Stress Management for Teachers
Feeling overwhelmed with managing classroom stress?
Struggling to maintain a calm and empowering classroom environment?
Lacking time and resources for self-care?
Facing burnout, loss of passion for teaching; and losing compassion towards your learners?
Then Stress Management for Teachers is for you.
Stress Management for Children -
"A Walk In The Jungle" - Storybook 1
Are you looking for a fun and engaging way to help children manage stress and build important life skills?
This printed storybook shows you how to use the storybook movements and activities to capture children's imagination, but also guides them through movements that helps their development, calm their minds and bodies.
"A Walk In The Jungle" - Developmental Movements Storybook 2
For Teachers and Parents who want to help their preschool children reach developmental milestones.
This printed book is the second part of "A Walk In The Jungle" Storybook, which provides a fun way to help children manage stress and build important life skills?
Welcome to
"The Learning Bridge"
The New Approach To
Early Childhood Education."
A practical guide to transitioning preschool children into a play-based academic model using a 6-Step Process.
The traditional education system often focuses on curriculum and teaching specific skills using direct instruction as the primary method.
However, we are witnessing a shift toward a child-centered and heart-centered approach—one that values observation, documentation, and expansion based on a child's natural play and curiosity.
This 6-Step Process encourages teachers to act as facilitators rather than instructors, creating an environment where children feel safe to choose who, what, when, where, and how they play—allowing their imagination to lead the way.
Gordy's Mountain Moves
Gordy's Mountain Moves teacher edition, is an engaging story exercise book for kids, that takes young readers on an exciting storybook adventure filled with playful physical and play-based activities.
Whether used in a classroom or at home, Gordy's Mountain Moves is perfect for parents and teachers who want to provide young children with a head start in developing key skills.
Teaching Kids About: Emotions
Through Social Stories Gestures and Body Language - A Practical Guide for Teachers and Parents.
Teaching Kids About Emotions helps teachers and parents nurture emotional growth in young children by using storytelling and simple gestures to foster emotional intelligence.
This book helps in teaching kids about kindness, empathy, and love, emphasizing the importance of understanding and expressing emotions in a positive way.
The Ice Cube Family
Icy Learns About Love and Compassion
In this teacher's edition, Icy Learns About Love and Compassion, preschool children are introduced to essential life skills like understanding emotions, kindness, and compassion.
Through engaging storytelling and body language gestures, this storybook nurtures emotional development while teaching kids valuable life skills.
The Ice Cube Family
Where Do Ice Cubes Go
When They Melt?
A heartwarming story about love, transformation, and the cycle of life.
In this teacher's edition of "Where Do Ice Cubes Go When They Melt?" preschool children explore the concepts of change, resilience, and interconnectedness. Through gentle storytelling and relatable characters, this storybook nurtures an understanding of life's natural transformations while emphasizing love and connection.
This storybook introduces young children to important concepts without directly mentioning difficult topics such as death, making it a gentle and effective tool for early learning.
"Teach My Preschooler How To Read" Book 1: Alphabet Letter Sounds.
For Teachers and Parents who want an easy play-based way to teach preschool children how to read and write coloring pictures.
"Teach My Preschooler How To Read" Book 2: Vowels and Sight-Words
For children who have completed the "Teach My Preschooler How To Read" Part 1 and are ready to give their preschool child a head start advantage; reading vowels and sight words, before they go to early grade school.
"Teach My Preschooler How To Read" Book 3: Digraphs
For Teachers and Parents who have completed the "Teach My Preschooler How To Read books 1 & 2 and are ready to give their preschool child the next step in their reading journey; digraphs.
"Fast Start For Early Readers" - Kindergarten
For Teachers and Parents who have completed the "Teach My Preschooler How To Read books 1 - 2 & 3.
This book is a review of all 3 books and develops a child's "Ear", "Tongue", "Eye", and communication skills.
"Fast Start For Early Readers" - Level 1
For Teachers and Parents who have completed the "Fast Start For Early Readers" - Kindergarten book.
This book introduces children to read unpunctuated 2 and 3 letter word sentences and Pre-Primer, Sight Words.
"Fast Start For Early Readers" - Level 2
For Teachers and Parents who have completed the "Fast Start For Early Readers" - Kindergarten and Level 1 book.
This book introduces children to read punctuated, 3 or 4 letter words, Sight Words and Capitalized sentences.
The Learning Bridge - Storybook Series
The Learning Bridge Storybook Series is a unique collection of coil-bound storybooks designed to support early childhood educators in creating nurturing, child-led learning environments.
