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Calm-Down Time (Toddler Tools®) Board book – Picture Book, May 1, 2010

by Elizabeth Verdick (Author), Marieka Heinlen (Illustrator)
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Every parent, caregiver—and toddler—knows the misery that comes with meltdowns and temper tantrums. Through rhythmic text and warm illustrations, this gentle, reassuring book offers toddlers simple tools to release strong feelings, express them, and calm themselves down. Children learn to use their calm-down place—a quiet space where they can cry, ask for a hug, sing to themselves, be rocked in a grown-up’s arms, talk about feelings, and breathe: “One, two, three . . . I’m calm as can be. I’m taking care of me.” After a break, toddlers will feel like new—and adults will, too. Books include tips for parents and caregivers.
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    Toddler Tools
  3. Print length
    24 pages
  4. Language
    English
  5. Dimensions
    7 x 0.57 x 7 inches
  6. Publisher
    Free Spirit Publishing
  7. Publication date
    May 1, 2010
  8. ISBN-10
    1575423162
  9. ISBN-13
    978-1575423166
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Toddler Tools Series

Calm-Down Time

Every parent, caregiver—and toddler—knows the misery that comes with meltdowns and temper tantrums. Through rhythmic text and warm illustrations, this gentle, reassuring book offers toddlers simple tools to release strong feelings, express them, and calm themselves down. Children learn to use their calm-down place—a quiet space where they can cry, ask for a hug, sing to themselves, be rocked in a grown-up’s arms, talk about feelings, and breathe: “One, two, three . . . I’m calm as can be. I’m taking care of me.” After a break, toddlers will feel like new—and adults will, too.

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Daily transitions and routines can be a challenge for any toddler, as well as parents and caregivers. These award-winning, positive books can help ease the challenges that toddler’s experience daily. Share them before (or during) the desired “time,” or whenever toddlers need encouragement with routines.

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Tools for Transitions

Positive Behaviors Guide

With simple words and lively illustrations, this series can help ease the many trying “times” that are a part of every toddler’s day.

Lively Full-Color Illustrations

Help toddlers learn how to navigate through their daily transitions and routines with brightly colored illustrations.

Tools for Transitions

A fresh look at the times and transitions all toddlers face daily, provide them with the tools to handle routines with confidence and cooperation.

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2011 Preferred Choice Award Winner — Creative Child Magazine

“Highly useful titles for preschool collections.” ― School Library Journal

About the Author

Elizabeth Verdick has been writing books since 1997, the year her daughter was born. Her two children are the inspiration for nearly everything she writes. Before becoming an author, Elizabeth edited books for children and parents.

These days she writes books for babies, toddlers, teens, and every age in between. She especially loves creating new board books. The Happy Healthy Baby® series is designed to capture the interest of the littlest readers. Elizabeth’s Toddler Tools® series helps young children and their parents cope with those tough times and transitions that happen every day (like naptime and bedtime). In the Best Behavior® series, she helps toddlers reach new milestones and improve their day-to-day behavior.

Elizabeth also enjoys getting the chance to look at the funny side of life in the Laugh and Learn® series, which helps kids ages 8–13 get a handle on the social-emotional skills they’re developing throughout the elementary and middle school years. She’s also coauthor of The Survival Guide for Kids with Autism Spectrum Disorder (And Their Parents), which offers kids with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) their own comprehensive resource for both understanding their condition and finding tools to cope with the challenges they face every day.

Elizabeth lives and writes near St. Paul, Minnesota.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Free Spirit Publishing; First Edition, Board Book (May 1, 2010)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Board book ‏ : ‎ 24 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1575423162
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1575423166
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 1 - 3 years, from customers
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8.4 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7 x 0.57 x 7 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 3,027 ratings

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    Elizabeth Verdick loves writing books that root for kids and help them grow. Her work serves young people of all ages, from babies to teens. Her picture books include SMALL WALT, SMALL WALT AND MO THE TOW, BIKE AND TRIKE, PEEP LEAP, and the upcoming SMALL WALT SPOTS DOT. Her "Best Behavior" series features award-winning board books such as the classic TEETH ARE NOT FOR BITING and the more recent WORRIES ARE NOT FOREVER, plus many other titles that guide young children's social-and-emotional development. Her "Toddler Tools" series focuses on daily transitions and routines, including CALM-DOWN TIME and BYE-BYE TIME. Her "Laugh and Learn" series offers helpful advice for kids and teens, but humor as well, with titles such as HOW TO TAKE THE GRRRR OUT OF ANGER and STRESS CAN REALLY GET ON YOUR NERVES. Elizabeth coauthored THE SURVIVAL GUIDE FOR KIDS WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS, which has been in print for eight years and is currently being revised and updated for a new generation of young people. She lives in Minnesota with her family and pets. You can learn more about the author by visiting her website: elizabethverdick.com.

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    Marieka Heinlen

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    As an illustrator, my focus has been working on books that build social and emotional skills, creating artwork for all kinds of transitions, challenges and successes. I'm always looking for new ways to reflect the rich variety around us, so we have images to take back to examine in our inner world. I liked the idea of producing new ways to connect with ourselves and others.

    Over the past 20 years, I've designed hundreds of book covers and illustrated 42 picture books for young children. I believe picture books both encourage curiosity and integrate art into everyday life.

