Along with A-B-Cs and 1-2-3s, teaching social-emotional skills is an essential component of classroom and in-home education for young children—and audiobooks can help set the tone for this special, highly relational form of learning. Listen to clips below from audiobooks that focus on developing social skills, empathy, awareness, stress-management, and healthy resiliency. And remember that listening together, whether to books about classroom kindness or about grand space adventures, can help children learn to recognize and care for their emotions.
Part of the Mindfulness Moments for Kids series, with Hot Cocoa Calm, kids learn to how to take control of their emotions and breathe their way to calm. The perfect soothing listen for bedtime before and during the winter holidays, this audiobook celebrates the peacefulness of the season.
The newest picture book from the creators of All Are Welcome to help children navigate Big Feelings and the emotional challenges they face in their daily lives.
A #1 New York Times bestseller. In The Day You Begin, National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson has created a poignant, heartening audiobook about finding the courage to connect, even when you feel scared and alone.
From the best-selling author of the hugely popular Kindergarten, Here I Come!, How to Be Kind in Kindergarten is a guidebook in verse that shows children how to be kind in the new and exciting world of kindergarten.
Tomorrow I’ll Be Brave is an uplifting and positive audiobook encourages kids to promise that tomorrow, they will try new things, do their best, and be brave. Journey through a world filled with positive words of widsom, inspiration, and motivation. As this audiobook reminds listeners, tomorrow is another day, full of endless opportunities.
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