It's Hard To Be A Verb: A Picture Book to Help Kids with ADHD

My kindergarten class responded very well to this book. Certain students who are the most active tried some of the ideas to prevent the wiggles.

We love this book in my class!

It was an OK book. If you have a kid you think or know has adhd this may be a great book for you. We bought it for our study on verbs, so it was not what we were looking for. However, it was a cute story nonetheless.

Used this book to help our little guy understand he's not alone (just diagnosed with adhd) and it's not uncommon to struggle with being a verb in this world.

This has some valid suggestions on how assist children with impulse control issue. However, sometimes ADHD can become a huge factor and children need more than fidgets and to do boards to help; such as medicine. It’s still a good book with good recommendations for those he cannot take medicine.

This book is a wonderful addition to any classroom, but I used it in my Special Education classroom. It has a great lesson and students can resonate with the main character. I think it is also a good reminder to parents and teachers. Good read all around!

I cried reading this book. My 7yo son has been struggling with ADHD, and like many parents, I tried everything. Oils, vitamins, diet changes, act. I have never been someone who likes giving medicine to my children, but after reading this book, I finally took him in to see a specialist. He was given medication, and doubled his reading and math scores in the first 2 weeks. They no longer want to put him in special ed, or hold him back.I will admit that it wasn't just about not wanting to put him on meds. It was the stigma of parents that do. "Oh it's so easy to just drug your kids" or "It's lazy parenting." - but after reading this book, and the look on my son's face when he identified with it, I finally got him the help he needed.Thank you! This book was such a blessing. I now understand how he feels, and can be a better parent. <3

Having a husband, child, and now a grandchild that are verbs, I was excited to find a book with kids like them. We snuggled in to read it over FaceTime with my granddaughter as she twitched, fidgeted, and rolled around on her floor next to her phone. We all recognized the feelings and the grumpy reactions of adults that don’t understand, the mom gave some excellent coping strategies and the book was going so well.Then, it took a hard left for me.One - strategies like the ones the mom gave take hard work and don’t work at all for many children.Two - couching a tool to help a child with negative terms like ‘nag board’ paint that negative behavior is being corrected instead of just finding the tool that works best for their success.Three - ‘behaving’ as people perceive you ‘should’ behave gets a star?? Just because kids with ADHD are wiggling doesn’t mean they aren’t listening. Some of the most intellectual observations I’ve ever experienced in my classroom came from students who looked as if they weren’t absorbing a thing being said. And my wiggly granddaughter, could recite the repeated lines before they were read to her-even as she wiggled through the story.I was very disappointed in this book.

I love this book. It is awesome for my son. We read it a few times and we laughed because it is all true what was written. We even went out and got him a "focus squishy." So far it is seeming to help him.I would definitely recommend this book.

I have many of these books. This one is also a winner in my classroom.

Great book to discuss ADHD with children make sure you get activity book too. They are an excellent resource for me.

Great story to not only reinforce what a verb is but also increase descriptive vocabulary. Recommended for kids from Kindergarten to Grade 6 age.

Good for elementary school