I AM GRATEFULThis fun, easy to read, rhyming story is all about a child learning to appreciate their world and what they find in their home and in their life. I Am Grateful helps kids to see their world in a whole new light of understanding the abundance in their lives as opposed to the scarcity.This book helps children to learn gratitude for what fills their life and what makes every day special and a reason to celebrate.I Am Grateful is also a fun way to encourage your kids to talk and learn words by pointing to pictures and asking them to say what they are and why they like them, like to use the item; or talk about what it would be like if that was not in their life.This book encourages children to talk to others and learn more about what fills their lives; discovering what is the same and what is different.Benefits of this book for your children:•Teaches to appreciate what they have and realize how fortunate they are to have them•Teaches respect for their belongings and the belongings of others•Teaches kindness for others•Teaches a child to be grateful for their lives•Develops curiosity, imagination and creativity•Promotes love of family and home•Enhances language development and cognitive skills•Empowers children with the desire to always learn more•Helps children to understand how much there is that fills up each day•Helps children recognize the abundance in their lives, as opposed to living with a mindset of scarcity.After reading this book with your child, I encourage you to continue to find different things that you both can point out throughout your home, the park or on a walk together and why they’re there and what makes them special. Every experience is a learning opportunity for your child. Be sure to encourage conversation when you are together during all activities. A fun way to use this book, is to create a scavenger hunt out of the things in this book or go a step further and create your own scavenger hunt for inside or outside play.If they are talking, have them say what things are and why they’re grateful for them or if they’re just starting to talk, repeat what something is and encourage them to repeat after you.Discovering more about the world around them, creates a child that is appreciative for what they have, inquisitive and welcomes learning about new things every day. ABOUT THE AUTHOR:Celia Kibler is the Author of RAISING HAPPY TODDLERS: How to Gain Great Parenting Skills and Stop Yelling at Your Kids. Her children’s books include Being Different is Fun, All About Me and I Am Grateful. She is the Founder of Pumped Up Parenting (2016) and Funfit® Family Fitness (1987). Celia is the Mom of 5 kids; 2 she gave birth to & 3 she gained from marriage; as well as a Grandma of 9. She has successfully parented a blended family for over 24 years.As a Family Empowerment Coach, Celia is on a Mission to stop 1,000,000 parents from yelling at their kids and specializes in creating cooperative childhoods that everyone in the family can blossom from.Celia has always believed that gratitude will change attitudes from entitled to appreciative. Being grateful through life will keep you understanding how fortunate you are in a world that focuses too much on getting more and more materialistic things.Celia has always stood by her belief that the best things in life aren’t things at all and writing this book gives her the opportunity to help children and parents to see the sparkle that exists in our everyday existence.With over 40 years of coaching, teaching, counseling kids and their parents, including Special Needs populations, Celia’s love for children is evident in every aspect of her life.She truly loves to rhyme (to the point that it drives her own kids a little crazy), but this gift and her understanding of how children’s minds work, has led to her write many children’s books that are yet to come.