Fawnie Stops Pushing Things Off: The "Let's Speak About" Series

By Sarah Gruen

"Fawnie Stops Pushing Things Off" is the first of the "Let's Speak About" series.

How can we get Fawnie to stop procrastinating and to stop pushing off walking? Would a gaily-wrapped present get her going? How about a chart with star stickers? What if her brothers put her food and water a little farther away? No, Fawnie would still push off walking. She is happy to just lie on the forest floor.

Until..., Fawnie hears about all the fun she missed at cousin deer's birthday party. Will grandma's advice help Fawnie learn to stop pushing things off?

Children discover how to change pushing off behavior and how they can start doing the opposite, to motivate themselves. This book is insightful and entertaining. "Fawnie Stops Pushing Things Off" is a sure success with children.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Aug 31, 2016
• ISBN: 9781524535346

Sarah Gruen

A graduate of a prestigious teachers' seminary in New York, Sarah Gruen has been a classroom teacher for over 10 years. She has taught pre-school children through eighth grade, as well as starting her own afterschool fitness program for children of all ages. Throughout her experience teaching children in different forums, she discovered that the most effective way to motivate and help children grow, is by indirect lessons through storytelling and creative play. A mother of two and aunt to many, Sarah spent many hours entertaining and teaching her children and nieces and nephews lessons, to gently direct them and to help them develop positive character traits. Sarah's personal and professional experience with children, inspired her to put some of her stories to paper, to share her approach and lessons with others.

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