Download or read book From Wheelchair to Playground written by Marcia Hughes and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2020-09-22 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After having given birth to a severely handicapped daughter, I committed myself to a strong faith goal. I told God what he was going to do and how it was going to be, period, the end! That goal came crashing down upon me shattering in tiny pieces around my feet. God picked up those pieces and glued them back together with his unconditional love. Proceeds of this book will be donated to children's ministries.
Download or read book A Playground for Everybody written by Kirsten McDonald and published by Celebrating All Friends. This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wheelchair user Ava and her friends play together on the new accessible playground.
Download or read book Yes I Can written by Kendra J. Barrett and published by Magination Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Carolyn is in a wheelchair, but she doesn't let that stop her! She can do almost everything the other kids can, even if sometimes she has to do it a little differently"--
Download or read book Dana Also Deserves a Playground written by Yael Manor and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-05-23 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This story aims to shed light, on the discrimination against disabled children in the playgrounds.This is a story about a socially caring, a true friendship and willingness to contribute to the other.This is a story about thinking, about persistence and about originality.This is a story about a real concern for the weaker and non-discrimination of his rights.Let us teach our children to be all of this.
Download or read book Let s Go Play written by and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-25 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inclusive coloring images introducing 15 pieces of adaptive equipment or tools children may use to navigate their days
Download or read book Lia s Kind Mind written by Dr. Nicole Julia and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-30 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet the second book of The Able Fables®, a heartwarming story of a young lion who adores gymnastics. When Lia struggles to master a new skill on the balance beam, she doubts her abilities and ponders quitting the sport altogether. Encouraged by her teammates, Lia harnesses the power of a kind mind and learns to embrace the balance beam as she does her birthmark.
Download or read book The Universal Playground written by DIANE Publishing Company and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1990 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This document will: assist schools in planning playgrounds for children of all abilities; show ways that this can be done using limited resources; and suggest ways that such universal playgrounds can contribute to the overall educational objectives being developed in BC. This document will help organize the planning; identify the most useful applications; and determine the resources required. Can be utilized to augment individualized programs developed for students with special needs. Bibliography. Checklists and survey forms.
Download or read book When Charley Met Emma written by Amy Webb and published by Beaming Books. This book was released on 2019-03-12 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2019 Foreword INDIES Award Bronze Medal, When Charley Met Emma teaches kids about disability, empathy, and the beauty of friendships with people who are different from you. When Charley goes to the playground and sees Emma, a girl with limb differences who gets around in a wheelchair, he doesn't know how to react at first. But after he and Emma start talking, he learns that different isn't bad, sad, or strange--different is just different, and different is great! This delightful book will help kids think about disability, kindness, and how to behave when they meet someone who is different from them.
Download or read book Laughing at My Nightmare written by Shane Burcaw and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-10-14 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "With acerbic wit & a hilarious voice, Shane Burcaw's YA memoir describes the challenges he faces as a 20-year-old with muscular atrophy. From awkward handshakes to trying to finding a girlfriend and everything in between"--
Download or read book Playground Lessons Friendship and Forgiveness written by Brent Poppen and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BRENT POPPEN'S "Playground Lessons: Friendship And Forgiveness" is a story about a little boy named Harley and his wheelchair. The story contains many emotional issues that the author had as a quadriplegic and still deals with on a daily basis. Playground Lessons is designed to be read to, or by students, in different grade levels, while creating meaningful discussions and lessons.
Download or read book We Move Together written by Kelly Fritsch and published by AK Press. This book was released on 2021-04-14 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A bold and colorful exploration of all the ways that people navigate through the spaces around them and a celebration of the relationships we build along the way. We Move Together follows a mixed-ability group of kids as they creatively negotiate everyday barriers and find joy and connection in disability culture and community. A perfect tool for families, schools, and libraries to facilitate conversations about disability, accessibility, social justice and community building. Includes a kid-friendly glossary (for ages 3–10). This fully accessible ebook includes alt-text for image descriptions, a read aloud function, and a zoom-in function that allows readers to magnify the illustrations and be able to move around the page in zoom-in mode.
