Moving is never easy, especially for kids, but here's a book that should make it a little less stressful. First published in 1980, Goodbye, House is a must-have hands-on guide and activity book designed to help kids deal with moving to a new home. Completely revised and updated, with all new illustrations by True Kelley, it's packed with useful tips and fun activities aimed to help organize the move, let kids express their feelings, get the family adjusted to a new house, and manage the jitters on the first day at a new school. Some surefire ideas for coping include: pasting in pictures of the old house, making self-addressed postcards to ensure hearing from friends, burying a secret treasure in the old yard, and drawing maps to help get acquainted with the new neighborhood. Updated for a new generation of movers, Goodbye, House contains colorful stickers so kids can label their own moving cartons and a special guide to help parents handle this stressful life event.
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Moving is never easy, especially for kids, but here's a book that should make it a little less stressful. First published in 1980, Goodbye, House is a must-have hands-on guide and activity book designed to help kids deal with moving to a new home. Completely revised and updated, with all new illustrations by True Kelley, it's packed with useful tips and fun activities aimed to help organize the move, let kids express their feelings, get the family adjusted to a new house, and manage the jitters on the first day at a new school. Some surefire ideas for coping include: pasting in pictures of the old house, making self-addressed postcards to ensure hearing from friends, burying a secret treasure in the old yard, and drawing maps to help get acquainted with the new neighborhood. Updated for a new generation of movers, Goodbye, House contains colorful stickers so kids can label their own moving cartons and a special guide to help parents handle this stressful life event.
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It's never easy being the new kid on the block. Goodbye, House invites your child to express and order his feelings as he chronicles the family move in his very own book. It engages the child in activities from the moment he is first told about the impending move. As he fills in the book, the child will gain a sense of mastery over the new environment and the feeling of overwhelming newness will diminish. Once the adjustment is completed, Goodbye, House will serve as a scrapbook that can be reviewed fondly.
The most important function of Goodbye, House is as a diary in which the child can feel free to express herself as the move approaches. By writing down what she feels when she first hears about the move, and again around moving day, and later when she arrives in the new place, she will be able to acknowledge and clarify the range of emotions she passes through. She will also be better able to talk about her feelings with you.
We suggest you take the time now to read Goodbye, House before your child begins to fill it in, so you'll know what questions your child will be likely to ask in the weeks ahead. The following pages offer general suggestions to help you make the move easier for your child, and specific suggestions to help your child use Goodbye, House.
It's never easy being the new kid on the block. Goodbye, House invites your child to express and order his feelings as he chronicles the family move in his very own book. It engages the child in activities from the moment he is first told about the impending move. As he fills in the book, the child will gain a sense of mastery over the new environment and the feeling of overwhelming newness will diminish. Once the adjustment is completed, Goodbye, House will serve as a scrapbook that can be reviewed fondly.
The most important function of Goodbye, House is as a diary in which the child can feel free to express herself as the move approaches. By writing down what she feels when she first hears about the move, and again around moving day, and later when she arrives in the new place, she will be able to acknowledge and clarify the range of emotions she passes through. She will also be better able to talk about her feelings with you.
We suggest you take the time now to read Goodbye, House before your child begins to fill it in, so you'll know what questions your child will be likely to ask in the weeks ahead. The following pages offer general suggestions to help you make the move easier for your child, and specific suggestions to help your child use Goodbye, House.
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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
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excellent preparation for kids unsure about moving,
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This review is from: Goodbye, House (Hardcover)
especially good in recognizing fears and feelings about young movers -- worries about a new school and friends, keeping addresses of old friends and former teachers. My 9 year old still has the address of his kindergarten teacher if he wants to write her...
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This review is from: Goodbye, House (Hardcover)
We recently moved our family overseas. My son and I referenced "Goodbye House" almost daily to help ease the transition. The book provides areas for children to write and draw their memories of their old home, friends, favorite places, school, etc. It follows the move from beginning to end. In the back are stickers that we used to put on the boxes containing my son's belongings. When we arrived at our new home, he knew immediately which boxes were his and was excited to see that his things really did follow him across the ocean. The end portion of the book provides ideas for getting to know your new neighborhood. Also, there are spaces to draw and write in your impressions of your new house, new friends, new school, etc. I would highly recommend this book to anyone anticipating a move with a young child. It's a great way for them to feel involved when everything around them seems beyond their control.
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