Flexibility

Read Aloud Books Related to Flexibility that Parents and Teachers Can Read to their Children.

My Day is Ruined by Brian Smith

Braden is so excited for his imagined heroic role in the baseball game that he has a miserable day when he learns that the game will be canceled due to rain.   With the help of his mother and a thoughtful teacher, Braden learns four rules of flexible thinking and a surefire way to deal with the disappointment of his day.

Not Norman- A Goldfish Story by Kelly Bennett

Norman wants a pet and is disappointed when his goldfish does not live up to his preconceived notion of what constitutes a pet.  Through a humorous “fish” tale, Bennett tells a story of discovering good things in flexibility, if we can shed prior notions of the way we expect thing to be.

A Little Spot of Flexible Thinking by Diane Alber

As suggested in the title, this book is specifically about the positive changes that come from children who think and act flexibly.   Getting stuck in old patterns of thought and action are undoubtedly a predicament for young students.  Alber visualizes through pictures the challenges of static thinking and the rewards of flexibility.

Good News, Bad News by Jeff Mack

This book features just the four words in the title that summarize two ways of addressing problems that vex and challenge.  It represents for the reader and for young children, the ways we can perceive the same issue from two viewpoints.  While the Good News portion of the story is invariably an undercurrent of success, it speaks to young children of flexibility in an engaging and humorous way that creates opportunity for important discussion.

Beautiful Oops by Barney Salzberg

A significant lesson of Flexibility is that no one is perfect and mistakes are important lessons in learning.  This award-winning book illustrates how mistakes might populate a whole new world of understanding if we are willing to embrace the inherent lessons.

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