Cheri J. MeinersTalk and Work It Out (Learning to Get Along®)

We have really enjoyed this whole line of books. We have an only child (4 yrs) and as he is preparing for Kindergarten, wanted to make sure that he was getting the basics of how to express his emotions with other kids, since he is so used to expressing them with mostly adults around our family. So I bought a few of these, and we've enjoyed them so much that I bought the whole set.We read one of them every night along with several other story time books before bed. We can talk about the situations in the books, and relate parts of the books to situations that he is currently going through in Pre-K.Having said that, it's not that we did not know how to teach our child manners... these books were also a way for us parents to get better ideas on how to discuss these situations with our 4 year old in a way that he can relate to. If the teacher lets us know that he was not sharing very well that day, we have a small discussing about the situation and then we read the "How to Share With Others" book before we go to bed. This in turn puts our son's mind at ease, and helps him better explain his feeling earlier on in the day and gives him ideas on ways that he can handle the situation next time it happens. Quite simply, they help us communicate better as a family... and honestly, sometimes show us parents ways that we need to handle our own situations as well.Excellent series of books! I would recommend them to any parents of 2-6 year olds!

I have two children, a seven year old boy diagnosed with aspergers, and a four year old boy. I picked it up primarily for my older son.There is something about the flow of ideas in this book which is very engaging. I found this myself and both of my sons were taken in by it too. The language is clear and logical and quite simply makes a lot of sense. I think this is an excellent book for children such as my older son who need the kind of reasoning used in the book to be layed out logically and explicitly for them.

Love all the books in this series. We read one of these books daily to my little ones that are still learning how to be responsible little boys.

I'm a kindergarten teacher and I love all of Cheri Meiners' social emotional skills books. Right to the point, clear illustrations, perfect language. These life/relationship skills are complex and important for all ages, but the text and illustrations in her books are accessible to young children.

Great resource book for teaching character -building. I teach 4s & 5s and teaching social development/problem-solving skills is always a part of my curriculum. In my earlier years of teaching, all of the resources I found for helping teach those skills was above their learning level. Now, years later, Cheri J. Meiners has hit the nail on the head! These are exactly the books I was looking for years ago! The children can relate to the stories and there are questions att he end for the teacher to use with the children. There is also more info in the back like additional books that can be read, vocabulary words, websites, etc. If you want to build character, help develop problem-solving skills and foster social skills in your classroom, then this series of books is for you and your classroom.

Good book with language that toddlers can understand and interesting images. The lessons are important, but I like reading it more than my toddler does!

Kids are told "no" in so many ways, and how *not* to behave. This book, and series, provides a proactive and positive approach to common social problems kids face, and provides ideas but opportunities for dialogue between kids and between kids and adults. Having a kiddo who has difficulties with how to react in negative social situations, these books have been very helpful to initiate the "what should I do" and "what can I do when" dialogues.

I love this series for teaching life skills to children in a fun and non-confrontational way. My boys enjoy our time reading these books and I enjoy the dialogue we have together as we read through it. I will pause after each page and give them a chance to discuss what we just read. They always have more to add to the page or questions about why we do something like this, etc. If nothing else, it's worth it just for the way it opens us all up to talking about these important issues without anyone feeling like they are singled out. The illustrations are also very well done.

These books have made such a difference!! Could not recommend them enough we saw behaviour changes within a few days. Designed for kids and works with early learning concepts at school too.

This is a great book for helping kids to learn peaceful and co-operative ways of resolving conflicts. Too often they become frustrated and overwhelmed by feelings which they don't know how to name or control. This book shows how to understand and think about the problem, how to try and understand the other persons point of view and how to talk things through, it makes the point that by doing all these things, not only will everyone be happier because the outcome is better but there is also the added bonus of having more fun and friends to play with which is more important than getting your own way all the time. The text and pictures are simple and the situations used in the story are ones which all small children can relate to. My 6 year old really likes this book and finds it fun as well as helpful, he can read a lot of it by himself and also likes to look at it on his own from time to time. He told me that very often he doesn't know what to do in these situations and seems relieved to have a book which gives him some help and guidance. There are lots of good games/questions at the back of the book which have prompted lots of discussion about various situations he has found himself in and how he might handle similar ones next time. Definately a useful book to have to help any young child feel comfortable and confident in sorting out the many conflicts and disagreements that arise between small children.

This definitely makes your child think about situations more.

The books on this collection by Cheri Meiners are wonderful. They discuss simple problems which small children of pre-school and young school age face, including how to learn to listen, to share, to care about others, to follow the rules, amongst many others. The books are written in simple language and richly illustrated, so young ones learning to read will benefit from the content as well as the opportunity to practice their reading. A must-have for parents!

Great book. My grandson loves it.