La Fase del No. Un cuento para ayudar a afrontar esta dura etapa.

English

El personaje que os adelanté hace unos días es el protagonista de un cuento llamado “No!”. Es un entrañable rinoceronte al que todo el mundo adora por ser tan tierno y simpático.

El nombre de este alegre rinoceronte depende de la versión del libro: en Español se llama Rhino, también he visto una versión en la que se llama Otto pero nosotros tenemos la versión en Inglés en la que se llama Archie, así que con Archie se queda! 

Un día, Archie descubre la palabra “No” y decide que es su nueva palabra favorita. Todos se sorprenden y Archie empieza a usarla para casi todo: para vestirse, compartir, ponerse la chaqueta, etc.




Hasta que se da cuenta de que empieza a ser un problema.

No recuerdo exactamente dónde compré este libro, si en La Casa del Libro o en Fnac, pero en cuanto lo vi no pude evitar comprarlo, era perfecto para las rabietas de nuestro peque.

El primer día que lo leímos antes de dormir, me dio la impresión de que se sintió identificado con el personaje. Su expresión no era la misma que mostraba con otros libros, comenzó a hacer muchas preguntas como ¿porqué dice “no”?, ¿los papis se ponen tristes?, ¿los amiguitos van a jugar con el cuando diga “Yes”? Quería volver a leerlo e incluso me pidió dormir con él. Tuvimos una entrañable conversación abrazados mientras le cambiaba la cara de medio triste a alegre al explicarle que él también podía ser capaz de utilizar la palabra “Yes” y sentirse mejor.

Este libro se puede comprar por Internet, lo encontré en varios idiomas en la página web de Amazon. Mañana actualizo esta entrada y os adjunto los enlaces porque mis párpados empiezan a pesar.

Espero que podáis explicarme vuestras experiencias cuando leáis este cuento con vuestros hijos o alumnos, seguro que no se quedan indiferentes.
Buenas noches,

Título: NO!
Temática: Las Emociones. Fase del NO
Editorial: Little Tiger Press
Autores: Tracey Corderoy & Tim Warnes
Edad recomendada: Aunque está recomendado a partir de los 3 años, creo que a partir de los dos años también puede ser buena idea comenzar a leerlo, es sencillo y muy expresivo.

The Negative Stage. a tale to help you dealing with this hard stage.

Spanish

The character I talked you about few days ago is the main character of a tale called 'No!'.  It is a friendly rhinoceros that everyone loves for being so tender and nice.

The name of this cheerful rhino depends on the version of the book, in Spanish it's called Rhino, I've also seen a version in which it's called Otto but we have the English version and it's called Archie, so let's call him Archie! :)

One day, Archie discovers the word "No" and decides that it is his new favorite word. Everyone is surprised and Archie begins to use it for almost everything: for getting dressed, sharing, putting the jacket on, etc.

Until he realizes that using the word begins to be a problem.

I don't remember where I exactly bought this book, whether at La Casa del Libro or at Fnac, but just when I saw it I couldn't stand  buying it, it was perfect for the tantrums of our little.

The first day we read it before sleeping, I found that he felt identifed with the character. His facial expression wasn't the same he used to show with other books, he started making questions like, why does he say 'no'?, are daddy and mommy sad?, are friends going to play with him when he sais 'yes'?. He wanted to read it again, he even wanted to sleep with it. We had a nice conversation hugiging each other while his face started changing from sort of sad to happy when I was telling him that he also was able to use the word 'Yes' and feel better.

You can buy this book through Internet. I found it in several languages in the webpage of Amazon.

I would like to know your experiences when you read this book with your children. I'm pretty sure they won't stay undifferent.

Good night,

Title: NO!
Topic: The emotions. The negative stage.
Publisher: Little Tiger Press
Authors: Tracey Corderoy & Tim Warnes
Recommended age: Although it is recommended from 3 years, I think that it's also a good idea reading it from 2 years as it's easy and very expressive.

Adivina el personaje / Guess the character

Hoy ha sido un día bastante completo, una clase particular por la mañana, después sesión de piscina con mi peque y durante la tarde he estado preparando material para unas clases de inglés de Primaria. He estado un poco liada así que prometo una nueva entrada para el fin de semana.
Un adelanto… A alguien le suena este adorable rinoceronte? En la próxima entrada os hablaré de su cuento y lo útil que puede ser para niños durante la temida fase del NO
Que tengáis un feliz Viernes!!
Today’s been a quite a complete day, a private class in the morning, next a swimming pool session with my kiddo and during the evening I’ve been preparing some Primary class material. I’ve been busy so I promise a new post for the weekend.
An advance… Does anyone know this adorable rhino? I’ll talk about his tale in the next post and how important it could be for children during the frightening NO stage.
Have a nice Friday!!

How to teach the emotions with a short story and a craft?

Spanish

Emotional education is essential in the development of children. Know and channel emotions will help them cope with the world around them, it is necessary to know oneself. 

The first book I want to talk about is titled "Érase Una vez un niño comepalalabras" The main character of this funny story decides to eat words related to emotions. Can you imagine a child who eats the word love? or the word sadness?, what would happen each time  he eats a word?. 

This charming boy invites us to travel through the emotions to help our children or students to know those emotions that we often do not understand. This story is a great tool to help our kids to express and channel their emotions. 

It also comes with a fantastic cootie catcher to play after reading. The cootie catcher has questions for children to think about what happens when you feel every emotion and in which situations they believe they feel each emotion. It is a game to talk with them, to make them think and realize that we all feel the same emotions. (The cootie catcher can be downloaded for free, check the link below). 

What can we do when children still struggle to speak? 

I offer a craft to share a good time with the kids and make a tool that could help them express how they feel. 

Go to the craft

I got this book in the library, but if you are interested to buy it, in the website of the publisher, BabulinkaBooks,  there is a list of their distributors.

BabulinkaBooks is a publisher with a very interesting collection of books for the emotional education. 

In the following link you can find more information about the book with some inside pictures and the cootie catcher to download in PDF format:

http://babulinkabooks.com/es//?s=erase+una+vez

Title: "Érase una vez un niño comepalabras"

Theme: Emotions 

Publisher: Babulinka Books 

Authors: Marlet & Jordi Sunyer 

Recommended Age: From 4 years.