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I am sure everyone knows a child like Tessie. She has a habit of continuously talking and is a poor listener. Her teacher tries different techniques with Tessie such as a talking stick, but they don't work as well as she would like. When all her friends run away from her, Tessie asks her teacher for help. Her teacher takes her to the school counselor, who talks to Tessie and listens to what she has to say. They come up with a plan about being a good listener as well as "taming her tongue". The tongue taming tips talk about channeling her energy by deep breathing and scrunching her toes. She meets with the counselor weekly until she is successful. This is a great children's book for primary children, grade levels 1 and up. There are great tips at the end for educators and adults. The author stresses the importance of modeling good listening skills and rejecting the impulse to just quiet a talkative child. Not only would this be a good book to read to children, but parents and educators would also benefit from the story and the tips at the end of the book. A great addition to family, school, classroom and professional libraries. The publisher generously provided me with a copy of this book via netgalley.… (mere)
 
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Carlathelibrarian | 2 andre anmeldelser | Feb 5, 2019 |
As a parent of daughter who is just like the character Tessie in this book I loved what Martin did with her. Tessie comes off really adorable, happy and obviously not a bad child. She has good parents and teaching staff around her who want to help channel that energy into something positive which I like since they aren’t trying to tear down her self-esteem.

The illustrations that accompanied her story fit perfectly and I appreciated the diversity that was woven throughout.

The big seller for me as a parent though was what came after the story. The author provided tips on how to help children in a positive manner as well as educational lessons for caregivers, teachers and kids. This is truly a wonderful book that would not only help children learn the proper time to speak up but also help the adults learn how to encourage children to have a voice but not at the detriment of others. She even broke her tips up into sections specifically for parents and educators.

When I discovered Martin is a child therapist who uses play therapy the book made complete sense. I’m a big proponent of play therapy and have used it with my daughters who are on the autism spectrum. I read this book with my daughters and it helped us to have a more focused discussion on talking and listening. I would highly encourage parents and educators to get this and put the lessons into practice.
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ttsheehan | 2 andre anmeldelser | Jun 5, 2017 |
Note: I received a digital review copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley.
 
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fernandie | 2 andre anmeldelser | Sep 15, 2022 |

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