Each storybook corresponds to one of the 6 Steps in The Learning Bridge Framework, providing engaging tales and practical activities that teach children essential social, emotional and developmental skills.
The 6 Steps of The Learning Bridge guide children’s growth in a play-based, compassionate environment:
Meet & Greet: Helping children feel welcomed and valued every day.
Storytime: Using engaging narratives to teach important life values.
Set Up the Environment: Inspiring creativity and exploration through a thoughtfully designed play space.
Observe, Document, Expand: Empowering teachers to support learning by observing, documenting, and expanding on children’s interests.
Child’s Skills Diary: Celebrating each child’s achievements with personalized skill tracking.
Expanding Play: Encouraging deeper learning through child-led exploration.
Each storybook brings these steps to life with delightful characters, relatable scenarios, and actionable ideas that connect play, learning, and emotional development.
The coil-bound format makes them perfect for classroom use, with pages that easily stay open for reading while showing both text and illustrations.
STEP 1: MEET & GREET
Storybook: Max’s First Day At Preschool.
Purpose: Foster a welcoming environment, building emotional security, and trust for the child.
Learning Focus: Coping with new environments, building trust with peers and teachers, expressing feelings, and feeling a sense of belonging.
STEP 2: STORYTIME
Storybook: Icy Learns About Love and Compassion.
Purpose: Children develop empathy, build friendships by learning verbal and non-verbal communication through body language, gestures, and engaging storytelling.
Learning Focus: Verbal and non-verbal communication, strengthening friendships, and comforting others through simple body language and gestures.
STEP 3: SET UP THE ENVIRONMENT
Storybook: The Whispering Playroom.
Purpose: Inspire child-led play, creativity, exploration, and self-expression using thoughtfully arranged, open-ended, Loose Parts play materials.
Learning Focus: The environment as a teacher, making choices, and engaging in open-ended play with loose parts.
STEP 4. OBSERVE-DOCUMENT-EXPAND
Storybook: Teacher, Why Do You Watch Us Play?
Purpose: Observe and document each child’s successes, interests, and skills, forming the basis for their Skills Diary and expanding their play opportunities.
Learning Focus: Explaining the role of the teacher’s observation, building trust, and encouraging self-directed play.
STEP 5: CREATE THE CHILD’S SKILLS DIARY
Storybook: Milo’s Special Book of Adventures.
Purpose: Document each child's achievements and interests to create a personalized Skills Diary. This diary documents a child’s growth and bridges the communication gap between home and the transition to grade school.
Learning Focus:Recognizing personal achievements, reflecting on emotions, building self-esteem, and celebrating growth, which are documented in the Child’s Skills Diary.
STEP 6: EXPAND ON THE CHILD’S PLAY
Storybook: Riley’s Big Building Adventure.
Purpose: Through observation and documentation, the teacher can provide Loose Parts to expand on a child's play and interests.
Learning Focus: Expand on a child’s play, collaborative play, problem-solving, following interests, and exploring creativity in group activities.
THE GRANDPARENT LEGACY STORY SERIES
THE ICE CUBE FAMILY
Where Do Ice Cubes Go
When They Melt?
A heartwarming story about love, transformation, and the cycle of life.
This book introduces children to read unpunctuated 2 and 3 letter word sentences and Pre-Primer, Sight Words.
In Where Do Ice Cubes Go When They Melt?, grandparents and children explore the concepts of change, resilience, and connection. Through gentle storytelling and delightful characters, this storybook helps young children understand that love stays with us—even when things change.
This book gently introduces life’s natural transitions in a way that feels safe and comforting, without mentioning difficult topics like death—making it a beautiful story for shared reading between generations.
👉 Perfect for bedtime reading, emotional support, and meaningful conversations.
📘 Available in Print and Kindle editions.
THE ICE CUBE FAMILY
Icy Learns About Love and Compassion
A gentle story that shows children what it means to care, connect, and express love.
In Icy Learns About Love and Compassion, grandparents and grandchildren follow Icy as he discovers what it means to show love—not just through words, but through simple actions and body language.
This heart-centered story helps children recognize how small gestures, kindness, and connection can express big feelings. It’s a powerful way for grandparents to pass on values and build emotional understanding together.
How Grandma & Grandpa
Learned to Read
A heartfelt story about sharing wisdom, love, and the joy of learning to read.
This special storybook allows grandparents to pass on their wisdom and life lessons while helping children learn to read in a playful, engaging way.
Through storytelling and coloring pictures, children are introduced to phonetic reading — a joyful contrast to how their grandparents first learned to read.
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