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This book gave us ideas for helping avoid Toddler meltdowns. Definitely worth the price. It fit perfectly in our daughter's Easter basket.
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S-nugg
5.0 out of 5 stars Good topics
Reviewed in the United States on April 16, 2024
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This a great book for toddlers to learn about regulating their emotions. Good, repetitive info that toddlers can remember and bright pictures.
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J. Monson
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for 2-4 year olds!
Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2024
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This is a great book for teaching a child to calm down.
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Mayra Godoy
5.0 out of 5 stars Positive Discipline Skills
Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2021
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This book is so well written for toddlers to 7 years. It provides steps and options for them to take and practice to calm down throughout the entire book. At the end, there is a page of tips for parents, guardians, and caregivers. It supports and provides examples of positive discipline skills. Also, I love that there is a bilingual version because I emphasize reading in Spanish at home since libraries and most signs and reading opportunities outside the home are all in English.

My 3 year old loved it because it gave her the opportunity to practice the skills. I noticed that she felt empowered with this visual support of her independence. She also started using the skills within minutes of reading it.

I would suggest this book to everyone! It’s now on my first birthday gift giving list.
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YuenX
5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely LOVE this book
Reviewed in the United States on July 5, 2018
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My 2.6 year old son picked out the "Bye Bye Time" book at the local library, and when I read it to him, we absolutely fell in love with it. We immediately bought the "Calm-Down Time" text for the very same reasons I listed in my review of "Bye Bye Time":

When I read to my son, I try to make it interactive by having him identify objects and by acting out some of the actions. For example, when the dad says (in the "Bye Bye Time"), "First, hugs and kisses. Squeeeze, smooch", I have him hug, kiss, and squeeze me and mom. He loves that.

Then, mom says to "take a deep breath and let it out", and all three of us breathe in deeply and exhale with an audible "ahhhhhhh". Definitely a fun exercise that we all love because it's like a game, stress relief (for us parents after a long day), and a tool for him to learn how to deal with emotions.

For "Calm Down Time", it teaches the toddler to also take a deep breath and to acknowledge that he or she is upset and that it is perfectly okay to be so. Then it coaches the little one on how to deal with the emotion. Make it interactive, and when he screams, we simply tell him to "Calm down" until he does, then teach him how to relax further by incorporating the techniques listed in this book.

Absolutely recommended.
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SayRay
4.0 out of 5 stars Good book
Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2024
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Simpl way to help teach kids to take a minute to calm down when they get overwhelmed. I really like it but my son (3yo) finds it boring. He doesn’t dislike it but it’s certainly not his favorite read. I haven’t seen him apply any of the concepts but it’s not supposed to be magic. I can say he does seem to be improving his emotional management. Not sure if it’s related to the book but it certainly hasn’t hurt to use it.
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Luke Harrington
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing for teaching age appropriate skills
Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2023
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I’ve tried a lot of different books about calming down/emotional regulation and This book is by far the best one I’ve read. This has helped my 3 YO so much she even started to ask for this book when she’s feeling angry or having a tantrum. The skills and wording are very practical for toddlers and young children. My daughter is able to do the techniques as I’m reading to her and she even memorized a lot of the words and sometimes I will hear her reading it to herself while practicing the techniques as she’s starting to calm down after a tantrum.
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Caitlin Forell
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Toddler Tools
Reviewed in the United States on September 7, 2023
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I really appreciate whoever created this book! This has been a great book to pull out when my toddler is having a hard time calming down. My husband or I will have my daughter find this book when she is struggling to regulate her emotions. We sit down and read it to her, and practice the tools for deep breathing. I've also made it a point to read this book to her when she's calm so that way she can continue to practice these tools in different headspaces. I would recommend this to any parent with a toddler or young kiddo.
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Kaylee Carlson
5.0 out of 5 stars Great tool
Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2023
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After having this book for a couple weeks now I have noticed it to be a great tool to use when my two year old is upset and is needing assistance calming his emotions.
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david macdougall
5.0 out of 5 stars Great message, cute artwork
Reviewed in Canada on August 8, 2022
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This book is simple and gets the message across well for my toddler. She loves the pictures. This author wrote other similar books that we love!
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Ariana OC
3.0 out of 5 stars No ha calado en mis peques
Reviewed in Spain on September 19, 2023
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A mí me ha gustado mucho, pero a los más pequeñis se ve que les cuesta interiorizar las estrategias. Les gustan las imágenes y lo q se dice, hasta repiten lo de 1 2 3 mientras estamos leyendo, pero luego no logran aplicarlo
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Sonali Saigal Kapur
5.0 out of 5 stars Sonali recommends
Reviewed in India on January 27, 2022
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A must for all parents and children.

For an extended review for book and others, pls check out @sonalisaigalkapur.noni on Instagram
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Rosa G.
5.0 out of 5 stars Love it!
Reviewed in Germany on October 18, 2021
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My daughter and I, love this book.. it is very understandable since the very first time someone reads it. My daughter is quite more concious about being calm.... and she knows the steps to make it.
Very graphic and really helful!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Love it!
Reviewed in Germany on October 18, 2021
My daughter and I, love this book.. it is very understandable since the very first time someone reads it. My daughter is quite more concious about being calm.... and she knows the steps to make it.
Very graphic and really helful!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Useful tool for young autistic children.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 5, 2021
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I work with young autistic children who often find it difficult to calm down once they are angry, distressed or upset. We read this book each day and remind them of the strategies the book contains. The simplicity of the book supports the childrens understanding.
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