{"product_id":"creative-children-like-the-animals-michelle-korenfeld-9781496168559","title":"Creative Children Like the Animals of the World: Social emotional learning for elementary students","description":"\u003cp\u003eEnvironmental education book for elementary school students offering a unique innovative learning model. This book is packed with full page colorful paintings, drawings, poems, and stories-but it isn't finished yet! Now it's the reader's turn to fill in his or her own imaginative ideas and create a personal, one-of-a-kind book that reflects each child's own unique personality! Students learn social emotional lessons inspired by the animals in the stories. They connect to mother nature with all their hearts, building an anchor of resilience and hope. Together with environmental literacy, linguistic literacy consolidates due to the rich language and rhyming inspired by Dr. Seuss. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNature stories and poems + the social-emotional skills they promote: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMy Uncle Angel - What is nature? Openness. Imagination.\u003cbr\u003eCute and Cuter - Butterfly life cycle. Cooperative behavior. Being brothers and sisters is more than being friends. We sometimes take it for granted.\u003cbr\u003eWhat Did You Think? I'm a Zebra Finch! - Emotion and behavior regulation. Purpose. Self-esteem. Constructive behavior.\u003cbr\u003eHoney: The Bee Who Wanted to Fly - The bee must learn all the tasks of the hive before fulfilling its purpose as a forager. Behavior regulation. Optimism.\u003cbr\u003eThe Glow of a Morning Stroll - Meeting an ant that prepares for winter. Planning, self-efficacy and self-directedness.\u003cbr\u003eAn Eye at the Tip of a Feather - Showing our true beautiful colors like the peacock confidently displays his tail feathers.\u003cbr\u003eThe Chubby Cub and the Child of Courage - Native American story about care, leadership, and values.\u003cbr\u003eIn the Shade of an Old Tree - Emotion and behavior regulation. Perspective taking. Cooperation instead of competition. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eEnvironment enrichment and prompts: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSensational Senses - Discovering the senses. Cognitive flexibility.\u003cbr\u003eWhy Do Trees Need Birds? - collaboration. Win-win situations.\u003cbr\u003eColoring the Parrots in Red and Green? - Playful experience with colors. Complementing colors.\u003cbr\u003eWhat Stories Do Colors Tell? Do people make things harder on themselves in order to convey social messages?\u003cbr\u003eA Rainbow of Colors - The spectrum of colors visible to humans. Ultraviolet and infrared. Building up motivation to learn science. Cognitive flexibility.\u003cbr\u003eA Rainbow of More than Seven Colors? The primary colors in art and the primary colors of light.\u003cbr\u003eHow does the butterfly see the rainbow? Openness. Curiosity. Imagination.\u003cbr\u003eSymmetry: It's Not Only a Matter of Beauty -Do people prefer symmetrical faces? Would it affect how they perceive the person?\u003cbr\u003eNature's Wise Fair Share - Mother nature likes her creatures diverse. There's room for everybody. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook mentors: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDr. Moshe Rishpon - Founder of The Clore Garden of Science \u0026amp; The Science Oriented Youth Department in The Weizmann Institute. This unit is a pioneer program in science education and a leader of that field worldwide.\u003cbr\u003eDorit Wolenitz - Chair of ICOM NATHIST- the International Committee for Museums and Collections of Natural History of the International Council of Museums. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMichelle Korenfeld - author, painter, poet, lifelong educator and creativity researcher for the past 20 years, dean's excellence in education leadership, administration and policy MA, brings a fresh breeze to the school bag, with creativity and innovation throughout the learning rainbow. Michelle wrote 10 teaching-learning books - writing, drawing and painting. She believes that much of the social-emotional problems derive from aggression based on stifled creativity. To free such creative thinking, we need to construct creative learning opportunities for self-expression that will lead to excellence, through self-directedness that comes from teachers believing in children and youth's strengths. Her stories glorify nature constructing care, confidence and achievemen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michelle Korenfeld\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1496168550\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496168559\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/18\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 158\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.41d","brand":"Michelle Korenfeld","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48442291421439,"sku":"9781496168559","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a0e772ff-891a-4251-ab7b-fd0e78b4cea2.jpg?v=1777196408","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/creative-children-like-the-animals-michelle-korenfeld-9781496168559","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}