Educational Childrens Books

 

Educators and parents have been using educational childrens books as a tool to teach children many different important lessons for a long time.  What can children learn from educational childrens books like Stromple and the Super-Huge Temper Tantrum?  Adults can teach children the following through educational childrens books without making such learning seem like a chore:

• Early Skills for Youngsters:
  • Color identification – this book is bursting with color in a unique, imaginary setting.
  • Object identification – people, animals, objects
  • Emotion identification – anger, worry, fright, relief, remorse, anticipation, happiness
  • Reading with inflection/emotion
  • That temper tantrums are not a good choice – using their voice is the right choice
  • Safety – running away with no parental supervision is scary & unsafe
• Literacy Skills Developed Using Educational Childrens Books
  • Rhyme: Alliteration (repetition of consonant sounds, i.e. “the baby birds with their itty-bitty beaks”)
  • Rhyme: Assonance (repetition of vowel sounds, i.e. “noise-making and thing-breaking”)
  • Grammar:  nouns creatively used as adjectives (“a very grumpish ‘Harrrrrumph!’), many prepositions (up, down, through) correct use of quotation marks, common vs. proper nouns (“Mama told him” and “his mama”),
  • Stepping outside the boundaries of “correct grammar” to create your own personal style (“frowned his eyebrows down all pointy”).
• Educational Childrens Books Build Social Skills
  • Compassion – The reader sees how others are affected by Stromple’s temper tantrum
  • Understanding & Self-Control – Stromple learns his lesson and says he’ll try not to repeat his actions
  • Respect and Sympathy – Stromple respects his mama and sympathizes with her
  • Communication – In the end, both Stromple and his mama display good communication skillss
  • Courage – it took courage for Stromple to admit he was wrong
  • Sincerity - Stromple’s apology was very sincere

Educational childrens books can be fun! Add Stromple’s first episode to your list of educational childrens books.

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