Angry Octopus: Children Control Anger, Reduce Stress and Fall Asleep Faster (Stress Free Kids)

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Ms. Lite’s titles are considered a resource for parents, psychologists, therapists, child life specialists, teachers, and yoga instructors. Her Indigo Dreams® audio book/CD series has been awarded the CNE Award of Excellence. Ms. Lite has been interviewed and written articles for several media outlets, including: Family Circle, NY Times, MSNBC, ABC Radio; CBS News; USA Today; Web MD; Stress Free Living; Mind, Body, and Soul; and Job Club with Tory Johnson. She has also been featured in several publications which include Prevention Magazine, Parent Guide New York, Family Circle, Kiwi Magazine, and Aspiring Woman. Lori is a certified children’s meditation facilitator and Sears’ Manage My Life parenting expert. She gained national attention when she appeared on Shark Tank, an ABC/Mark Burnett production. This engaging story quiets the mind and relaxes the body so your child can let go of anger, relax, and fall asleep peacefully. This story is longer making it ideal for older children or those with a longer attention span.

Children relate to the angry octopus in this beautifully illustrated book as the sea child shows him how to manage his anger, remain calm and see things more clearly. This engaging story quiets the mind and relaxes the body so your child can let go of anger and fall asleep peacefully. I like the description of the octopus getting angry and squirting out dark ink so that he can't see what is going on around him. That's a great metaphor for what it's like when you get angry. Angry Octopus is also featured on the Indigo Ocean Dreams Audio/CD and is available as an interactive APP on the iTunes bookstore. It is also available in several eBook formats. Angry Octopus Color Me Happy, Color Me Calm ( 9781937985332) is a self-help interactive coloring book that compliments this story.

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With adorable and bright seascapes and an octopus to want to hug, this read takes a look at anger while offering suggestions on how to fight it before it explodes.

Obviously, this is a book with a mission. The sea-child goes through an entire regiment of exercises the octopus can do to ease his anger, when he feels it flaring up. These are written in smooth fashion. Each step is explained with the same story telling flow and does invite readers to join in, not directly but they will want to. It is directed toward the octopus, and the illustrations of the octopus trying each one are dusted with a light sense of humor...which makes readers want to try it themselves even more. Several free maps with different themes, assemble your own helmet, tentacles, to occupy these areas and become the king of octopuses! I also love that this book talks you through muscle relaxation. So many books focus just on deep breathing. Deep breaths are helpful but can be hard for children especially when experiencing heightened muscle tension.

These effective stress and anger management techniques are woven into this award-winning story. Your child will learn the technique as they read the story. Angry Octopus is one of four stories featured on the Indigo Ocean Dream s audiobook and is available in several formats. Angry Octopus is a story that teaches children how to use progressive muscle relaxation and breathing techniques to calm down, lower stress, and control anger. Children relate to the angry octopus in this story as the sea child shows the octopus how to take a deep breath, calm down, and manage anger. Angry Octopus Color Me Happy, Color Me Calm is a new coloring book that compliments this story. Amazing book to respectfully talk about anger. This story does a fantastic job telling the point of view of an octopus who is incredibly frustrated Karlson said he’d never seen an octopus that close before and watched Netflix documentary “ My Octopus Teacher” after the incident to learn more about the cephalopods.

I love the imagery in this story, both of the beautiful artwork and of the wonderful text. When the octopus gets angry his body gets tight, he "explodes" with a dark cloud of ink that mirrors his frustrated and confused feelings. This simple yet powerful description is a direct and visceral way of talking about the angry feelings many children experience in their daily lives. I like that the book talks about physical connections to our emotions, which I think makes a much better connection in young children's minds than just talking about hard to explain "feelings". The frustration, the helplessness the octopus feels is so moving that even I could echo his emotions when reading the story. Children learn to unwind, relax, and control anger with this fun exercise known as progressive muscle relaxation. Children relate to the angry octopus in this story as the sea child shows him how to take a deep breath, calm down, and manage his anger. These effective stress and anger management techniques for children focus awareness on various muscle groups to create a complete resting of the mind and body. Progressive muscle relaxation can be used to lower stress, decrease pain, and manage anger. Crazy octopus is not just a simple ocean adventure game, but a game of tactics, puzzle and a lot of freedom. Here, you will adventure in several themes such as ocean and city, assembling your tentacles to defeat the bosses.Many emotion books just straight to the emotion experienced. This book first alerts us to the sensations to octopus notices in his body (interception) that signal anger and frustration.

A few reviewers have commented that this part of the book feels repetitive or that their child didn’t follow along. That’s okay! Repetition is how our children learn. For children who initially struggle to follow along, we can instead model. Adults can serve both as models and as a guiding character for co-regulation (like the mermaid character). I'm extremely particular about books, which want to assist kids in learning to deal with emotions and such. So, I always hit these with a mountain of scrutiny. But this octopus did win me over. It's so cute to watch him grow angrier and angrier, and when he explodes, it hard not to understand exactly how he feels and wish to help. The sea-child is sweet enough and comes in with natural flow. While she does offer advice, it doesn't feel preachy, but rather creates a nice read-aloud. And then we are offered a beautiful way to work through these angry feelings - not ignore them or push them away - but work through them. The little sea child offers the octopus a way to become the "boss" of his body and his feelings, and guides him through a relaxation process to release his tension. And in the end the octopus takes control of himself and creates peace and well-being in his body once more, and he realizes that he can see more clearly and solve his problems without anger.

She teaches him how to be the boss of his own anger through deep breathing, muscular tensing and relaxation, and a dash of friendship. Tired of single player mode? Multiplayer battles are waiting for you, use your strongest tentacles to fight it！ Children who experience intense anger are often not in control of their body, which this octopus also models. Bryan Fry, an associate professor at the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Queensland, identified the octopus as a common Octopus vulgaris.