What does a young jellyfish do when she becomes angry? And what do other members of her family do? A book that tells us it’s okay to be angry sometimes and to express anger and control it in different ways.
Age Group: The orchard
Book-Related Family Activities
Dear Parents,
“In our house, everyone feels angry sometimes,” says the child in the book, and he invites us to look at a mirror as parents: What makes us angry? And what makes or children angry? How do we express our anger in front of our children? How do we deal with this feeling and help our child to deal with it in a positive and supportive way which will not hurt him or anyone else?
Publishing:
Markaz alkutub walmaktabat
Year of Distribution:
2016-2017
We can consider...
We can consider the angry expressions in the little octopus’s family and see if the expressions look similar to ones of our family member?
We can play...
We can play with our child the game “angry bodies”, posing in front of the mirror with various expressions. What do we feel with our bodies?
The octopus’s family...
The octopus’s family members are father, mother, brother, sister, grandfather and grandmother. We can think together, why are they angry? are there more members we can add to the family, and think of the reason for their anger? This is an opportunity to listen for the child and for the things that make him angry, and also an opportunity to express for him the things that make parents angry.
Each member...
Each member of the family deals with his anger in different way, there are who shout, break, hit, isolate themselves or work out to release anger. We can have a conversation with our child about things that make him angry (such as, when his little brother or sister takes him toys). We act his angry reaction, and talk about it. Think of ways to control the anger (take a deep breath several times, count to 10, or go out to garden to jump and run).
Imagine things...
Imagine things around us, or in nature, that look like us when we get angry (such as a volcano, or a kettle).
What do you think...
What do you think about making a photo album for the family, and call it “what do we do when we are angry in the family”? we can also share the child drawing the family members with angry expressions.
Happiness is the opposite...
Happiness is the opposite of anger. What makes us happy? How does each one of the family members express his happiness?
In general...
In general, we express our anger with loud voice, but the illustrator chose to draw an angry family using a silent sea fish. Why? How does our child explain this.