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Book

What can I say? : a kid's guide to super-useful social skills to help you get along and express yourself

Call Number

  • J 158.2 NEWM (CEN)

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Publication Information

North Adams, MA : Storey Publishing, [2022]

Physical Description

159 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm

Audience

Grades 4-6 Storey Publishing.

Summary

"Author Catherine Newman provides supportive guidance and instruction to help kids establish or and maintain meaningful relationships and effective communication with friends, teachers, family members, and others in their communities"--

Contents

  • Greet someone
  • Introduce yourself
  • Introduce other people
  • Put someone at ease
  • Say goodbye
  • Express curiosity
  • Listen
  • Make small talk
  • Give and receive a compliment
  • Compromise
  • Give someone the benefit of the doubt
  • Be wrong
  • Be right
  • Argue
  • Persuade someone
  • Be grateful
  • Be embarrassed
  • Apologize
  • Forgive
  • Be angry
  • Say no
  • Ask for help
  • Shut down gossip
  • Let a friend go
  • Step back from a friendship
  • Know if you have a crush on someone
  • Ask someone out
  • Go on a date
  • Deal with being awkward
  • Break up with someone
  • Get your heart broken
  • NOT be in a romantic relationship
  • Show your appreciation
  • Express empathy
  • Be supportive when someone confides in you
  • Comfort someone
  • Be inclusive
  • Stick up for someone
  • Give advice
  • Be courageous
  • Educate yourself
  • Disrupt prejudice
  • Respond to an offensive joke
  • Talk about pronouns
  • Be trustworthy
  • Be a good neighbor
  • Volunteer
  • Be an activist
  • Make a protest sign
  • Change the world.

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Added Authors

Debbie Fong