Kincher follows up with explanations of what the scores mean and does so completely without judgment in ways that children can understand. She also tells stories that illustrate her points and gives follow up ideas for children who want to more exploring. That Help You Learn About Others . It's clearly another child pleaser that creates an environment of fun, offers involving questions to investigate, and great discussions which come from observing. One of the ways I see children limit themselves is their narrow knowledge of human emotions.
Most young children seem to have a hard time getting beyond mad, sad, glad and happy.
Help comes from Caldecott-winning illustrator and writer, Ed Young. His new book of personal reflection, Voices of the Heart explores twenty-six Chinese characters which contain the symbol that represents the heart. He presents the Chinese character and then reinterprets each using Western symbols. Young introduces words like shame, mercy, wrath, doubt, resentment, and grace. He gives poignant definitions, powerful visual image and best of all, leaves plenty of room for children to draw conclusions about the connection of art and words, eastern and western traditions, and their own emotions.