Life Skills

by Kelly Swift
Published by Dorling Kinderlsey
ISBN 9780241467565

This hardcover book designed for 7 - 9 year olds is a trove of good information that most people would probably wish they had growing up. Although created for this younger age group it would also be useful for them to refer back later on.

It covers just about all aspects of things one encounters in life, such as how to make decisions, choices in life, how to speak to people, how to understand others such when someone else's feelings are hurt, if someone has family worries, how others fell when they[re left out, or what to do when you can't afford something that your friends are doing.

Learn to discover your own personality type, how to communicate with others choosing the right words to do this. Other useful tips include whether to spend or save pocket money, saving for treats or something special. How to plan using mind mapping. What to do when things do go according to plan, how to deal with these different situations. The readers will find out what empathy is, what people say can have a domino or ripple effect and the consequences. There is a positive example of these effects.

It also includes how to cope when things succeed with examples of famous people who didn't succeed at first with encouragement not to give up early and why failing also has it's own rewards.

Can you tell we love this book! It is so useful.