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What Is a Friend and How Can I Be a Very Good One?: A Children's Book That Teaches Friendship Skills of Respecting Friends' Choices, Offering Help, Mending Friendships, and More!
* This eBook is a SHORT version of the book. Some important information and exercises (e.g., practice for how to fix a friendship) are not included in this eBook due to formatting differences. Therefore, to effectively work on the target skills, please purchase the paperback or hardcover version.
Is it difficult for your child or students to maintain friendships?
Do they understand that friendship is not just about having fun together but involves more?
Do they understand what is expected of a friend?
Do they know how to mend a friendship when they may have hurt their friends' feelings?
What Is a Friend and How Can I Be a Very Good One? is the 3rd book in the Making Friends! series. After teaching the four basic friendship skills in Book 1 and two more skills in Book 2, this book targets four more important friendship skills to help young children have a deeper understanding of what friendship is about - including respecting friends' choices, offering help, mending friendships when they may have hurt their friends' feelings, and more. Friendship is not just about having fun together! Young readers will take the perspective of the main character and learn these skills step by step following the story. In the end, social situations are provided for practice to reinforce the skills taught. This book brings four more friendship marbles for young readers to collect for their "friendship jar"!
The author has uniquely applied behavior science to children’s literature by using behavioral technologies and procedures such as Behavior Skills Training (BST) through instructions, modelling, rehearsal, and feedback.
This book was developed together with researchers, school teachers, early childhood educators, behaviour analysts, speech-language pathologists, many parents, and children!
Is it difficult for your child or students to maintain friendships?
Do they understand that friendship is not just about having fun together but involves more?
Do they understand what is expected of a friend?
Do they know how to mend a friendship when they may have hurt their friends' feelings?
What Is a Friend and How Can I Be a Very Good One? is the 3rd book in the Making Friends! series. After teaching the four basic friendship skills in Book 1 and two more skills in Book 2, this book targets four more important friendship skills to help young children have a deeper understanding of what friendship is about - including respecting friends' choices, offering help, mending friendships when they may have hurt their friends' feelings, and more. Friendship is not just about having fun together! Young readers will take the perspective of the main character and learn these skills step by step following the story. In the end, social situations are provided for practice to reinforce the skills taught. This book brings four more friendship marbles for young readers to collect for their "friendship jar"!
The author has uniquely applied behavior science to children’s literature by using behavioral technologies and procedures such as Behavior Skills Training (BST) through instructions, modelling, rehearsal, and feedback.
This book was developed together with researchers, school teachers, early childhood educators, behaviour analysts, speech-language pathologists, many parents, and children!
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Published March 14, 2024
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April 5, 2024
cute
Cute little book that I read with the kids next door that I look after occasionally. We all enjoyed reading it.
Cute little book that I read with the kids next door that I look after occasionally. We all enjoyed reading it.
March 22, 2024
Excellent resource for youngsters
Parents will love using this wonderful book to help their children learn about friendship. It is important to teach little ones about compromise and working on accepting others' differences. Being a good sport is a must when it comes to having friends. Learning to control emotion and being willing to understand the effects of your actions is extremely important. This book is a great resource not only for parents but also primary school teachers as well.
Parents will love using this wonderful book to help their children learn about friendship. It is important to teach little ones about compromise and working on accepting others' differences. Being a good sport is a must when it comes to having friends. Learning to control emotion and being willing to understand the effects of your actions is extremely important. This book is a great resource not only for parents but also primary school teachers as well.
August 16, 2024
An excellent book for all about friendship
“What is a Friend? How to be a Very Good One" is a thoughtful and beautiful book about the core of true friendship. It teaches children the value of compassion, empathy, and mutual respect in friendship development and maintenance through captivating stories and relatable events. The book also contains practical advice and creative ideas for children to become better mates. It's an excellent resource for helping children understand and cultivate meaningful relationships.
“What is a Friend? How to be a Very Good One" is a thoughtful and beautiful book about the core of true friendship. It teaches children the value of compassion, empathy, and mutual respect in friendship development and maintenance through captivating stories and relatable events. The book also contains practical advice and creative ideas for children to become better mates. It's an excellent resource for helping children understand and cultivate meaningful relationships.
November 22, 2024
Good moral to the story and easily understandable and fun
This is a great book to teach some important lessons to kids - not just to be good friends and what that means - being a good sport, respecting their choices, helping them even if it’s inconvenient. But also provides tools for kids when they make mistakes - as we all do - to fix the little conflicts between friends. It is also interactive in a way that allows kids to figure out how to solve problems themselves. It’s great stuff and kids will love it!
