A Volcano in My Tummy: Helping Children to Handle Anger: A Resource Book for Parents, Caregivers and Teachers

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This instant best-seller offers new and creative approaches to help children learn to handle their anger so that they can lead successful, healthy, happy, and non violent lives. This is a clear and easy-to-use book that includes specific exercises for working with groups of kids. By carefully distinguishing between anger the feeling, and violence the behaviour, this accessible little book, primarily created for ages 6 to 15, helps to create an awareness of anger, enabling children to relate creatively and harmoniously at critical stages in their development.

The series is carefully differentiated and scaffolded with each book containing three ability levels.A teacher for twenty years and a published author of two children’s novels, she is also the mother of two teenage children, and enjoys the outdoors and gardening in particular. A Volcano in My Tummy offers engaging, well-organised activities which help to overcome the fear of children’s anger which many adult caregivers experience.

A Volcano in My Tummy: Helping Children to Handle Anger” is a valuable resource that offers a clear and effective approach to understanding and managing children’s anger. My Hidden Chimp; Helping children to understand and manage their emotions, thinking and behaviour with ten helpful habits.An accessible resource book for teachers, parents and all who care for children, it is full of stories, and easy-to-use games and exercises designed to encourage children to see their anger and to deal constructively with it. Through activities, stories, articles, and games designed to allow a multi-subject, developmental approach to the topic at home and in school, A Volcano in My Tummy gives us the tools we need to put aside our problems with this all-too-often destructive emotion, and to have fun while we're at it. I've done the first lesson with my kids, and it seemed to go well, and I plan to do a few more with them. It addresses the common fear and uncertainty that caregivers often experience when faced with children’s anger. This book presents a clear and effective approach to helping children and adults alike understand and deal constructively with children’s anger.