Follow this link to a complete list of my personal library list. Books are divided into categories based on my suggested use.
Why Biblotherapy?Biblotherapy is a therapeutic approach that utilizes children's books to support mental health and learning of a variety of skills.
Because of my background in childhood development and education, I have learned how to understand appropriate text for students of all ages, ask open-ended questions, and develop action plans to build therapeutic sessions. I find literature to be a beneficial way to teach skills, promote learning and build emotional vocabulary. |
Students of all ages are constantly trying to fit in with their peers as they learn what it means to be social beings. Sometimes, they need a little reminder that we are all unique and special and that is okay! I use these books to teach self acceptance, as well as tolerance of others different than us.
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These are two of my favorite books to teach respect! I read the books, then we talk about how we can show respect.
One activity I like is doing a "Looks Like, Sounds Like, Feels Like" chart together as a class. I start with saying, "how do I know you are being respectful? What might your body look like? If the principal was to walk in right now, how would he/she know that this classroom is respecting me/our classmates?" I then ask students what respect might sound like. Answers might include kind words, inside voices, advice, or ways we can help each other. Lastly, we talk about what it feels like to be respected. It's very easy to contrast this with how we feel when we are disrespected to show that we would prefer the opposite. I always finish with the point that we were able to name so many ways to show respect and so much of it is what we are already doing. I try to encourage the class to continue showing respect by following these examples. I like to think of executive functioning skills as the basic skills we need to survive and thrive in school and life. We don't expect third graders to automatically know their multiplication tables, so why are we expecting them to already know how to function in the classroom? We have to teach them what we want them to know! There are many, many list out there of different executive functioning skills, but I mainly focus on these:
Waiting and taking turns Making mistakes and trying anyway Goal setting Time management, planning and organization Flexible thinking Self-control One way I like to teach empathy is by teaching students to think about situations from different perspectives. In these books, we talk about how the other classmates might be feeling and what we would do in different situations that arise in the books. We also talk about reading body language and facial expressions to determine how others are feeling.
These are all great examples of how standing up for others can change a situation. I make the point to talk about the difference in being by-standers vs. up-standers.
One of my favorite topics to discuss with students is how we can be kind to others! These are a few of the books I use.
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Why books?As a counselor, one of my favorite techniques is bibliotherapy. This is a form of healing that utilizes stories to help connect students to life lessons. We use children's books so often in the classroom, so students are already familiar with finding deeper meanings and connecting to characters. This page is meant to be a growing list of books that I find useful for handling unique situations that children face.
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