Author: Cornelia Maude SpelmanType or emotional/crisis issue(s) addressed: Anxiety, Basic Emotions
Year of Publication: 2002
Publisher & Location: Albert Whitman & Company, Morton Grove, IL
ISBN#: 0-8075-8900-4
Target Age Level: Pre-K
# of Pages: 22
Quality of Illustrations: Good
Brief Summary: A little bear explains situations that bring about fear, how it feels to be scared and what can make things better.
Personal Comments/Biases, and/or Things to Consider When Using This Book With Children: Describes fear in a way that young children can understand it.
Activities: Talk about what we are afraid of, what ideas the book suggests that we could do and which one we would do for each scenario.
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Additional Activity:
Take suggestions from students (or ask parents if the kids are nonverbal) ahead of time about things that they find comforting/like to do when they are scared. Write each one down on a piece of paper (or make icons for non-verbal kids), and then place them in a pouch, hat, or bag. Have the kids sit in a circle and pass the bag around. Everyone takes a turn picking one out of the bag and then doing one of the following: act it out, say "yes" if it is something they like to do when they are scared or "no" if it isn't, ask each kid in the group if it is a yes or a no and then chart it.
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