School Rush: The Bounce Back Series

Is your house full of frustration and tension on school mornings, as you struggle to leave the house on time?


Do you repeat the same things day after day?


"Get up or we'll be late!"


"Where are your shoes?"


"Why haven't you brushed your hair?"


"Have you packed your school bag?"


"What do you mean your homework isn't done?"


Are you looking for a better way?


School Rush offers families that better way.


When children learn to work with their emotions in a positive and healthy way, the morning rush can be transformed into a time of warmth, fun and laughter, as family members help each other to leave the house on time.


The book features:


•A beautifully illustrated story you can read and discuss together.


•Fun suggestions to motivate children to get to bed on time and get up in the morning.


•Itemized checklists to make getting out of the house easier.


•A resources section, with activities and exercises, to help children improve their organization skills and develop effective routines.


•Games designed to help get your children to school on time.


School Rush is the third book in The Bounce Back Series. This series was created to empower children and provide them with the strategies they need to overcome adversity and be resilient when facing life’s challenges. It encourages children to cultivate a sense of kindness and forgiveness towards themselves and others, and to view mistakes simply as opportunities for learning. In order to achieve these goals, we need self-respect and respect for others. We also need to understand the emotions that drive our lives. Then we can learn to work with these powerful forces rather than hide from them, pretend they don’t exist, or be their passive recipients.


By encouraging children to understand their emotions and take responsibility for themselves and their choices, they will eventually become the drivers of their own destinies and enjoy an increased sense of confidence, freedom, and empowerment. This gives them the most valuable reward of all: the opportunity to create a life they can love.


Other books in The Bounce Back Series:


Kindness Changes Everything addresses the serious issue of schoolyard bullying from the perspective of both the victim and the perpetrator.


Messy encourages children to develop a healthy respect for themselves, each other and the Earth that underpins all life.


Kind Words is designed to help children address everyday school yard difficulties by equipping them with sound conflict resolution skills.


Making Friends equips children with strategies they can use, should they find themselves alone in the schoolyard at play.


Quietly Confident addresses the emotion of fear which unconsciously underpins many of our choices in life. By encouraging children to understand and face this emotion directly, they can enjoy an increased sense of confidence, freedom, and empowerment.


Facing Fear explains that anger is often used to mask other emotions that are more difficult for us to feel, such as fear, shame or guilt. When children learn to accept and understand the underlying causes of anger, it has no need to arise.


A Questing Game engages children’s imaginations as they embark on an adventure that can only begin when they are tucked up in bed at night.


Other books by Nattyboo you might enjoy:


Ever Felt Different? is a delightful tale for anyone who has ever felt different!


The 8 Date Rule is a comical look at dating!

Nicole Powell understands the importance of developing resilience and emotional strength in our young people, and brings what she has learned to her writing for children and parents. After many years of working with children, Nicole became concerned at the lack of emotional education received by our youth. Many seemed ill-equipped to skillfully negotiate everyday schoolyard conflicts, which resulted in them grappling with painful emotions such as sadness, fear, frustration and anger, with a very limited skill set and often alone. It became evident that children can carry this limited skill set into their adult years, leaving them poorly equipped to deal with life’s inevitable challenges. As a result, Nicole created The Bounce Back Series and Ever Felt Different? Nicole has undergraduate qualifications in education and health sciences and has completed her post-graduate qualifications in psychology and family counseling. She is currently employed as a paramedic and a children's meditation teacher. She is also a wife and mother, foster carer, author and wildlife rescuer among other things. In her spare time she loves hiking and spending time in nature.