My Mouth Is a Volcano

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Louis believes that his thoughts are of the upmost importance out of anything. His thoughts are extremely important to him that when he has something to say, his words begin to wiggle, and then they do the jiggle, then his tongue pushes all of his important words up against his teeth and he erupts by interrupting others! His mouth is a volcano! However, when others begin to interrupt Louis, he starts to learn how to respectfully wait patiently for his turn to talk. My Mouth Is a Volcano takes an empathetic approach to the habit of interrupting and teaches children a witty technique to capture their rambunctious thoughts and words for expression at an appropriate time. This story is narrated from Louis’ perspective and it provides readers with an entertaining way to teach children the value of respecting others by listening and waiting for their turn to speak.

My Mouth Is A Volcano takes an empathetic approach to the habit of interrupting and teaches children a witty technique to capture their rambunctious thoughts and words for expression at an appropriate time. Told from Louis’ perspective, this story provides parents, teachers, and counselors with an entertaining way to teach children the value of respecting others by listening and waiting for their turn to speak. About The AuthorI enjoyed this book as it can teach children a lesson on how it is rude to interrupt people and teaches kids how to stop themselves from interrupting others. Additionally, I enjoyed the pictures and fun words used throughout this book. I really liked this book and thought it had a great lesson behind it. All of the students in my class realized the importance in waiting for your turn to speak. While this book makes a great social emotional learning lesson about interrupting, it can be used to teach many academic skills as well. Our book companion for My Mother is a Volcano has 29 comprehension questions, 30 writing prompts, and ideas for teaching grammar and social emotional learning. Take a peek at some of the topics included below!

I really enjoyed this book because I feel as if it is a great tool to use if your child has issues controlling the time they talk (like most tend too). The little boy in this book just cannot contain himself and interrupts people every time he has something to say. He does not realize that what he is doing can be disruptive in class or rude to others trying to speak. Of course his peers, teachers, and family all tell him he needs to stop interrupting because it is rude but he continues to do it anyway. That is until one day he gets interrupted he realizes he does not like it at all. Later that day when he goes home he tells his mom that story and she basically says now you know how we all feel. So from that day on he learns to no longer interrupt people and to wait his turn to speak.In trying to pindown the problem, I think the book is too juvenile in its most repetitive phrase. "My tummy starts to rumble and then it starts to grumble, my words begin to wiggle, and then they do the jiggle, my tongue pushes all of my important words up against my teeth and then...." is so grating that I felt annoyed at myself just for reading it aloud. And you have to read it over and over again. I just don't talk like that. It was too babyish for me.

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