Your Fantastic Elastic Brain by JoAnn Deak

Appropriate Age Range: 5-8 years

What this book is all about:

Your Fantastic Elastic Brain teaches developmentally-appropriate and understandable information about how the brain works and ways to make it grow.

Why you might want to read it:

This book is great for children who are naturally curious and eager to learn through providing straight-forward information on how our brains work and how our feelings can affect our bodies. It also reinforces what happens in our brains when we make mistakes.

3 questions for you to ask your children after reading it:

  1. Now understanding more about your brain, how do you view areas of growth/strengths?

  2. How can you learn to cope with mistakes that help stretch and grow your brain?

  3. What are some things you can do to help your brain continue to grow?

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