Middlesex Monthly, May 2001
"Help Yourself is a great way to promote children's self-esteem by encouraging active participation."

Book Description
Children learn best by doing. When children perform the ritual activities of each day, they begin to develop self-confidence. The moment children feel good about themselves and their accomplishments is when other skills develop. This collection of activities is a great way to promote children’s self-esteem by encouraging active participation. Based on the songs from the CD by Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer, Help Yourself is filled with fun and creative ways to use the songs as a springboard into a curriculum for promoting self-esteem. Each activity includes a list of materials needed, directions, discussion ideas for talking with children, and variations for even more activities.

About the Author
Kate Ross is an Early Childhood Program Coordinator for Vermont Public Schools. She has taught and consulted in early childhood and elementary school settings for over twenty years, most of it devoted to children with special needs. Ms. Ross has a M.S. in Speech/Language Pathology.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Children learn best by doing. When children perform the ritual activities of each day, they begin to develop self-confidence. The moment children feel good about themselves and their accomplishments is when other skills develop.

This collection of activities is a great way to promote children￯﾿ﾽs self-esteem by encouraging active participation. Based on the songs from the CD by Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer, Help Yourself is filled with fun and creative ways to use the songs as a springboard into a curriculum for promoting self-esteem. Each activity includes a list of materials needed, directions, discussion ideas for talking with children, and variations for even more activities.