~ Millie Fierce by Jane Manning ~
Millie is quiet. Millie is sweet. Millie is mild. But none of the children at Millie’s school listen to her and she never gets a piece of birthday cake with a flower on it. One day the girls in Millie’s class walk over Millie’s chalk drawing on the pavement and smudge it, they don’t even say sorry!
This is when Millie decides to become ‘fierce!’ she frizzes out her hair, sharpens her nails and runs around. But she very quickly realises that being like this isn’t the best way for her to gain attention. So, Millie decides to keep her ‘fierceness’ hidden within her, she learns how to manage her emotions. Millie learns it is ok to have a bad day every now and then.
Using the story is a great way of starting a conversation with the children we work with so they can start to reflect on their own behaviour. They love this story and the illustrations that go with it. So much conversation can come from the story.
After using the story this can lead to further work where we start to develop the children’s understanding of positive and negative ways of gaining attention alongside developing bespoke strategies for the children so they can begin to learn to understand and manage their emotions.
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