Building Self Esteem in Children
Self Esteem Books for Children is a series of tales told by “Sox” and designed for Building Self Confidence in Children.
All the tales have a message that encourages teaching self esteem to children, but in a way that will enthrall and entertain children of all ages.
Most of the “Self Esteem Books for Children” range is for sale but some free samples are provided below, for two reasons. First, to show the absolute quality of the range and encourage parents to determine for themselves just how successful the books will be in Teaching Self Esteem to Children in an unobtrusive way. Secondly, for those that can not afford even the modest price asked, we hope your children will benefit from the free stories.
FREE Self Esteem Books for Children:
More Self Esteem Books for Children:
Titch and Banta – Valuable Lesson
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Childrens Stories by Sox … Sammy’s Wish
Sammy’s Wish – A delightful childrens story by Sox that includes the following Life Lessons for Children in a fun style that kids will love – and learn from …
- Being Happy With Who You Are (not matter what you are)
- Be Careful What You Wish For … You Might Get It
- Communicating Exactly What Your Needs Are – Do not make others guess
- Appreciating What You Have
And if you are a parent reading this to your child, there might be food for thought for you too about out 100 miles an hour lifestyle …
Sammy was a little snail who had a big sense of adventure … ‘Fancy that’ he thought to himself. ‘We have lived our whole life stuck in this one spot. I think it’s time for an adventure.’
Childrens Stories For YOUR Child
If you would like “Heaven Sent” with YOUR Childs name in it, please let us know_
- Your Child’s Name
- Your Child’s Date of Birth
Cost for a Personalised copy is $7.95 and it will be emailed to you within 7 days.
We can Personalise ANY Book with Your Child’s Name – Please email us for details.
Valuable Lesson – Childrens Stories by Sox
Titch and Banta were a couple of very adventurous and mischievous little monkeys. They had been best friends since they were babies and had spent many of their days scrambling up and down trees, running in and out of bushes, playing tag; leap frog and tackling each other.
They often got in the way of the adult monkeys and would get a friendly slap or push for their trouble. Normally though they were forgiven by the adults because everyone knew that these two were a highly spirited pair of monkeys and they were well liked by the adults of the group.
- ‘True friends are like diamonds…precious & rare
False Friends are like Autum leaves.. found everywhere.’ Anon…
CHILDRENS LIFE LESSONS DEMONSTRATED:
- If doing something means your best friend could get into trouble..then its not right & its not worth it.
- True friends stand the test of time…they stay true while others fall away
-True friends don’t put pressure on you
-And true friends accept & love you for who you are; not what they think you should or could be
To purchase the full story – “Titch and Banta – A Valuable Lesson” – (21 pages) for just $2.95, please use the Paypal button below:
How Childrens Stories by Sox was Born …
Hi my name is Sox and I’m here to tell you a little bit about myself.
I’m a mother of three grown up children and a Grandmother to three beautiful grandkids. I’m known to them as Ahma (pronounced just as it sounds; Ah-ma) My oldest granddaughter gave me that name when she was just 18 months old. I loved it straight away and it’s stuck. A lot of my both my granddaughter’s friends call me Ahma, and occasionally my daughter will introduce me to her friends as ‘the girls Ahma’ and then they call me that till I tell them my name, oh which is Sue by the way.
How did I get the name Sox? Well there is no great mystery there really. I work in Aged Care in the Dementia Units. One day I was running horribly late for work; I reached in to my sock drawer, grabbed out a pair of socks and my shoes and drove barefooted to work. When I sat down in the tea room to put them on I noticed not only did I grab a pair of my long fluro socks, I had grabbed two different socks. One was multi striped and bright; the other was spotted and bright. It was too late to do anything about it then so I put them on & went to work. One of my fellow workers said to me “do you have any idea how ridiculous you look’ to which I replied, ‘do you have any idea how little I care.’ Almost eight years down the track they have become an integral part of my daily work Uniform. I think I have over 20 pairs now and I had to transfer them to a bigger drawer. One of the resident’s where I work now started calling me socks and when she wrote it down she spelt it ‘Sox.’ I thought hey that’s pretty cool and that is how I write it now.
I raised my kids alone and a lot of the stories I write today are stories I made up for them when they were little. Money was pretty tight in those days and I couldn’t afford food plus books. Bedtime started at around 7 o’clock and we would spend 15 minutes all together in the youngest ones room, say goodnight to her, then move on to the second youngest (or second oldest he preferred to be called), spend 15 minutes with my two sons in his room, say goodnight and then move on to have 15 minutes with my oldest son. It became our continuous story game we played at bedtime. We would let our imaginations run wild and we had a whole lot of fun doing it. Even though my kids are all grown up now they often tell me that was a great time in their lives and that makes me feel good.
