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Clarinda Cloud Shares a Video By Barbara Lester about Teaching Children with Autism to Express Feelings

3/19/2014

Hello everyone. Today, my author has a treat for you. Jodi Desautels found a video with Barbara Lester on teaching children with autism how to express their feelings. Isn't that exciting? I am turning all purple as we speak. Yes, that means I am feeling excited.
You know that I like to talk about sharing feelings. I think my books, "Clarinda Cloud" and "Clarinda Cloud Activity Book" would be great to use in helping children with autism and all young children express their feelings.
Barbara Lester is a clinical social worker who works with children with autism. One of the things she says that will help is to draw pictures of different emotions. That is exactly what some of the activities in "Clarinda Cloud Activity Book" involves. Yay! She also says that it would be good to show the children pictures of faces that show different emotions. Wow! That is what is in my book, "Clarinda Cloud." I have different feelings and my author/illustrator (Jodi Desautels) drew me with different faces.

Clarinda Cloud books by Jodi Desautels

You can find more information about Barbara Lester and her autism work at www.asdspecialist.com.

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A Page From "Clarinda Cloud Activity Book" on Feeling Happy

12/18/2013

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Hello everyone! How are you feeling? I have decided to share with you a page from the "Clarinda Cloud Activity Book." And, hey look, there is a picture of me when I am feeling happy! There is a page like this for every feeling that is in the "Clarinda Cloud" book, plus pages to practice other basic skills.
I like this activity, because it helps kids talk about feelings. Kids get to draw a picture of what their face looks like when they are happy. Maybe it will help them notice just what they feel and how they look when they are feeling happy.
Then, they get to draw something that makes them feel happy. Older kids might be able to list a few things that make them feel happy and maybe write a story about one of them.
This may seem like it is really easy. But, my author told me that sometimes even adults have trouble knowing what makes them feel happy. So, it is better to teach kids to know what makes them feel happy when they are younger. That way they don't feel so confused about it when they grow up.
What makes you feel happy?

Please remember that my author is having a contest to give away a free "Clarinda Cloud" book. All you have to do to enter is just answer two questions.

Here are the questions:
1. Explore my site. Tell me or my author if you there is a good way to get the word out about me, my site, my books, and my message about feelings. I think my author calls that kind of stuff things like... "promotion"... "marketing"... "branding"....Um! But...those words are too big for me!
2. How many colors do I turn in my book? (If you don't know... you might have to buy one. I am not sure if my author has ever told anyone or not. But... it will be worth it!)

If you would rather answer the questions on my author's other blogs, you can find them here:
DUO Education Learning Blog
What is New with Jodi Desautels?

My author says that she can only send books to addresses in the U.S. right now. Thank you! Good luck!

*Both of my author's ebooks will be free TODAY (12/18/13) on Kindle. So, now is a great time to pick up a copy of "Johnny's Adventure Makes Reading Fun" and "Clarinda Cloud."

*Thank you for reading this blog. Please explore the site and tell your friends about me! Also, don't forget to share your feelings!

Next Wednesday is Christmas, so I won't be talking to you on Wednesday. I will talk with you on Tuesday. But, I will only wish you a Merry Christmas.

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Clarinda Cloud as a Spokescloud

11/27/2013

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Hi everyone! How are you? My author, Jodi Desautels, is helping me to be a spokescloud for bullying prevention and bullying awareness. Isn't that cool? I have always wanted to be a spokescloud...ever since I was thought of in my author's mind.
Here is a poster that my author made. Do you like it? I do! I am trying to show the importance of sharing your feelings in this poster. You can find more posters of me on the "Clarinda Cloud posters" page. I share my feelings. Do you share your feelings? It is important and will help you some day.
It could help you from being a bully and it could help you get away from a bully. Be safe. Share your feelings.

Notes and Announcements:

*I have some wonderful announcements today. The first is so exciting because I like to share feelings so much. I am going to be helping my author friends promote their children's books by talking about the feelings of their characters. I can't wait to meet all those characters and find out what their feelings are in their books. So, if you are an author of a children's book and you want me to talk about your book, please contact me and my author. We will talk about your book and see how we can help.

*Oh, I forgot to mention it last time, but my author is giving away a free "Clarinda Cloud Activity Book" on her other blogs. I like that book. It has ME in it and it has activities on sharing feelings too! (And, it even has other activities for basic skills like counting, letter searches, matching, and such.) For more information, go to this post on my author's "DUO Education Learning Blog" or this post on my author's "What is New with Jodi Desautels" blog. I am going to give you a hint to win the copy of the "Clarinda Cloud Activity Book" on my author's other sites. The waterfall is where she got married and the name of the waterfall sort of reminds her of a type of corn. Good luck!

*My author and I hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving and a Happy Hanukkah this week!

*Thank you for reading this blog. Please explore the site and tell your friends about me! Also, don't forget to share your feelings!

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Clarinda Cloud Introduces Herself

11/20/2013

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Hi! My name is Clarinda Cloud. How are you? I am going to be "blogging" about feelings and news about me or my author every Wednesday. I hope this blog will be great reading for both children and parents. I like to share my feelings and I like to tell other people how important it is to share feelings too!
In the first book I am featured in, my author (Jodi Desautels) focuses not only on feelings, but on colors too! I like different colors. What about you? Oh, the book has the same name as me, "Clarinda Cloud." I like colors! What about you?
In this book, I have different feelings and when my feelings change, my colors change. Ha, ha, ha! I like that. I mean, I don't always like it when my feelings change. But, I like the different colors. I like sharing the colors with the flowers and the turtle in the book too, just like I share my feelings with them. It is cute. Some people even say it was very clever of my author/illustrator, Jodi Desautels, to do it that way.
She has also created a wonderful activity book that features me. The title is "Clarinda Cloud Activity Book."

The "Clarinda Cloud Activity Book" also features colors and feelings. It is a fabulous book to practice basic skills such as drawing, coloring, tracing, letter searches, counting, matching, finding differences, and mazes.

Notes and Announcements:

*I have some good news! I am going to be appearing in the movie, "Quigley's Christmas Adventure!" I am not sure where I will be in the movie, but... I can't wait! I will tell you more about it soon!

*I have a couple of more cool announcements coming soon! I can't wait!

*Thank you for reading this blog. Please explore the site and tell your friends about me! Also, don't forget to share your feelings!

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Clarinda Cloud Shares a Video By Barbara Lester about Teaching Children with Autism to Express Feelings

Clarinda Cloud books by Jodi Desautels

A Page From "Clarinda Cloud Activity Book" on Feeling Happy

Clarinda Cloud as a Spokescloud

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Clarinda Cloud Introduces Herself

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