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Children's books that support development
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items Not every book is created equal. I mean technically, every book helps to support language and brain development at the very least. However, some are fun and silly like Dragons Love Tacos and other's help to bring up important topics like the Color Mo...
Books are an amazing way to support other areas of development as well! They help to open up discussions and prompt your little one to ask questions. Here's a list of kids books and that area of development they support.
Books are an amazing way to support other areas of development as well! They help to open up discussions and prompt your little one to ask questions. Here's a list of kids books and that area of development they support.
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Emotional Development
Interactive Books
Spark Creativity and Imagination
Support Healthy Eaters
Emotional Development
Emotional development is a key area that has been pushed to the bottom of the list when it comes to supporting development. One way we can support our little ones, especially our toddlers, is through reading and discussing emotions before they have a...
Grumpy monkey is an entertaining way to open up a conversation about emotions with your little one.
Grumpy Monkey - Bookshop
This is an adorable book that labels different emotions and what they feel like. A great way for your little one to start naming different emotions.
The Color Monster a book by Anna Llenas - Bookshop.org US
For preschool and older*
This book helps children understand what another person could be feeling and how patience and kindness is important.
This book helps children understand what another person could be feeling and how patience and kindness is important.
How Full Is Your Bucket? For Kids
Such an adorable book that walks you through feeling all the emotions. What I like most about this book is that it normalizes various ways to feel each of the emotions. Sometimes we want to get really angry and yell. Other times we just feel sadness ...
Use the book to open up the conversation of how best your little one wants to feel the feels.
Use the book to open up the conversation of how best your little one wants to feel the feels.
The Rabbit Listened a book by Cori Doerrfeld ...
Aggressive behaviors are a normal reaction for toddlers. Finding books like this one are great for helping them learn appropriate coping skills.
What to Do When You Feel Like Hitting: A No Hitting Book for Toddlers
This is a great play on if you're happy and you know it. So you can sing the song and the book walks your kiddo through what they can do when they are feeling angry.
If You're Angry And You Know It! by Cecily Kaiser
Another book about feeling angry and what to do about. Reading is one of the best ways to start teaching your kiddo appropriate coping skills for when they are feeling some big feels.
When I Feel Angry - Cornelia Maude Spelman - Bookshop
Such a cute story about a crab experiencing a new adventure that is a little scary and exciting.
Don't Worry, Little Crab
Interactive Books
Books that encourage engagement while reading.
This is such a great and fun story that has kids searching for the dinosaur, which can easily be found on each page. It encourages critical thinking skills and problem solving.
Have You Seen My Dinosaur?
Something happened to the colors and its up to your kiddo to fix it!
Color Blocked a book by Ashley Sorenson and David W. Miles
A classic that should be a staple in your home library.
Where's Spot? - Eric Hill - Bookshop
This is such an adorable book that makes learning about seasons fun! Interactive books are some of my favorite for toddlers because it brings magic to reading.
Tap the Magic Tree Board Book - Christie Matheson
From the author of Tap the Magic Tree. This is another great interactive book for spring time.
Plant the Tiny Seed Board Book: A Springtime Book For Kids
Spark Creativity and Imagination
Books that promote creativity and imagination.
Sometimes it's hard to accomplish things without boundaries.
The Dot - Bookshop
Although this book is about imagination and creativity, it's also great as an emotional development book. Sometimes we fail at things and we get frustrated! So what do we do when we feel this way?
The Most Magnificent Thing
It's ok to mess up sometimes! We can get creative and make something else from it.
Beautiful Oops!
Support Healthy Eaters
This might be more for your picky eater. These are books that encourage trying something new.
Great book to open up the conversation about your little trying new foods!
At the end of the book, talk about how it can be scary to try something new but once you do, you might find that you like it. Also talk about how it’s ok to have favorite fo...
Grumpy Monkey Yuck! a book by Suzanne Lang and Max Lang
It might be inevitable that your kids will be a little picky. What's most important during this period is that you don't stop introducing new foods or encouraging them to try different things.
Carly Tries New Foods (A foodie book for picky eaters): encouraging kids to expand their palette