In today's episode of Parenting with Picture Books, Danielle shares a little bit about herself, her why in the podcast, and reminds listeners that reading is a JOY! Every 4th episode, Danielle will share 3 BFF titles...Books For Fun. No parenting or social emotional takeaways needed, just the pure joy of reading a book with your child.

3 BFF Titles:

The Book with No Pictures - B.J. Novak

The Legend of Rock, Paper, Scissors - Drew Daywalt and Adam Rex

Elephant and Piggy - Mo Willems

Today’s episode will focus on supporting your little ones as they develop into independent and self sufficient little people.

3 Takeaways:

1. Encourage

2. Model

3. Extra Time

3 Picture Book Suggestions:

1.  All By Myself – Mercer Mayer

2.  Owl By Myself by Pete Oswald

3.  I Can Do That!: 1,000 Ways to Become Independent by DK (Dorling Kindersley)

Hello everyone and welcome back to Parenting with Picture Books. I am so happy that you took the time to stop by today and I want to make it worth the listen. Today’s topic is transitions and more specifically, transitioning to the school year. Last week we discussed how to start preparing your child’s routine to prepare for the school year and now the time has come to actually go to school.

3 takeaways for transitioning back to school….

1.     It’s okay if they cry and say they don’t want to go. The key is to validate and let them have their feelings while not giving them an option to not go.

2.     Ask your child’s teacher for a copy of the day’s schedule/routine. Knowing what to expect can eliminate much of the fear of the unknown.

3.     Keep it short and sweet. I know it’s hard, but trust me on this.

3 Picture Book Recommendations:

1. The Kissing Hand written by Audrey Penn and illustrated by Ruth E. Harper and Nancy M. Leak
2. Llama Llama Misses Mama written and illustrated by Anna
3. Heart String by Brooke Boynton-Hughes

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In the FIRST episode of Parenting with Picture Books, we discuss 3 ways to attempt to enter the school year smoothly. In addition to the 3 parenting takeaways we discuss the following picture books...

1. School's First Day of School by Adam Rex and illustrated by Christian Robinson
2. The Crayons Go Back to School by Drew Daywalt and illustrated by Oliver Jeffers
3. First Day Jitters by Julie Dannenberg and illustrated by Judy Love