Little Dinos Don't Push (Hello Genius)

The media could not be loaded. I absolutely adore how this book not only sets boundaries but also explains when it's acceptable to push. It emphasizes the positive aspects of pushing, like pushing on the swings, while discouraging pushing friends. This redirection in a positive light is both endearing and effective. The book is cute, straightforward, and definitely worth recommending. As my son is almost two and experiences big emotions, I believe these books can help him navigate and manage his feelings more effectively.

Little Dinos Don't Push is a delightful read for young ones. The charming story and vibrant illustrations engage children while imparting a valuable lesson about good behavior, patience, and cooperation. The adorable little dinosaurs make the narrative both entertaining and relatable. As a parent, I appreciate the simplicity and effectiveness of the story in instilling essential values. It's a wonderful addition to any children's bookshelf, capturing young readers' attention and imagination.

My little boy memorized this book quickly. We could always ask him, "What can you push?" When he was misbehaving and he augmented his behavior. Worth it

My two year old was physically bullied all last summer at daycare without my knowledge until SHE got in trouble for pushing other kids to get her way, gee I wonder where she learned that? This book is great if you've got a kiddo that's pushing, the message is simple enough for a two year old and the illustrations are cute and of course the dinosaurs are a win. It's a super quick read, just a sentence per two page spread but it did the trick after one read and a short conversation about how we don't like the way we feel when we get pushed and we don't want to make other people feel like that. Hopefully it helps you too!

This is one of a few of Mr. Dahl's books in this line I purchased after how well "Little Monkey Calms Down" went over with our son. I previewed it on Kindle Unlimited first, and then made the decision after doing so to buy it. I also went on to buy a few more of these books for kindle, because I discovered something very interesting in the process of previewing this book: Our son actually seems to find new books more motivating in kindle format. I'm guessing because he likes the finger swiping thing better then the page turning thing because it's easier for him.Anyways, he occasionally tries to lightly push someone or their hand away when he doesn't want to do something. It's not an aggression thing for him, I think he just finds it easier then using his speech device. Obviously, this isn't something we want, so we've been encouraging communication and behavioral strategies that have been reducing this behavior, but I thought it might be nice to have a story to emphasize the point. I like that the sentence structures are so simple, because it makes it easier to acclimate him to a new book and have him focus on the main message. Since the message is super important for what we are trying to do with him, I like it. But if you have a normal functioning older kiddo, I'd say this would fall into the range of being best for a typically developing 18 month to 3 year old. But, for a kiddo with developmental delays or cognitive impairment, I think that age range of usefulness could go up higher. Our son is 5.I like that it starts out mentioning that little dino is big and tough, because my kiddo is big and very strong for his age, and I think it's important to have the talking point of "be careful what you push." I think it's good that this book includes both a brother and a sister in the list of people not to push, because even though a family may not have one or the other, many families do have a sibling of some gender. For our son, he has a sister. If your kiddo is an only child, this may present a problem for you because it's two thirds of the subjects little dino is told not to push. The remaining one is friends. For us, this still works, because whenever we're about to go out to do therapy onsite somewhere, I always refer to his therapist as "our friend..." and add the name. So for us, even though our son doesn't have friends his own age and isn't even remotely interested in that at this time (that can be Autism for you), we still use that term for people he interacts with and I find that section useful.Where I marked this down comes in two parts. One, there isn't really a strong why provided. In the end it mentions that not pushing allows everyone to have fun together, but my son doesn't care about that. But he's basically very gentle in his heart, and doesn't like to see people or animals hurt. So if he knows the main reason for not doing something is that it could or will hurt someone, you're much more likely to get cooperation from him. Also, the kindle version gets glitchy sometimes and cuts off part of the page and the words, and you have to mess with it some to get the full image up. Which can be challenging when you already are dealing with a child who has limited amounts of patience for books.Otherwise, I think this is a good, solid, simple teaching book about not pushing. I also like that there are positive things given a person could push, I think that's helpful because it's an important behavioral management strategy to be able to have appropriate replacers.

All 5 books are a great teaching lesson books for young children. Either one at a time or all of them are terrific!

This book has very cute, colorful illustrations, and has very easy to understand wording. I purchased this for my toddler who is still learning to interact appropriately with his peers (aka, not push them or pull them, etc). He absolutely loves this book, and it became a favorite as soon as I gave it to him. He immediately understood the message, especially since he's obsessed with cars - he really connected to that comparison. So now I can say "remember, we don't push our friends, we push the cars" and he just grins at me, and actually has stopped pushing as much as he was! It didn't completely solve our problem, but he went from being so bad about pushing that he was in constantly at school, daycare, church nursery, etc to only getting in trouble every once in awhile, not even every day! For age comparison, he's 3 1/2 years old but is delayed, so he understands at about a 1 1/2 to 2 year old level.

I love these series also the autors other bookes little lion, monkey and elephant series. These are perfect for children as young as infants to preschool age when these behaviors become an issue. We also read but did not buy hands are not for hitting which is ok for older kids.My son loved he lil dino series right off the bat, the pictures are eye catching, simple sentences beginner readers can read and it explalins the behavior in a very simple way. Like most books for toddlers it is open for parents to explain how each dino feels (explain facial features of the dinos being pushed) so it's a great tool for social emotional development! I recommened these with my sons speech therapist and she loved them as well!