Valentines Day is right around the corner and for everyone its a day of love and chocolate. In our home love is one of the most important characteristics. Valentines is for chocolate, I don’t want Charlie to have to many sweets. I would rather Charlie get something he can use and always have to remind him of Valentines.
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The latest Hugo the Starfish book we’ve been reading is Teamwork (Hugo the Happy Starfish – Island Adventures – Educational Children’s Book Collection 11). I’m glad I chose this book because Charlie received a PS3 for Christmas.
Since Charlie received the new game system his personality has changed. Charlie is very rude and disrespectful. When Charlie plays on the PS 3 he throws temper tantrums. Especially If we ask Charlie to get off the game system for what ever reason.
Charlie will knock things over or throw things including his game controller. Or he becomes ugly with the dogs and cats we have. As well as with any of his friends who come over. This is driving me up the wall.
As a parent I realize I can’t blame all of Charlies attitude problems on the PS3 and the games he plays. Although his attitude seems to be worse when Charlie is on the PS 3. Especially if there are other boys here playing with Charlie. Charlie gets mad if they are winning and turns the game off in the middle of there game. Or when they have to go home Charlie snaps at David and I.
I am at my wits end and about ready to just sell every game system we have including my Atari I plan on purchasing for myself and every single video game that goes with both the PS3 and also his PS2. Now, I know this wouldn’t be fair to David because the PS3 is David’s and David does play the video games.
I sat down with Charlie to read Teamwork with Charlie. once I finished reading the book I had Charlie read the book to me and David so he could listen into our discussion.
Then we went through the book page by page and once we were done I had Charlie tell me what he learned through Teamwork and how what he read made him feel and how he could change his attitude.
I’m glad I did because Charlie went to his friends Trey’s home this weekend. They let Charlie spend the night. Heidi Trey’s mom say’s Charlie was so good. Charlie even told Cinnamon and Trey about Teamwork and what he learned.
If I were a teacher or day care worker or just a parent Hugo the Starfish Teamwork- The Island of Cooperation is something I would always have in my home. Not only for the children but I can refer to The Island of Cooperation because even adults have off days. There are times when I need to be reminded to use cooperation and to walk away as well as pick my battles.
If I can teach my family how to get along better by sharing Teamwork then I am all for it. To me this new children’s book is the perfect gift for every child on your gift giving list.
Charlie was so impressed with Teamwork that he took out his art supplies and we had a day were we drew our own Starfish and had our Starfish learning and doing different things that we turned into a book.
If I were homeschooling Charlie still Teamwork would have made a perfect book for us to use for our art class. I would like to share something that happened which totally surprised me. David even sat down with us at the kitchen table and did some of the drawings with us which was fun as David dosent normally do these things with us.
Once my new Nephew Jason is born I will make sure he has all of the Hugo the Starfish books in his nursery as these are books he can hand down to his own children and they will allow my nephew to bring Jason up with the right attitude and morals.
Product Description
Come on a sea adventure with HUGO THE HAPPY STARFISH as he finds out that HAPPINESS begins with COOPERATION.
TEAMWORK (THE ISLAND OF COOPERATION) contains a great educational lesson about the ability to work together as a team.
On the ISLAND OF COOPERATION Hugo learns that one can do a lot, however, a team working together can do so much more.
Hugo is a little starfish whose home is at the bottom of the wide ocean. He longs to visit the real world, and one day he decides to go and find it. Hugo’s journey to happiness isn’t quite as straightforward as he hopes though. He is sent to a series of different islands where he is taught important character lessons.
By the end of his journey, Hugo has visited fourteen islands, made many more friends, and, most importantly, learned how to be a better starfish.
HUGO THE HAPPY STARFISH – ISLAND ADVENTURES is packed with life lessons for kids, showing them the importance of appreciation, patience, tolerance and optimism amongst others.
Teaching children life skills can be tricky, but with this exciting book your kids will come across some of the most important lessons there are to be learned. Like Hugo, their journey to the real world will be full of character lessons along the way.
In Hugo, children, parents, and educators will discover a lovable and engaging role model with whom they can identify.
The story consists of 29 gorgeous illustrations showing a colorful and magical underwater world.
Children will laugh at the delightful characters, hold their breaths in suspense and love to read this story over and over.
The book is suitable as a read aloud book for preschoolers or a self-read book for older children.
The book comes with a number of worksheets which are downloadable at no cost on our website.
The book is offered in two editions (a version with Spanish introductory vocabulary and an English only version) as well as in different languages such as German, Spanish, French, Italian, and Portuguese.
There are more HUGO THE HAPPY STARFISH stories waiting to be discovered. Make sure to read THE LAST BULLY and THE SECRET TO HAPPINESS, THE MAGIC OF THE MOMENT, ONE STEP AT ATIME and many more.
Through his adventures, Hugo learns many valuable lessons of character, life skills, and ecological alertness – all amid the backdrop of a magical underwater world and mystical islands.
The stories were developed in conjunction with the author’s teaching experience at an International Baccalaureate® School and they support the different learner profiles and attitudes of the IB PYP curriculum.
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Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David