Download or read book Strangers Assume My Girlfriend Is My Nurse written by Shane Burcaw and published by Roaring Brook Press. This book was released on 2019-04-30 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With his signature wit, twenty-something author, blogger, and entrepreneur Shane Burcaw is back with an essay collection about living a full life in a body that many people perceive as a tragedy. From anecdotes about first introductions where people patted him on the head instead of shaking his hand, to stories of passersby mistaking his able-bodied girlfriend for a nurse, Shane tackles awkward situations and assumptions with humor and grace. On the surface, these essays are about day-to-day life as a wheelchair user with a degenerative disease, but they are actually about family, love, and coming of age. Shane Burcaw is one half of the hillarious YouTube duo, Squirmy and Grubs, which he runs with his girlfriend, now fiancee, Hannah Aylward.
Download or read book The Recess Queen written by Alexis O'Neill and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2016-06-28 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An irrepressible new girl dethrones the reigning recess bully by becoming her friend in this infectious playground romp. Mean Jean was Recess Queen and nobody said any different.Nobody swung until Mean Jean swung.Nobody kicked until Mean Jean kicked.Nobody bounced until Mean Jean bounced.If kids ever crossed her, she'd push 'em and smoosh 'emlollapaloosh 'em, hammer 'em, slammer 'emkitz and kajammer 'em.Until a new kid came to school!Parents and teachers will appreciate the story's deft handling of conflict resolution (which happens without adult intervention)."A lively story about the power of kindness and friendship" -- Publishers Weekly"A lighthearted look at a serious topic in schools and on playgrounds everywhere..." -- School Library Journal"Great for reading aloud and joining in." -- Booklist
Download or read book Awesomely Emma written by Amy Webb and published by Beaming Books. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I love being me, because me is an awesome thing to be! Emma has limb differences, but different isn't bad, sad, or strange. It's just different! But when some accessibility problems get in the way at the local art museum, it ruins the fun of a class trip...and then Emma's friend Charley makes things even worse! In the middle of a really bad day, Emma has to call upon her sense of inner awesome to stand up for herself and teach everyone a lesson about the transformative power of feeling awesome in your own skin. Amy Webb's follow-up to When Charley Met Emma, Awesomely Emma will have all kids cheering as they learn to see the inner awesome in themselves and those around them.
Download or read book Rolling Along written by Jamee Riggio Heelan and published by Peachtree. This book was released on 2000-01-04 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This triumphant story offers a valuable look at both adjusting to a wheelchair and facing physical limitations with boundless energy and determination. Taylor and Tyler are twin brothers and best friends. But the twins are different in one significant way: Taylor has cerebral palsy, while Tyler does not. Taylor works hard to strengthen his weak legs in therapy and at home. But when he learns to use a wheelchair, he finds that he is able to get around school more quickly than he could with his walker. He is even able to play basketball with Tyler! Accompanied by Simmonds' bright multimedia paintings, Heelan's reveals the experiences of a child who lives with physical limitations and shows how wheelchairs allow people to be more independent.
Download or read book Play from Birth to Twelve written by Doris Pronin Fromberg and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-11-12 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In light of recent standards-based and testing movements, the issue of play in childhood has taken on increased meaning for educational professionals and social scientists. This second edition of Play From Birth to Twelve offers comprehensive coverage of what we now know about play, its guiding principles, its dynamics and importance in early learning. These up-to-date essays, written by some of the most distinguished experts in the field, help students explore: all aspects of play, including new approaches not yet covered in the literature how teachers in various classroom situations set up and guide play to facilitate learning how play is affected by societal violence, media reportage, technological innovations and other contemporary issues which areas of play have been studied adequately and which require further research.
Download or read book Amazing written by Steve Antony and published by Hachette Children's. This book was released on 2020-07-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A joyful new picture book by the award-winning Steve Antony, creator of the bestselling Please Mr Panda. A little boy and his pet dragon are the very best of friends. They laugh, they sing, they dance, they snooze. They are both amazing - just like everyone else! A celebration of friendship and being yourself with a positive message about celebrating diversity. The perfect platform to start conversations about the importance of understanding and acceptance. Steve Antony is the winner of the Oscar's First Book Prize and has been nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal and shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize.
