To celebrate Cody’s Crazy Christmas book release (coming Tuesday), a winner will win a signed copy of Cody’s Crazy Christmas (with a dedication to a loved one) and a jigsaw puzzle.🎉🎉🎉
How to enter this contest? Let’s play a game. Cody must find his parent’s spectacular gift in the story. We will be on a similar mission to search for four book covers (second image).
1. Find four hidden book covers in the second image. 2. Screenshot the image and mark all four covers. 3. Share the image on your stories on Instagram or facebook (make sure to add me). 5. TAG a friend who you think would like to win.
This giveaway ships to US addresses only and ends on Monday at 11:59 pm PST. The winner will be selected at random, and announced on Tuesday. Winners will have 48 hours to respond to claim their prize.
By entering the giveaway, you state that you are 18+years of age and understand that Instagram is not affiliated with this giveaway.
About Cody’s Crazy Christmas book 📚: Cody creates the most spectacular Christmas present for his mama and papa. But when it’s time to surprise them, things don’t go as planned. He can’t find the gift anywhere! So with the help of his puppy, Roxy, they go on a holiday misadventure in search of the missing gift. It’s a warm, fun, and charming story from which little ones will enjoy, love, and learn valuable lessons.
Your kids will learn about the value of family and the true meaning of Christmas. They will also learn about friendship, teamwork, and most importantly, encouraging children to ask for help to manage Big emotions.💖
The book will be available for purchase at Amazon and Barnes and Noble.
Enjoy free printable pumpkin emotion-themed worksheets that you can add to your toolbox. Use them in the classroom or at home.
Teaching children to recognize and understand emotions will help them better understand and embrace their feelings. Kids with strong social-emotional skills will persevere when a challenging situation arises, ask for help when needed, better communicate their own feelings, be thoughtful about their actions, and have empathy toward others. These skills will help them to become successful and have meaningful relationships. Discussing children’s feelings through activities and games is a great way to start your preschooler in the right direction.
These pumpkin emotion worksheets will help kids learn to identify different emotions, identify their own emotions, and learn how to write the emotion words. We hope you enjoy these fun worksheets with your little ones. Also, make sure to scroll down to learn other ways to help children learn about feelings and emotions.
More ways to help kids build their social-emotional skills:
Model good behavior and coping strategies.
Allow and embrace your child’s big emotions.
Read books about feelings and emotions together and talk about them.
Use positive discipline strategies such as redirection, positive reinforcement, time in (carving out quality time with your child), single-word reminders, setting limits and boundaries, and giving practical consequences.
Books that explore emotions:
Read books that explore social-emotional skills to create opportunities to learn and discuss emotions.
Author of the Billy Be Kind Children’s Series, Kim Adams hopes to use her books to encourage and promote children’s social and emotional development and support parents and caregivers to help kids succeed.
Her wonderful rhyming stories teach children valuable lessons about being honest, brave, and kind. With the help of a magical little mouse named Billy Be Kind, kids learn big lessons in a fun and simple way with real-life examples simple enough for young readers to understand.
Kim Adams (@billybekind) is a wife, mother of three, and the author of the Billy Be Kind Children’s Series. She fell in love with the art of storytelling at a very young age and has been inspired ever since. Kim is on a mission to turn everyday challenges into opportunities for learning and development. Her decision to put her love and passion into these wonderful books was inspired by her three energetic children and husband of 15 years. Her goal is to bring fun, engaging, meaningful stories to children and families all over the world. She fell in love with the art of storytelling at a very young age and has been inspired ever since. For more information, visit her website or follow her on Instagram at @billybekind).
Join the Billy Be Kind family and make this series a part of your child’s library.
Billy Be Kind: The Kind Little Mouse- Honesty, is the story of two young boys faced with a dilemma of whether or not to tell the truth and the kind little mouse that encourages them to make the right choice. This wonderful, short, rhyming story is part of the Billy Be Kind Children’s Series.
Billy Be Kind: Making A New Friend is about Lucy-Lou, a shy little girl who has a hard time making new friends. Will Lucy -Lou overcome her fear? How will Billy Be Kind help her? Making a new friend when you’re shy isn’t always easy. It often requires putting in a little effort. Billy Be Kind, the kind little mouse, is there to help!
Billy Be Kind: Clean-Up Time is a story of a kind little mouse that teaches and encourages a little boy to listen, clean up, and take care of his belongings. Teaching children to clean up after themselves is essential to becoming self-sufficient adults.
Q&A with author Kim Adams
Can you tell us about yourbook series and your inspirationbehind them?
The Billy Be Kind Children Series is a collection of short, rhyming stories with important lessons that help to encourage and promote the social and emotional development of children.
My three amazing children have always been the inspiration and the impetus behind my series. They often inspire the traits of my characters and influence the overall storyline.
Which books/writers do youview as your influences?
The writers that have influenced me the most are Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison, and Langston Hughes. I’ve always admired their ability to change the way people see themselves and how they fit into the world.
What is your favorite children’s book and/or reading memory?Why is it your favorite?
As a child, I always gravitated toward rhyming stories because they were easier to remember and recite.
I will never forget my 4th grade English teacher’s humorous rendition of Shel Silverstein’s Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out. That poem not only sparked my curiosity but inspired my love for poetry and writing short stories.
What is the most exciting part of being a writer?What is themost challenging?
The most exciting part about writing is knowing that I have the power to teach, encourage, influence, and potentially change a child’s life.
Although the challenges are endless, keeping my vocabulary and writing style simple and concise for my age group is the most challenging aspect.
Are you currently working on anew book or book series?
Yes, I have three titles scheduled for release in 2022/ 2023:
Billy Be Kind: Big Emotions
Billy Be Kind: It’s Not My Fault
Billy Be Kind: Sharing
About the Illustrator
Ayesha Warusavitharana is a self-taught artist. From an early age, she loved drawing and exploring her innate artistic ability. As an adult, Ayesha began working with independent children’s authors creating illustrations that brought their stories to life. She has since then illustrated over 50 books and counting.
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