Splash! It is raining. Get under your umbrella and find out how rain forms.

Is your child having first-school-day jitters far too long? Does he cry whenever you drop him off at school? Does he clam up during recitations? Is he afraid of situations where there are a lot of other people? Have other people called your child ‘too sensitive’? Do you have children who cry too easily or have too many particular demands? Have you felt at a loss on how to confront your child who may be too emotional and flies off into tantrums easily? This book is a product of my own experience of taking care of a highly sensitive and anxious child. Hopefully, the insights I have gathered from my personal experience with HSC may also help other parents in taking better care of their children. Highly sensitive children are more prone to social anxiety. These children may also experience a lot of stress when they are thinking of engaging in situations where they have to interact with other people. And this can be quite a problem when they start going to school or develop friendships. If your child is also a highly sensitive child, the anxiety may even be more magnified. This book will help you understand your child's condition. I have my own experience of handling an anxious child. I have also experienced the difficulty of training my children in terms of developing social skills. This book will help other parents with socially anxious children cope with this condition.

Have other people called your child ‘too sensitive’? Do you have children who cry too easily or have too many particular demands? Have you felt at a loss on how to confront your child who may be too emotional and flies off into tantrums easily? Your child may be a highly sensitive child. High sensitivity is a personality trait that may not be common but exists in 15 to 20 percent of our population. They are ordinary people, but highly sensitive people may just have some particular needs not shared by everyone. Having a highly sensitive child may be challenging for parents and many have searched for resources on how to take care of them. This book is a product of my own experience of taking care of a highly sensitive child. Hopefully, the insights I have gathered from my personal experience with HSC may also help other parents in taking better care of their highly sensitive children.

Raj has one rule: he never uses the bathroom at school. It’s just not the same as the one at home. All day, he avoids bathroom trips. Easy enough, since he lives by these tips: Don’t linger at the sink. Stay away from anyone who makes you laugh. Watch out for distractions, especially schoolwork. And sit still: no running, jumping, cartwheels, or sneezing. Until one day—achoo!—Raj has to break his own rule. After he faces his fear and uses the bathroom at school, Raj feels different. He doesn’t have to rush! He can try new things, laugh, explore … even enjoy his work. He can stay awhile and play. Raj discovers things are better if you just go when you need to.(Early Learning, Nature and Steam)

In the ninth month of the year, when the first crescent moon rises in the sky, it’s time to celebrate Ramadan! In this lovely board book with illustrations from Rashin Kheiriyeh, readers learn that Ramadan is a time to reflect on ourselves, to be thankful, and a time to help others.

Tell me a story, read me a book... Babies love books. Parents love reading to babies. And this delightfully bouncy book about families reading together, any time and anywhere, is perfect for them to share!

This warm, engaging story, which unfolds entirely through the conversation of two adopted sisters, was inspired by the author's own daughters, whom she overheard talking about how adoption made them "real sisters" even though they have different birth parents and do not look alike. "I liked how they took care of one another in their pretend—play scenario about climbing a mountain," Lambert says, "and I loved how they also took care of one another's feelings as they talked about adoption." Real Sisters Pretend captures these interactions perfectly and movingly.

Which box does this go in? Where do we recycle batteries? What can we use to make compost? Where does our recycling go? Helping with real tasks is a natural progression from pretend play, and is a crucial stage in a child's development. Achieving a shared goal encourages a sense of responsibility, and develops many skills useful in later life.

Red has a bright red label, but he is, in fact, blue. His teacher tries to help him be red (let's draw strawberries!), his mother tries to help him be red by sending him out on a playdate with a yellow classmate (go draw a nice orange!), and the scissors try to help him be red by snipping his label so that he has room to breathe. But Red is miserable. He just can't be red, no matter how hard he tries! Finally, a brand-new friend offers a brand-new perspective, and Red discovers what readers have known all along. He's blue! This funny, heartwarming, colorful picture book about finding the courage to be true to your inner self can be read on multiple levels, and it offers something for everyone.

This booklet documents our school district's collaborative inquiry project looking at how Reggio-inspired practices can inform and enhance primary mathematics teaching and learning.

My best friend Remy is Autistic. That means their brain works differently to my brain. I think Remy is remarkable!

