Raising a Thinking Child Workbook : Teaching Young Children How to Resolve Everyday Conflicts and Get along with Others

by Shure, Myrna B.; Digeronimo, Theresa Foy

• ISBN13: 9780878224586
• ISBN10: 0878224580
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-08-01
• Publisher: Research Pr Pub

Summary

For use with children ages 4-7. This interactive manual is based on the highly acclaimed I Can Problem Solve (ICPS) approach for use in schools, described on page 19. The workbook stands alone as a practical parenting manual and also serves as the ideal ICPS parent involvement component. Educators can use the workbook with parents to help reinforce ICPS classroom lessons at home.

The workbook is divided into two sections of fun-to-do, hands-on activities: Parent/Child Situations and Child/Child Situations.

Packed with dozens of activities, the workbook's pages invite parents and children as young as age four to play games, to draw, and to color the reproducible illustrations. And while children are having fun, they will also be learning ICPS thinking skills. Crayons and pencils are the only materials needed to complete the activities.

Children learn how to think, not what to think. They learn to decide on solutions based on consequences. They learn to negotiate for what they want and to cope with frustration when they can't have what they want. And they l

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Acknowledgments	xi
Introduction	1	(6)
PART 1: PARENT/CHILD SITUATIONS	7	(100)
Beginning Parent Log	9	(2)
Log A1: I Can Problem Solve (ICPS): Parent and Child Exchanges	10	(1)
In the Kitchen	11	(22)
ICPS Word Pairs: Set 1 Is/Is Not, And/Or, Same/Different, Some/All, Before/After, Now/Later	11	(5)
ICPS Word Pairs: Set 2 Some Of The Time/All Of The Time, At The Same Time/Not The Same Time	16	(1)
Sequencing	16	(2)
My Child's Ideas	18	(1)
My Child's Ideas Worksheet	19	(1)
ICPS Word Pairs: Set 3 Might/Maybe, Why/Because, Good Time/Not A Good Time, Good Place/Not A Good Place, Good Idea/Not A Good Idea	20	(3)
Parent's Pages	23	(10)
In the Bedroom	33	(28)
ICPS Word Pairs: Set 1	33	(3)
ICPS Word Pairs: Set 2	36	(2)
My Child's Ideas Worksheet	38	(1)
Feeling Words: Happy, Sad, Angry, Afraid, Proud, Frustrated	39	(10)
ICPS Word Pairs: Set 3	49	(5)
Parent's Pages	54	(7)
In the Bathroom	61	(18)
ICPS Word Pairs: Set 1	61	(3)
ICPS Word Pairs: Set 2	64	(1)
My Child's Ideas Worksheet	65	(1)
ICPS Word Pairs: Set 3	66	(3)
What Else Can I Do?	69	(1)
Parent's Pages	70	(9)
In the Living Room/Family Room	79	(15)
ICPS Word Pairs: Set 1	79	(3)
ICPS Word Pairs: Set 2	82	(1)
My Child's Ideas Worksheet	83	(1)
ICPS Word Pairs: Set 3	84	(2)
Sequencing	86	(2)
Parent's Pages	88	(6)
Further Exercises	94	(13)
How Do You Feel About That?	94	(1)
How Do I Feel About That?	95	(1)
Do We Feel the Same Way About That?	96	(1)
What's Happening Here?	97	(2)
Parent's Pages	99	(5)
Log A2: I Can Problem Solve (ICPS): Parent and Child Exchanges	104	(1)
Parent's Pages	105	(2)
PART 2: CHILD/CHILD SITUATIONS	107
Log B1: The Road to Competence	108
Kids Might Like Different Things Too	109
Do They Feel The Same Way About This?	114
Parent's Pages	116
Is That a Good Idea?	118
Is That a Good Time?	122
Parent's Pages	124
Let's Make Up a Story: The Bike	126
My Own Story	132
What's the Problem?	134
Parent's Pages	136
Sample Demonstration Sheet: The Video Game	142
What Else Can She Do?: The Video Game	144
What Else Can He Do?: The Truck	146
ICPS Tic-Tac-Toe	148
What Else Can They Do?: The TV Show	153
Parent's Pages	154
Before/After: What Happens Next?	157
Parent's Pages	158
Sample Demonstration Sheet: He's Pushing Me!	160
What Might Happen Next?: He's Pushing Me?	162
What Might Happen Next?: I Want the Boat!	165
A Feeling Story: The Teddy Bear	167
What Might Happen Next: The Painting	171
Parent's Pages	173
What Might Happen If I Do That?: Robin Won't Play with Me	175
What Might Happen If I Do That?: My Own Story	177
Log B2: The Road to Competence	180
Parent's Pages	181
Using the ICPS Word-Pair Posters	186
ICPS Dialogue Reminders	186
Parent/Child Problems	187
Child/Child Problems	188
A Little Quiz	189
ICPS Resources	193
ICPS Word-Pair Posters