LoveReading4Kids Says
We all want our kids to be happy, but media stories about rising levels of anxiety amongst young people are everywhere; it’s worrying. This book therefore should prove really useful to many. It looks and is very accessible, and is full of practical tips and activities that will help young people feel more content, confident and in control. The authors explain that happiness comes from making yourself happy, and teaches you how to achieve that, through exercises and simple challenges. It also emphasises the positive effects of making others happy, or of contributing to a better world. The tone is friendly throughout and there are lots of charts to complete, plus frequent notes explaining why the activities work. Easy and fun to use, it places the happiness ball firmly in readers’ hands.
Andrea Reece
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Create Your Own Happy Synopsis
This illustrated activity book empowers children to shape their lives, and the lives of others around them, by taking practical, positive steps towards their own happiness and positive self esteem! Discover everything happy with this interactive, fun activity book!
From speaking in front of your class to standing up for others; planting a seed bomb outdoors or making your own happy playlist, making a recycling monster to paying kindness forward, learn how to Create Your Own Happy!
For increasingly independent thinkers and proactive young people, this book gives them a handle on their own emotional wellbeing to best equip them with confidence for the everyday challenges of life and school. They'll learn about the inspiring and surprising science behind emotions along the way, carry out activities with family or independently, and most importantly, find smile-tastic ideas for expressing themselves!
You can find more Create Your Own Happy ideas, thoughts and activities here createyourownhappy.co.uk
About This Edition
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9780008301217 |
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6th September 2018 |
| Author: |
Penny Alexander, Becky Goddard-Hill |
| Illustrator: |
Clare Forrest |
| Publisher: |
Collins an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers |
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Paperback |
| Pagination: |
160 pages |
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About Penny Alexander, Becky Goddard-Hill
Penny Alexander worked for seven years in secondary schools teaching Drama, Film, and as a Head of Media Studies, after which she became an education consultant. When she had her children, she became a full-time blogger and brand journalist. In 2013, Penny won a MAD blog award for her work for Comic Relief.
The idea came from wanting to put our knowledge and skills from previous careers to good use and from feeling there was lots of info about how we create happiness for adults, but less for children. We were also a bit miserable after the Christmas holidays and got together in a cafe in Nottingham to create/ brainstorm a happy project!
We first met at Becky’s babysigning classes in Nottingham, and again through blogging. We both lost our Mums when our own children were young and another reason for writing the book was wanting to communicate some of the wonderful things, they taught us about happiness.
Becky Goddard-Hilll was born in West Bridgford and still lives there. She is a married mum of 2 kids Frankie 14 and Lisi, 11 and is a full-time blogger. Prior to becoming a blogger some 10 years ago Becky worked as a social worker for Nottingham City Council, she is also a qualified psychotherapist. Becky blogs mainly about parenting. Becky met Penny through blogging and baby signing, they soon discovered they both missed working with children and wanted to still have an impact on helping young people learn and grow, hence the desire to write a book to do just that.
Create your own happy was born out of a shared belied that we have the power every day to create some happiness in our word and the world around us and the belief that this is one of the most important things a child can ever learn to build up emotional reliance and robust emotional health.
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