Join a young girl as she navigates the delicate balance between joy and sorrow amidst a sea of vibrant poppies. This enchanting children's book weaves a tale of resilience, hope, and the enduring power of nature to heal our hearts in moments of loss. Get ready to be swept away on a journey of discovery and transformation in a field where memories bloom like poppies.

Rescue thought he'd grow up to be a Seeing Eye dog- it's the family business, after all. But when he gets the news that he's better suited to being a service dog, he's worried that he's not up to the task. Then he meets Jessica, a girl whose life turned out differently from the way she'd imagined it, too. Now Jessica needs Rescue by her side to help her accomplish everyday things. And it turns out that Rescue can help Jessica see after all: a way forward, together- one step at a time.

Grief and loss can be difficult for adults to understand, and when we are submerged within it, how are we suppose to explain it to a child? This book can lend a helping hand in that process and hopefully provide some peace of mind for the child and for you as well.

Everyone is late for a wedding, and nothing is going right. But Jillian and her incredible, wonderful ribbon dress can fix almost anything. Now her dress is a mess- who is going to fix Jillian?

Roary the Lion loves to roar. The only problem is, he roars WAY too loud. WAIT! Can you show Roary how to be quiet?

One fine morning, a rooster sets off to see the world. Soon he's joined by two cats, then three frogs, then four turtles, then five fish. But one group by one, his new friends decide to head home, leaving the rooster alone again -- and ready to return to his own comfortable home as well. Bold, colorful collage illustrations, a beguiling story, and a simple introduction to number sets, addition, and subtraction combine to make Rooster's Off to See the World a delight for Eric Carle's many young fans.

A secret present, a special girl, and twelve animal helpers- it's one spectacular celebration for Chinese New Year!

Once a year, each of Ruby’s relatives prepares a special dish to share at their family reunion. Daddy calls it their “signature dish”—and Ruby wants one of her own. She wanders through the bustling kitchen looking for inspiration. As she watches Pop-Pop’s chicken sizzling in the skillet, Uncle G slicing onions, and Auntie Billie cooking corn on the hot grill, she wonders if she’s just too young to have a signature dish. That’s when she finds it— the perfect solution!

Rudolph, a youthful reindeer buck who possesses an unusual luminous red nose, is harassed mercilessly and excluded by his peers because of this trait. One particularly stormy Christmas Eve, Rudolph manages to prove himself after Santa Claus catches sight of his nose and asks him to lead his sleigh for the evening. Rudolph agrees, saving Christmas, and is finally treated the way he deserves by his fellow reindeer!

The journey that six children in Haiti take to get to school each day.

kids' cookbook with easy recipes for healthy, wholesome, and fun dishes to inspire cooking adventures, kitchen confidence, and food appreciation. In this sequel to her classic Pretend Soup—considered by many to be the gold standard of children’s cookbooks—award-winning author/illustrator Mollie Katzen works her magic with 20 new, child-tested recipes including such delicacies as Counting Soup, Chewy Energy Circles, and Polka Dot Rice. Each illustrated recipe offers the child chef the opportunity to count, measure, mix, assemble, and most important, have fun. Designed as do-together projects—with the child as chef and the adult as assistant—these kitchen adventures will give children confidence in their cooking skills and inspire a life-long healthy relationship with food. With Salad People and a little time in the kitchen, budding chefs will cheer: “I like it because I made it myself!”

Spread peace on the Earth. Cherish the love that is around us.

Just the right ingredients for a new home. All Salma wants is to make her mama smile again. Between English classes, job interviews, and missing Papa back in Syria, Mama always seems busy or sad. A homemade Syrian meal might cheer her up, but Salma doesn't know the recipe, or what to call the vegetables in English, or where to find the right spices! Luckily, the staff and other newcomers in her Welcome Centre are happy to lend a hand- and a sprinkle of sumac.

All Salma wants is to make her mama smile again. Between English classes, job interviews, and missing Papa back in Syria, Mama always seems busy or sad. A homemade Syrian meal might cheer her up, but Salma doesn’t know the recipe, or what to call the vegetables in English, or where to find the right spices! Luckily, the staff and other newcomers at the Welcome Center are happy to lend a hand―and a sprinkle of sumac.