This is a great book to teach some important lessons to kids - not just to be good friends and what that means - being a good sport, respecting their choices, helping them even if it’s inconvenient. But also provides tools for kids when they make mistakes - as we all do - to fix the little conflicts between friends. It is also interactive in a way that allows kids to figure out how to solve problems themselves. It’s great stuff and kids will love it!
March 16, 2024
Incredible one in the friendship series!
This is another great one from the author’s friendship series! I love that there’s mistakes that Connor committed, and then he went through a thinking process, and being led through a problem-solving map to come to a conclusion of what the best course of action is. There are a lot of feeling and emotions mentioned in the book, that helps little ones establish skills to express their emotions. Really love the book!
This is another great one from the author’s friendship series! I love that there’s mistakes that Connor committed, and then he went through a thinking process, and being led through a problem-solving map to come to a conclusion of what the best course of action is. There are a lot of feeling and emotions mentioned in the book, that helps little ones establish skills to express their emotions. Really love the book!
April 26, 2024
A well thought out beautifully illustrated book
The illustrations are eye-catching and beautifully done all the way through.
The problem map is a brilliant idea and the whole story is a great way to explain to children about friendship.
I enjoyed reading this to my daughter, who went through this recently where her best friend started playing with someone else. It was a perfect way of explaining friendship.
We will be reading this again and again.
The illustrations are eye-catching and beautifully done all the way through.
The problem map is a brilliant idea and the whole story is a great way to explain to children about friendship.
I enjoyed reading this to my daughter, who went through this recently where her best friend started playing with someone else. It was a perfect way of explaining friendship.
We will be reading this again and again.
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July 14, 2024Being a Good Friend
This is a great book that teaches young readers how to care about their friends. The main character goes through different situations and figures out how he should behave to fix problems so that he could be a better friend. I like how the character also asked trusted adults for help, too. This is a good book that shows how to be a caring and respectful friend to others.
This is a great book that teaches young readers how to care about their friends. The main character goes through different situations and figures out how he should behave to fix problems so that he could be a better friend. I like how the character also asked trusted adults for help, too. This is a good book that shows how to be a caring and respectful friend to others.
November 13, 2024
😊 Forever friends
This books defines helpful and healthy ways to be a friend. Some of those ways include being a good “sport” and being okay no winning all the time. We have to make time and sometimes small sacrifices to simply “be there,” as a friend. Read this wonderful book to find out more ways to make a friendship last and stay strong.
This books defines helpful and healthy ways to be a friend. Some of those ways include being a good “sport” and being okay no winning all the time. We have to make time and sometimes small sacrifices to simply “be there,” as a friend. Read this wonderful book to find out more ways to make a friendship last and stay strong.
November 26, 2024
blown away by the educational aspect
This is a very useful tool to help young ones navigate their emotions and how to be a better friend. The marbles is an excellent visualization and way to connect the concept to the emotion. Highly recommend for children struggling to keep friends.
This is a very useful tool to help young ones navigate their emotions and how to be a better friend. The marbles is an excellent visualization and way to connect the concept to the emotion. Highly recommend for children struggling to keep friends.
March 22, 2024
A wonderful book for primary school students
Navigating friendship can be challenging even for adults. This wonderful book is a great guide for everything from being a good sport to dealing with jealousy when a friend spends time with someone else. The illustrations are excellent as well. Recommended.
Navigating friendship can be challenging even for adults. This wonderful book is a great guide for everything from being a good sport to dealing with jealousy when a friend spends time with someone else. The illustrations are excellent as well. Recommended.
April 27, 2024
Such a great kids book
This is such a great kids book. Interactive, great story line and interesting characters. This book would do well in a school library.
This is such a great kids book. Interactive, great story line and interesting characters. This book would do well in a school library.
August 27, 2024
cute story
Cutie story with very professional style of writing with a great purpose for children to learn to read and to gain freinds
Cutie story with very professional style of writing with a great purpose for children to learn to read and to gain freinds
April 4, 2024
Really helpful friendship book
As a teacher myself, I wish I have had this book sooner so I knew how to better help my students fix friendships or conflicts at school. I read the book with my 6-year-old and we got to go over the maps. We tried to use the map to solve a real life issue and it really helped him visually see the choices and the consequences of different choices. Really helpful book! Would highly recommend it to teachers and parents!
As a teacher myself, I wish I have had this book sooner so I knew how to better help my students fix friendships or conflicts at school. I read the book with my 6-year-old and we got to go over the maps. We tried to use the map to solve a real life issue and it really helped him visually see the choices and the consequences of different choices. Really helpful book! Would highly recommend it to teachers and parents!
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