The Impatient Dinosaur: (Children's Books About Emotions & Feelings, Kids Ages 3 5, Preschool, Kindergarten) (Kids Books about Feelings)

The Impatient Dinosaur: (Children's Books About Emotions & Feelings, Kids Ages 3 5, Preschool, Kindergarten) (Kids Books about Feelings)

Why is waiting so hard for dinosaurs? The Little Dino has no patience. He wants what he wants when he wants it. If his parents say, "in a minute," he reacts as if they have said "in a year". This cute and funny story help kids discover that some things are worth the wait. *It is OK to be frustrated when you have to wait *Learn how to recognize the needs of others *Helping your child learn self-control and social skills *Making choices and understand consequences *Waiting can also be a lot of fun ***** This book is amazing for preschoolers! Really interactive! - Cindy ***** My 3yr old son enjoys this book. It teaches a lesson on how to be patient. - Stephanie ***** Easy, quick read, but entertaining and a cute message. - Sara ***** I love his story! This is the perfect book about emotions and feelings. - Julia This story is geared to kids ages 3-5. Perfect for boys, girls, preschool, pre-K, and Kindergarten. Excellent resource for counselors, parents, and teachers. Purchase a paperback copy with COLORING PAGES! Add this children’s book to your cart now and enjoy! ★★★★★ Danny the dino is one impatient dude. His mom and dad help him navigate his feelings and emotions on impatience and help teach him how being patient can pay off in the end. On my website, I feature Mommy & Me reviews where I read books to my 4 year old daughter and then we chat about them afterwards. In these reviews, I give my take on the book as a parent and I write down everything that my daughter had to say about it. Mommy Review: I like how this story helped call attention the feelings associated with impatience. For example, when Danny is in line at the grocery store and says, "But my tummy feels knotted" and "my face feels red" and his mother consoles him by explaining he's upset and to breathe and it will pass. Another great example is when the dino family is in the car and Danny is getting anxious about being in the car for a long time and says, "I'm fed up and feel really mad" and the dad explains that he has to have patience and that traffic won't last long. His mom distracts him by giving him something to look forward to (his birthday present). These are all great ways to teach young ones to recognize feelings associated with impatience and how to manage it. I only wish we could have found out what Danny's birthday present was, talk about a cliffhanger! :) Kiddo Review: Kid - "I like that book!" Me - "Oh yeah? Me too. What did you like about it?" Kid - *Flips to sitting in the car page* "I liked this part because Danny looks funny. Me - "Yeah he kind of does. He looks really frustrated, right?" Kid - "Yeah" Me - "What do you think this story is trying to teach?" Kid - "Umm...I think it's talking about how to be patient." Me - "That's right! Do you think Danny learned his lesson?" Kid - "Probably not." Thank you Netgalley and BooksGoSocial for providing me a digital copy of this book for a review. --Codi, Goodreads ★★★★★ Ms. Read has crafted an excellent resource for parents, teachers, caregivers - really anyone that is involved with educating children. I also found that there were veins in this story that can resonate with adults as well! This book is aimed at children in the ages 3 to 5 category or preschoolers. However I feel that even older children can benefit from the message that is in this book. The main topic of the book is our emotions and feelings. This book shows children a lesson - that we all children and adults alike - have to wait for things. Be that in line at a shop or in traffic - we spend our lives waiting and it's not always fun. How when we are looking forward to something sometimes we are unhappy because waiting is hard for all of us. Parents and educators through a tool like this book can encourage children to explain and express how they are feeling, why they feel upset and then we can help them channel those feelings into positive actions. I would also like to point out that the illustrator of this book did a fantastic job creating the characters. The pictures are all colourful, engaging and the Dinosaur is simply adorable. I think children will sit and take notice because children love bright colours and characters that appeal to them like dinosaurs. I think Ms. Read did an exceptional job writing this book and I absolutely encourage anyone that is involved with children and educating them to use this book as the wonderful tool that it can be to start a conversation with children. -- Anna, Goodreads