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by Elizabeth Verdick (Author), Marieka Heinlen (Illustrator)
Feeling cranky or frustrated? Take a deep breath--it's Calm-Down Time!
Every parent, caregiver--and toddler--knows the misery that comes with meltdowns. This mindfulness book explores tools and techniques to help toddlers regulate their emotions when tantrums are on the horizon.
This soothing board book:
- Promotes Essential Social Emotional Learning Skills: Through rhythmic text and warm illustrations, this gentle, reassuring children's book teaches toddlers simple tools to release and express their feelings in a healthy way. "One, two three...I'm calm as can be, I'm taking care of me."
- Learn to Manage Meltdowns With Calm Down Time: Children learn to use a calming corner--a quiet space where they can express their emotions and calm down. Readers explore all the ways they can use a calm down corner: a designated area where they can feel comfortable to cry, ask for a hug, sing to themselves, be rocked in a grown-up's arms, talk about feelings, and breathe. After a break, toddlers will feel like new--and adults will, too!
- Includes Helpful Tips for Parents & Caregivers: Additional tips and social emotional learning activities are included in the back of the board book to support a growth mindset and positive behavior.
Toddler Tools(R) Board Books Series: features award-winning children's books that help toddlers and caregivers navigate daily transitions and routines with ease. From sharing and manners to cleaning up messes and regulating emotions, these positive board books are tools of encouragement for young learners during challenging moments and routines. Select titles are also available in Spanish bilingual editions.
Author Biography
Elizabeth Verdick has been writing books since 1997, the year her daughter was born. Her two children are the inspiration for nearly everything she writes. Before becoming an author, Elizabeth edited books for children and parents.
These days she writes books for babies, toddlers, teens, and every age in between. She especially loves creating new board books. The Happy Healthy Baby(R) series is designed to capture the interest of the littlest readers. Elizabeth's Toddler Tools(R) series helps young children and their parents cope with those tough times and transitions that happen every day (like naptime and bedtime). In the Best Behavior(R) series, she helps toddlers reach new milestones and improve their day-to-day behavior.
Elizabeth also enjoys getting the chance to look at the funny side of life in the Laugh and Learn(R) series, which helps kids ages 8-13 get a handle on the social-emotional skills they're developing throughout the elementary and middle school years. She's also coauthor of The Survival Guide for Kids with Autism Spectrum Disorder (And Their Parents), which offers kids with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) their own comprehensive resource for both understanding their condition and finding tools to cope with the challenges they face every day.
Elizabeth lives and writes near St. Paul, Minnesota.
Marieka Heinlen received her BFA at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and also studied at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London.
She launched her career as an award-winning children's book illustrator with Hands Are Not for Hitting and has illustrated all of the books in the Best Behavior(R) and Toddler Tools(R) series. Marieka focuses her work on books and other materials for children, teens, parents, and teachers.
She lives in St. Paul, Minnesota, with her husband, son, and daughter.
