This book includes 20 original stories, a CD with 20 pieces of beautiful classical music, and a guide for adults. Parents, teachers, counselors, therapists, and care givers can use this book with their children.
This unique approach encourages children to get in touch with their inner wisdom and to grow their self-awareness. This process combines Linda’s original stories, plus relaxation and imagery, with short pieces of classical music.
Linda says, "It is exciting to see children discover something new about themselves that can help them both in school and daily life. The response of the children has been very positive, and I realize how much our children need and benefit from quiet, reflective times."
Through my years of teaching, I realized that many children were struggling with realizing their self-worth. I searched for a way to motivate these children to have a more constructive and self-confident view of themselves. I wrote stories to guide children to discover and honor who they are, and to teach them to use positive self-talk.
The stories deal with events, feelings, and concerns children face in their daily lives. They can identify with the children in the stories, who discover ways to deal with conflicts and challenges in a positive way. These stories teach by example.
The music and imagery process encourages children to envision personal interaction with, and possibilities for, a similar challenge in their lives. I combined the stories with relaxation and imagery to encourage the children to explore their imagination, creativity, and self-awareness. This process gives children a safe place to discover who they are under gentle adult guidance. In this place, the children can grow self-awareness and personal empowerment.
These stories and this process can be used by teachers in public and private schools, parents, adults working with children in individual and group settings, therapists and counselors of children with special needs, directors of character education programs, and facilitators in community centers and after-school programs. In the Stories, Music and Imagery series, you will find original stories, a CD of classical musical selections correlated to each story, and a guide for using this material with children.