Hand in Hand - emotional development through literature

While many of us are aware that books can help children with their emotional development, this guide shows us how to go about enabling this process in the classroom. Aimed directly at the literacy hour, the book introduces seven themes with particular stories and lesson plans. Teachers will be able to expand these plans and devise many further lessons from other books on the suggested lists or from stories they already know. The ideas are stimulating and easy to apply. Most of the lesson plans include English language teaching, ie, metaphor, comprehension. But there is also comprehension. But there is also much useful discussion on emotional needs, such as being oneself, growing up, friendship, grief and loss, fears, staying safe and talking about feelings. A very useful tool for upper and lower primary teachers.