Celebrate! the Way I'm Made (Celebrate!, 1) - Hardcover

"The MVP Kids book list has heart and soul! Each title reflects the mission to mentor, teach life skills and inspire character in maturing children. MVP kids' books are teaching important life skills through diverse, lovable characters, realistic plots and beautifully detailed illustrations. Children will make text to text, text to self and text to world connections as they move through the series. MVP Kids represents a global society where self-awareness, tolerance and kindness prevail."

My family loves books. We just can't get enough. My favorite kinds of books are books that teach life lessons and social emotional strategies in the story. Why are social emotional strategies important to me? Research shows that only about 20% of job success is related to intellectual intelligence and approximately 80% of success is due to emotional intelligence. What is emotional intelligence? Emotional intelligence is defined as the capacity to be aware of, control, and express one's emotions, and to handle interpersonal relationships judiciously and with empathy.

So, I was excited when I saw the REAL MVP kids and had the opportunity to look through the books. The first night we had the books, my daughter REFUSED to eat her dinner as there was broccoli on her plate. That night I picked out "Celebrate! Meal Time" at bedtime with my kids. She mentioned that she would eat everything on her plate tomorrow. My kids wanted to read EVERY book in the box immediately! I gave them the opportunity to look through the titles and my son is looking forward to reading, "Lucas Tames the Anger Dragon." I am looking forward to the learn and discuss guide in the back! The learn and discuss guide includes information geared at gaining a deeper understanding of the topic and then also provides questions to discuss with your child. My daughter is most excited to read "Celebrate! The Way I'm Made."

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"Now younger children can learn more about how we can celebrate each other and be thankful with who we are through the Real MVP Kids in their newest books. I have had a sneak peek at their two newest books, Celebrate! The Way I'm Made and Celebrate! Grandmas and Grandpas.

"The books are full of simple rhymes and diverse characters to help children of all walks of life to better understand more about who we are. In the book Celebrate! The Way I'm Made, the different children share how everything about them is special and unique. Everything from eye color to the way we walk and talk. Showing children our differences at a young age will help them to see those differences as they go through life.

"Do your children enjoy spending time with their grandparents? As a child I remember learning so much from my grandparents and their traditions. The children in the book Celebrate! Grandmas and Grandpas show us how their own grandparents help them to better understand their own culture and traditions. It also helps other children better understand the differences in the world around us.

"MVPkids sent me 5 of the 12 board books in their Celebrate! Series, all by author Sophia Day. The first thing I noticed about these books was how good the quality was. The pages were thick and the binding is strong. As teachers, we think about these things as much as the content because if it doesn't last, then our students won't see it.

"The next thing I noticed about the books as a whole is that not only are there diverse characters throughout these books, but the books are talking and exploring the characters everyday lives. This makes these great for daycares, Early Childhood classrooms, and special education lessons. .

"My favorite books were Celebrate! Our Difference and Celebrate! The Way I'm Made. As a special education, both of these books were perfect from the images to the language used to describe everyone's differing abilities and cultures. I also really like how important messages in the text are highlighted with different colors or size font. .

"Overall, the Celebrate! Series from MVP Kids did not disappoint. They would be a great addition to any classroom or home library. This is not MVP Kids only series either and I was also excited to see a series on social-emotional learning. Make sure to visit their website to check out all of their titles." .

"Not only do I love the absolutely love the visual diversity on these pages, but they have even more to offer the reader:

"The people are realistically drawn (okay, their heads are a little large) and the scenes around them provide a ton of familiarity for littles.

"The rhyme is perfect for reading aloud. For example, Celebrate! Grandmas and Grandpas(TM) begins with a snuggles and tickles/homemade pickles set.

"Each book ends with two extras. One is a picture list of each kid featured in the book alongside their name. That way, kids can identify with the characters as they go through each book. The other extra is a list of 'Helpful Teaching Tips'. Celebrate! Mommies and Daddies(TM) has a lovely one for separation anxiety: "Do not shame your child for feeling anxious about separation. Instead, reassure your child that you love him and will return." How perfect is that?

"Each is it's own cultural goldmine, filled with cultural identifiers, diverse vocabulary, and some even have multiple languages with pronunciation guides.

"So far, Lilah has really liked these at bedtime, but I think they would work really well for a family storytime. I highly recommend them to librarians and parents for the teaching tips alone. They would make a wonderful addition to a collection and I hope you will all check them out!"

"Many authors and publishers include diversity in their books as if they're checking off a box to fulfill a requirement. Sophia Day does something extraordinary. She helps us realize that diversity in character, family composition, abilities, interests, and backgrounds is the norm not the exception."

Helpful Teaching Tips included.

Learn more ways to understand emotions and grow in character in our other MVP Kids books!