Library Love {6}: Coping

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Treasures From the Checkout Pile

The word of the week is “coping.”  Cee continues to be in a lot of pain, so we pare down our life and focus on surviving.  Here are a few books I chose with the intent that they would facilitate talking about how we feel and being grateful even when things seem pretty stink-o.

 


How Full is Your Bucket? For Kids sounded sort of gimmicky, but since I was checking it out from the library I was willing to take the risk.

Turns out its an accessible way to talk about how life impacts our emotions, and how we can respond to those emotions.

After we read this, my three year old said, “When I was crying, my bucket was empty.”  Yes!  Feelings can be such an abstract concept for kids, and this book gave us the language to talk about how we react when our buckets are empty and what we can do to fill them up again.  It’s also a way to help kids think about how their actions can either fill or empty the buckets of others.

Definitely a recommendation for kids of all ages and their parents to read together.

We’re under a little bit of an Eeyore cloud lately, and this silly book is the ticket to being grateful for what we have even though things are hard right now.

Dr. Seuss offers lots of silly imagined situations that are touted as being much, much worse than anything the reader could possibly be going through.

 

 

“Be grateful you’re not in the forest in France
Where the average young person just hasn’t a chance
To escape from the perilous pants eating plants
But your pants are safe, you’re a fortunate guy
You ought to be shouting how lucky am I”

We do still have pants!  I guess things aren’t so bad after all.

 

In our discussion about what helps us fill our buckets, the kids actually said “reading books together.”  On the one hand that’s pretty cool!  Cultivating a love of learning and reading is working!!!  On the other hand, when *my* bucket is empty, the last thing I want to do is read to the kids.  I want to waste time on the internet or catch up on getting my life back in order (read: clear the counter of dishes and the couch of laundry).  But, if I really want to change the emotional climate of the house, the best thing I can do is start reading.  It was a good lesson for me.

For more library gems, check out the link up at a gentle mother.

Do you have any library treasures to share?  I’m always working on putting a batch on hold for next week! ?

 

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6 Comments


  1. // Reply

    Dr. Seuss books always have a way of lifting us up. We love everything Seuss!


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    I am so sorry that Cee is in pain. 🙁 Prayers.

    I am enjoying the library love posts! I found you via A Gentle Mother. I believe one of your recommendations made my list this week. 😉


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      Ahhh! You made my day. Thanks for stopping by. 🙂


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    We will DEFINITELY by checking out How Full Is Your Bucket? We are struggling with dealing with big emotions here lately, and I think this would be perfect! Thanks for the reco!


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    Adding How Full is Your Bucket for Kids to our library list. I’m always on the hunt for a good book to help teach/talk about emotions! 🙂


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      Me too! You’ll have to let me know if you stumble across any others. 🙂

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