Today my two granddaughters and I do much the same thing when they come to stay with me. They will pick a subject and we start working on it. Nowadays I have to write the theme lines down because my memory isn’t as sharp as it used to be and my girls know if I muck up the story. Some days my life is so hectic and busy, good ideas need to go down on paper right away. I then write a word or two beside it and hope that when I go back to it I will remember the train of thought I was on.
I work in a Diversional Therapy role in a Dementia Unit and often use the same format and style of making up stories with my client’s as I did with my kids as part of our reminisce program. I am constantly amazed at the depth of their imagination and it makes for many light hearted moments while I’m working with them throughout the morning.
Well that’s me in a nutshell – of course there is a little more depth to me, but then that’s another story altogether.
Love, light & blessings,
Sox
Childrens Stories By Sox … Heaven Sent
Alara Mae settled down in a quiet corner of the sunny garden. She had been instructed not to go and play with her friends. She wasn’t in trouble, or at least she didn’t think she was because she couldn’t remember doing anything wrong, but Fern told her to wait in the garden until she returned. She had been waiting a very long time and there was no sign of Fern. Alara Mae was bored because she couldn’t find anything in the garden to do, so she decided to do the next best thing. She lay down on the soft green lush grass and prepared to go to sleep and it didn’t take her long to drift off in to a heavy peaceful sleep.
Fern stood over Alara and tried to wake her but she could not rouse the little rascal. She shook her again but Alara just kept on sleeping. This of course frustrated Fern immensely because Alara was now holding up her schedule. Alara’s departure time was fast approaching and Fern had to prepare her for journey. Now some would say that Fern was a bit of a ditherer, a bit of a stickler for the rules, protocol and detail, but of course she did not view herself in that way. She was a professional who took pride in her job and rarely had a problem in carrying out her duties, but every so often an unco-operative soul such as this one did bring her frustration to the fore.
Mrs Chester’s Classroom
CHILDRENS LIFE LESSONS DEMONSTRATED:
“Being a friend means you are supportive, assistive and fair with your friends. It means accepting them for who they are and loving them irregardless. Life is much easier when you accept people for who they are and you don’t try and change them and Chicken was pleased that she finally understood the meaning of friendship.”
“Chicken and the others realised it is alright to be different than someone else. It’s alright to think differently than someone else. It is alright to live differently than someone else and it is alright not to like what everyone else likes. The other thing they realised is that it is not alright to make judgements or assumptions about someone just because they are different than you.”
To purchase the full story – “Mrs Chester’s Classroom” – (15 pages) for just $2.95, please use the Paypal button below:
Wrong Way Angel
CHILDRENS LIFE LESSONS DEMONSTRATED:
‘I never seem to be able to do anything right, even when I try my very hardest,’ Wrong Way thought to herself, ‘but that’s okay with me because I know why I do things.’
- Always be true and believe in yourself
- Don’t let other people’s opinions on how you should be change you to fit their image
- Embrace your own individuality, uniqueness & specialness
- Be all that you know you can be
“Sometimes what is perceived as the wrong way to do things turns out to be exactly what is needed, as The Wrong Way Angel discovered for herself.”
To purchase the full story – “Wrong Way Angel” – (14 pages) for just $2.95, please use the Paypal button below:
Frederick – Magpies Lunch ?
CHILDRENS LIFE LESSONS DEMONSTRATED:
“Fredrick was a naughty little water dragon lizard who never liked doing what he was told to do, no matter who tried telling him.”
- Listen to Your Elders – It may sound boring, but it is for your own good.
- Doesn’t matter what size you are – there are always others larger and smaller than you
- Adventure is good. Danger isn’t. Keep a balance!
To purchase the full story – “Frederick – Magpies Lunch ?” – (11 pages) for just $2.95, please use the Paypal button below:
My Friend The Angel – Poems By Sox
Mummy, I saw an Angel today and he was quiet and very kind
Yes dear, that’s nice, now run along and play, I have a lot on my mind
Mummy, don’t you believe me, I’m not telling you a lie
No of course not dear, now did you see what I did with your Father’s new tie
Mummy, I really did see an Angel and he told me he’ll always be with me
Yes you told me, now please just let me be
Well I did see him, he’s here right now and he’s sad that you won’t listen to what I have to say
For heavens sake stop your babbling and just go outside and play
Angel, can you hear me, my mummy doesn’t believe you’re real
Don’t worry little one, you know I am, you know how you feel
Angel why do big people think Angels are make believe
Because little one they are too frightened to believe
Angel will you always be near me, like you said, where ever I may go
Yes little one, always, and when I’m around you will know
Angel I am pleased you’re my friend, even if mummy thinks you don’t exist
Well little one, I’m pleased you’re my friend and hope you’ll allow me to visit
Angel I have to go now but I will talk with you again
Bye little one, when you want to talk just think and call my name
A poem by Sox
