Bøger af Kelley Donner

Have you ever done a storybook walk? This Storybook Walk Edition of School is More Than a Building will make doing your walk a breeze. Illustrations have been set up so that each spread matches up perfectly in the middle and page numbers have been added for easy sorting. In addition, each spread contains activity and movement prompts, such as "Give your neighbor a high 5" or "Pretend you are a planet and spin around 5x!" All you need to do is CUT out the pages on the dotted line, LAMINATE each spread in an 11 x 17 inch pouch, and DISPLAY as wanted. A great school is so much more than a building... it is a place where children feel accepted for who they are. It is a place where kindness and empathy are commonplace. It is a place where children know and feel that people are there for them and that they are safe and loved.With its delightful watercolor illustrations of school life, School is More Than a Building paints a positive picture of a school environment where children know and understand that the people who work there care and look out for their best interests. Children are reminded that they are part of a very special community and that schools are there for them. Is your school more than a building? With the School is More Than a Building Storybook Walk Edition, you can take your class on a walk while teaching them all about how their school is a special place. At KelleyDonner.com/school-is-more-than-a-building you will find lesson plans, bulletin board ideas, activities and more that can be used on a school wide-level, in the classroom, or in your library.

Design your own planet. Create your own space train. Let your imagination guide you in this wonderful coloring book with added activities to inspire children to think outside the box. All 30 coloring pages are based on the book Little Jack Thomson's Magnificent Brain.Jack Thomson, a gifted, young boy who dreams of flying rockets to Neptune and building trains between planets is unaware of how truly intelligent he is. Truth be told, he's convinced he is stupid and slow because he can't read and write like everyone else he knows. After one awful day at school, Jack's mother comforts him by relating some inspiring stories of history's greatest minds and how they overcame learning disabilities and made a difference. As Jack listens, his spirits lift as he recognizes that someday he, too, can do something magnificent.The Happy Heads Series was created with the belief that all children, especially those with special needs and autism, need to be able to relate to characters in picture books. Although no two children are alike, many books about special needs give the impression that all children with a specific disability or need are the same. As you know, this is far from the truth. One child may make eye-contact while another may not. One child may be sensitive to touch while another may love getting hugs. This is why each of the books in the Happy Heads Series tells the story of only one child and his or her challenges and triumphs. I personally hope that in doing so we can share a more realistic representation of special needs and autism and help raise awareness about important conditions that many children face such as sensory integration, obsessive compulsive disorder, dyslexia, and anxiety. The second book in the Happy Heads Series, Little Jack Thomson's Magnificent Brain is about Jack, a young talented boy with autism, who dreams of doing great things but feels held back by his dyslexia. This is Jack's story.Kelley Donner is the bestselling author of Ball! Ball! Ball!: A Picture Book to Inspire Sensory Awareness (A Little Donnerwetter Books, 2019). She has worked as an educator for over 20 years in various settings across the US, Germany, and the UK. She currently works full time as a writer/illustrator and is a mother to three sons. As an advocate for children with special needs and autism, she believes strongly that all children need representation in children's literature, especially picture books.For more information on A Little Donnerwetter and the books in the Happy Heads series, visit kelleydonner.com.

The no.1 new release on Amazon.com in Special Needs Children's Health (June 2019 - Paperback), debut author and illustrator Kelley Donner's heartwarming picture book Ball! Ball! Ball! is about a boy with autism and his fascination with all things round. The first in the Happy Heads series, it focuses on sensory awareness and self-discovery.Tom enthusiastically points out any object he can find that resembles a ball. From peas to balloons, Tom learns that "balls" can be smooth or squishy, can pop, and even have different temperatures. A delightfully, uplifting sensory story, Ball! Ball! Ball! shows that even love can appear in the shape of a ball.Kelley Donner has worked as an educator for over twenty years in various settings across the US, Germany, and the UK. She currently works full-time as a writer/illustrator and is a mother to three sons. As an advocate for children with special needs and autism, she strongly believes that all children need representation in literature, especially picture books.Each book in the Happy Heads Series tells the story of one child with special needs and/or autism and his or her individual challenges and triumphs. Ball! Ball! Ball! is about Tom, a young exuberant boy with autism who speaks only a few words and is fascinated with round objects. This is Tom's story.If you are interested in using Ball! Ball! Ball! in your special education classroom, see Kelley's website kelleydonner.com for more information, such as a blog article about a visit she made to a special education classroom in a primary school in London along with fun sensory tie-in activities.