When I am Angry: (Children's book about anger, children books ages 3 5, kids books) (Self-Regulation Skills 2) Kindle Edition

“It is not fun feeling mad.” This is the sentence that sparks the whole book.A young boy Josh faces some challenges where anger creeps in. Should he “blow his top” like the tea kettle that comes to a boil?The author, Michael Gordon explores some different ways to deal with anger.Josh notices his heart rate increases, he breathes heavy and he grits his teeth when he gets angry! He also clenches his fist and feels his chest getting tight. I feel it is important to be able to check in with one’s body in connection to emotions being experienced. This is from my own 25 years of work as a psychiatric nurse working in a hospital.Children are capable of understanding the changes that their body feels.One way to deal with anger is balling it up and throwing it away! The drawings in this book are very good animating the angry balls of fire that Josh throws away!Another technique described in this book by Josh’s sister is counting to 4 & taking a deep breath. Joshua’s parents are quite supportive in helping Josh cope with his anger responses to different situations. His dad deep breathes with him and his mother gives him positive praise for calming down and not letting anger ruin his day.The things I liked about this book are how the family is involved, looking for body cues that let a child know they are feeling angry and some different techniques to explore coping with anger. It is a feeling and it will go away!

Do Preschoolers need to develop anger awareness and anger management skills? Absolutely!!!Are there many good books on this subject written for Preschoolers that will engage Preschoolers and provide relevant help and memorable skills for Preschoolers? Nope! But there is this book and related books by this author that excel!! YES, this book is excellent; it is written for Preschoolers to engage Preschoolers and provides relevant help and memorable skills for me, er, and for Preschoolers!!!If you have preschool children in your home or if you teach or aide in a Preschool, you GOTTA get this book and the other related books in the series!! Do it now!! Read it often!!!

Gordon explores the topic of anger and how to handle it with preschoolers. This picture book features a preschooler named Josh who loses his sweet temperament rapidly when he becomes angry. So, when he wants to eat cake instead of lunch, go off alone to play with his friends or demands a pet, he becomes furious. His mom, dad, and older sister suggest ways to control it. He could pretend it to be a giant fireball to be thrown away, count to four or breathe deeply. Will Josh be able to practice these techniques to control his bad temper?Larin has done a good job of providing age appropriate colorful illustrations to help toddlers and preschoolers understand the lessons of the tale, Recommended for children ages two through five.

Great book but was disappointed to see a typo...”play in the sun.” Being that it is a short kids book, editing it should have taken less than five minutes!

This is GREAT for my 3 year old!! It explains that it’s ok to get angry, just don’t let it ruin your day. It gives great ideas for kids to do when they get angry... pretend your anger is a ball and throw it far away. Take deep breaths, count to 4. My son loves it

Bought assortment of these books for my 5 grandchildren (4 with special needs in varying ways) and I just love them! They are well written and illustrated. They are also very helpful. Would highly recommend.

Everything about this book is just delightful-illustrations, rhyme, theme, story idea. This is a book you could read over and over when teaching a child how to deal with anger.

This book has really helped my 4 year old understand his angry emotions and handle them in a positive way. Def recommend.

While the advice for calming down is useful, most of the time the child in the story gets angry is because his mother says 'no'. There are no situations at school or issues with another child that make him angry, just his mother who keeps saying no. This is lazy writing and is unrealistic.

This really helped our 4 year old Son with some anger issues he's been having lately. He definitely connected with the main character Josh and this story helped him understand.

This book is brilliant. My son is 9 months old, and he loves it. He respondeds to the story and especially the illustration.

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