Discover beloved picture books like Thank You, Omu! and Llama Llama Gives Thanks, paired with five practical tips to help kids cultivate thankfulness. From gratitude journals and kind notes to family projects and modeling behaviors, these ideas invite children to notice and express appreciation in meaningful, interactive ways.

This post explains how to create a shout out book that boosts teacher and staff morale. You’ll find easy steps for assembling a printable book, inviting colleagues to write positive messages, and sharing it during meetings or common spaces. This simple tool helps build a culture of gratitude and connection in schools.

Talking to kids about tough topics like illness, addiction, or loss can feel overwhelming. This guide gives you clear, compassionate tips for having those hard conversations—with book recommendations and exactly what to say, so kids feel safe, supported, and understood.

Here is a list of the best picture books about perseverance and grit for children

This post explains how Cognitive Behavioral Therapy or CBT supports children’s mental health by unpacking thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. You’ll find simple explanations of the CBT triangle model, examples of intrusive or distorted thoughts, and coping strategies like emotion naming, thought reframing, and behavior change. These tools help adults guide children toward emotional resilience through structured support.

This post recommends picture books that teach flexible thinking, handling change and bouncing back from disappointment. Titles like A Little Spot of Flexible Thinking show how kids can shift perspectives like a palm tree in the wind. Books such as Tilda Tries Again, Not a Box and Flexible Thinking Ninja model adaptability, persistence and creativity to build resilience in children.

This post highlights carefully selected children’s books that illustrate self-control through relatable stories and characters. Each title includes discussion prompts, reflection questions, and hands-on extensions , like creating “pause and think” moments , to help kids internalize self-regulation lessons through literacy.

This post recommends carefully chosen picture books that model kindness and empathy in relatable ways. Each title comes with discussion prompts and reflection ideas—like “how would you help?” or “what feelings come up?”—to guide children toward compassionate thinking, caring behavior, and inclusive relationships through story time.

This post curates engaging books and videos to reinforce sportsmanship, cooperation, and teamwork. Featuring children’s picture books and social story videos, it encourages empathy, fair play, and grit through storytelling, discussion prompts, and shared reflections that help children internalize pro-social values.

Dr. Laurie Zelinger’s book and parent handbook explain Alzheimer’s in ways kids can understand. The post highlights the brain changes, shifts in memory and behavior, and how children can keep caring. It offers age‑appropriate approaches, sample scripts, and practical tips for open, honest conversations and emotional connection even when memories start fading.

Here are three grief books that offer deep comfort and insight: one for adults, one for children, and one for professionals working with kids. From Megan Devine’s wise and validating voice, to a child‑friendly narrative, to a clinical guide for counselors or school social workers, each book helps meet grief with understanding, compassion, and practical clarity.

Help children manage anxiety with real‑life tools and bibliotherapy. This post shares simple practical tips, expressive activities, and carefully chosen children’s books that open conversations about worry and build coping skills, with strategies families and educators can use right away.

This post guides educators, counselors and parents in writing S M A R T social emotional IEP goals and treatment plan objectives. You’ll find clear definitions of specific measurable achievable relevant and time limited, plus examples like rating feelings independently or increasing use of coping tools. The post explains setting goals, planning objectives and tracking progress to make goal writing and monitoring easier.

This post offers guidance to help children work through anticipatory grief when a loved one is seriously ill or facing loss. You will find suggestions like open age appropriate conversations, memory activities, art, journaling and emotional support tools. It includes ideas for memory boxes and shared rituals to support emotional expression. These resources equip parents counselors and educators to build connection, safety and hope.

This post shares expert recommended books for parents educators and counselors to support kids with anxiety. You will find CBT guides family focused workbooks and compassionate play based strategies. Learn which books help break worry cycles shift adult patterns and offer structured tools from anxiety science. These resources equip grownups to help children face fears with confidence and calm.

Childhood anxiety can show up in many ways from trouble sleeping to fear of new situations. This post shares picture books that help kids name their worries feel less alone and learn calming strategies. You will find titles that model coping skills like deep breathing self talk relaxation and worry tracking. These are helpful for families educators and counselors who support anxious children.