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/FreeDownload/GRUMPY-

BIRD-by-Jeremy-Tankard-Literacy-and-Math-Lessons-FREEBIE-1311489 (Note: you will have to create a free account in order to download these resources for toddlers and older.)

• Lots of Feelings by Shelly Rotner http://www.bookitprogram.com/redzone/readanddo/feelings/LotsofFeelings.ai.pdf

• ABC I Like Me by Nancy Carlson http://www.penguin.com/static/images/yr/pdf/tl-guide-nancycarlson.pdf

• Baby Faces: A Book of Happy, Silly, Funny Faces by Kate Merritt. http://indestructiblesinc.com/for-educators/

• Calm-Down Time by Elizabeth Verdick (with tips for parents & caregivers included)

References Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL). Practical strategies for teachers/caregivers: Book List and Book Nook. Downloaded 12-11-17 from http://csefel.vanderbilt.edu/resources/strategies.html#list Kansas State Department of Education (2014). Kansas Early Learning Standards. http://www.ksde.org/Portals/0/Early%20Childhood/KsEarlyLearningStandards.pdf Zero to Three (2016, February). Books About Feelings for Babies and Toddlers. Downloaded 12-11-17 from https://www.zerotothree.org/resources/7-books-about-feelings-for-babies-and-toddlers

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Using Social and Emotional Story Books with Infants and ... · recommendation by professional organizations and members of the KCCTO-KITS Infant Toddler Specialists Network (ITSN)