I Have Ants in My Pants: A Picture Book About Learning Self-Control and Respecting Others Space (National Center for Youth Issues)

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Teach Kids About Keeping Your Hands to Yourself and Sitting Still Control your wiggles and be the BOSS of your ants. In I Have Ants in My Pants, Julia Cook helps normalize the feeling many kids have when they struggle to control their wiggles and provides strategies for improving impulse control. Some children just can't sit still no matter how hard they try. And Louis is no exception. He accidentally kicks his friend during story time. He can't stand still in the lunch line. And he wiggles in his seat at the movie theater. Everyone keeps telling him he has ants in his pants, but Louis doesn't see any ants! Louis' mom explains that this means he wiggles a lot, and she teaches him a special tool, the Wiggle Dance. "Wiggle and jiggle. Jump up and down. Shake your hands and turn around." "Take a deep breath. Scrunch up your nose. Wobble your knees and wiggle your toes." With a little practice and a few helpful tools, Louis learns that he can calm his wiggles and become the boss of the ants in his pants! Review: Great book. My son 8 loves it. - My son 8 years old was having a hard time staying still in class. He was recently diagnosed with adhd we got this book to help him understand staying still and how it can make the day better and easier at school. It also showed what can happen if you move around too much in a group setting. It’s a great book Review: Book is used in circle time for 3 year olds - This book is a good one to pull out and read to class when students are struggling to sit still