Taking Diabetes to School
Monday, December 21st, 2009 at
12:43 am
Product Description
This color illustrated book for elementary age children contains an instructive story of a grade-schooler with diabetes who tells his classmates about the disease and how he manages it. The story offers sensitive insight into the day-to-day “school life” of a child with a chronic illness. Includes “Ten Tips for Teachers” and “Kids Quiz”…. More >>
Tagged with: Chronic Illness • Classmates • Diabetes • Elementary Age Children • Grade Schooler • Insight • