Teasing, theft and the need for privacy are just a few of the
interpersonal issues children need to be able to handle. These new books
introduce problem-solving techniques, including:
-- Brainstorming possible solutions;
-- Anticipating how each action will affect others; and
-- Selecting the best solution for the situation.Each story presents
several alternatives for readers to consider. Every choice leads to a
different ending. Kids can decide whether they like how the story turns
out -- or whether they want to go back and try another way of solving
the problem. The stories also give adults an opportunity to ask children
what other solutions they can suggest.Teasing's terrible -- but it's one
of those problems kids have to learn to handle.Like all Kids Can Choose
books, Heidi's Irresistible Hat helps children think through several
possible solutions to an interpersonal issue. It shows how a girl deals
with a classmate who just can't keep his hands off her special hat. She
-- and the reader -- can try several alternatives for controlling the
teasing. Heidi could get help from a grownup, ignore it, create a
walking wall of friends to protect her, tie the hat on her head so
tightly it can't come off . . . or?Each choice leads to a different
ending for the story. Kids can decide whether they like this ending or
want to go back and try a different way of solving the problem.