I talked about Storm in the Night in a previous post. Though Bear didn't like that book, especially not a first, it did help with her fear of thunder somewhat. Reading about a little boy who was so busy worrying about his dog out in the storm that he forgot to be scared resonated with Bear. Every night she asks us if there will be a storm. We hand her Cake (her stuffed reindeer) and remind her she needs to protect him because he's scared of storms worse than she is. It seems to help. And actually, she hasn't seemed to need that reassurance in the past few days.
Little Quack's Bedtime has become Bear's favorite book. We need to return it tomorrow and she is having a hard time with this. It wasn't my favorite. It's cute and I didn't mind reading it over and over, but I didn't see why Bear loved it so much. But reading it one last time tonight, I think I know why she keeps asking for it. You see, in the book, there are five little ducklings about to go to bed and they keep seeing things in the night that are frightening to them until their Mama explains what the things really are. I think Bear identifies with these ducklings and their fears. Bear's favorite part is when Little Quack says, "Why oh why is the night so dark?" and can often be heard quoting that throughout the day.
What books have you read to your child that has helped him or her deal with a fear?
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How wonderful that you have literature that Bear can relate to! That's probably one of the best way to help children deal with their fears. JC was afraid of shadows at point but once she learned that she can control them by making shadow animals, she found them fascinating. There aren't too many things she's afraid of being she either draws about it, talks about it or acts it out during her pretend play. I think they are great coping skills that she's developed on her own.
ReplyDeleteSounds like Bear found her own way to deal with night fears and with thunder. Anna doesn't seem to mind natural phenomena, she is mostly worried about supernatural. She is not a big fan of Halloween and even though we read literally dozens of books about it she still doesn't like scary costumes and doesn't even want to talk about who she wants to be. Thanks for joining WMCIR!
ReplyDeleteMy kids love the Little Quack books.
ReplyDeleteIt makes sense that she found comfort in this book. It's great that she was able to deal with her fear this way.
A couple of months ago, I blogged about an Elmo book that was about going to the doctor. My daughter was one of those kids you can hear crying hysterically down the hall before she even got a shot. Well we read the book and played dr. and the appointment went so so so much better!
ReplyDeleteMy girl really got a lot out of the book 'Feeling Scared'. She loves it and we talk a lot about it. Also a library book that we borrow a lot! (:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.amazon.com/When-Feeling-Scared-Trace-Moroney/dp/0769644279
how sweet.
ReplyDeleteI made the mistake of reading "Burgler Bill" the other night to Kenzie.... this resulted in lots of questions.
"will we get burgled?"
"do Burglers really exist?"
Then he had to check all the windows were closed..... i will have to choose stories a little better in future!
This sounds like a good book. We have a fear of bears here.. I need to try and find something to help with that. However, just reading brown bear brown bear gives him nightmares :-P
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