Mrs. Killion loves to expand on and apply curriculum concepts with children's books. Please explore this page to find additional books to read at home!
Mrs. Killion loves to expand on and apply curriculum concepts with children's books. Please explore this page to find additional books to read at home!
Click the visual for a PDF resource with different children's books that align with the concepts of the Zones of Regulation curriculum. This is a great way to build upon what we have been learning about during service time!
Books for Parents:
The Whole Brain Child; Daniel J. Siegel Tina Payne Bryson
Smart But Scattered; Peg Dawson and Richard Guare
Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder; Edward M. Hallowell M.D.
FLIPP The Switch: Strengthen Executive Function Skills; Sheri Wilkins Carol Burmeister
Differently Wired: Raising an Exceptional Child in a Conventional World; Deborah Reber
The Explosive Child; Ross W. Greene - PhD
The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism; Naoki Higashida
Uniquely Human: A Different Way of Seeing Autism; Barry M. Prizant
The Way I See It ; Temple Grandin
Blessings of a Skinned Knee, Raising Self-Reliant Children; Wendy Mogel Ph.D
Helping Your Anxious Child, 2nd Edition; Ronald M. Rapee Ann Wignall Susan H. Spence Vanessa Cobham Heidi Lyneham
Books for Children:
Social Skills:
What if Everybody Did That?; Ellen Javernick
What if Everybody Said That?; Ellen Javernick
What if Everybody Thought That?; Ellen Javernick
The Recess Queen; Alexis O'Neill
Interrupting Chicken; David Ezra Stein
My Mouth is a Volcano!; Julia Cook
I Can’t Believe You Said That! Julia Cook
Quiet Please, Owen McPhee!; Trudy Ludwig
Decibella and her 6-inch Voice; Julia Cook
A Bad Case of Tattle Tongue; Julia Cook
Whole Body Listening Larry at Home, 2nd Edition; Kristen Wilson and Elizabeth Sautter
Howard B. Wigglebottom Learns to Listen; Howard Binkow
Howard B. Wigglebottom Learns about Sportsmanship: Winning Isn't Everything; Howard Binkow
Winners Don’t Whine, and Whiners Don’t Win; Julia Cook and Anita DuFalla
The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes; Mark Pett and Gary Rubinstein
Even Superheroes Make Mistakes; Shelly Becker
Personal Space Camp; Julia Cook
Emotion Regulation:
The Color Monster, a Story About Emotions; Anna Llenas
Grumpy Monkey; Suzanne Lang
Fergal and the Bad Temper; Robert Starling
Soda Pop Head; Julia Cook
Wilma Jean the Worry Machine; Julia Cook
Worry Says What?; Allison Edwards
Even Superheroes Have Bad Days; Shelly Becker
Listening to My Body: A guide to helping kids understand the connection between their sensations (what the heck are those?) and feelings so that they can get better at figuring out what they need; Gabi Garcia
Come On Calm; Kelsey Brown
If Feelings Take Over; Danielle Nichols
B is for Breathe: The ABCs of Coping with Fussy and Frustrating Feelings; Dr. Melissa Munro Boyd
Mindful Mantra Series (including I Can Handle It!,I Believe in Myself, I will be Okay!, I will Try, I Matter); Laurie Wright
Howard B. Wigglebottom Learns It's OK to Back Away: A Story About Managing Anger; Howard Binkow
Mind Bubbles, Exploring Mindfulness with Kids; Heather Krantz, MD
Sensory Differences
My Brain is Magic, A Sensory-Seeking Celebration by Prasha Sooful
Too Much! An Overwhelming Day by Jolene Gutiérrez
When Things Get Too Loud; A Story About Sensory Overload by Anne Alcott
Don't Hug Doug (He Doesn't Like It) by Carrie Finison
Executive Functioning
What Were You Thinking? by Bryan Smith and Brian Marti
My Day is Ruined! by Bryan Smith and Lisa M. Griffin
It Was Just Right Here! by Bryan Smith and Lisa M. Griffin
Of Course It's a Big Deal! by Bryan Smith and Lisa M. Griffin
Time to Get Started by Bryan Smith and Lisa M. Griffin
What's the Problem? by Bryan Smith and Lisa M. Griffin
How Did You Miss That? by Bryan Smith and Lisa M. Griffin
I'll Never Get All of That Done! by Bryan Smith and Lisa M. Griffin
Fix It with Focus by Bryan Smith and Lisa M. Griffin
How Do I Remember All That? by Bryan Smith and Lisa M. Griffin
I Can't Find My Whatchamacallit by Julia Cook
Planning Isn't My Priority (by Julia Cook
Study Skilled… NOT!!! by Julia Cook
Disability Awareness
Uniquely Wired by Julia Cook and Anita DuFalla
The Girl Who Thought in Pictures: The Story of Dr. Temple Grandin by by Julia Finley Mosca and Daniel Rieley
You Are Enough, A Book About Inclusion by Margaret O'Hair
All Different and Beautiful by Belle Belrose
A Friend for Henry by Jenn Bailey
Just Ask! Be Different, Be Brave, Be You by Sonia Sotomayor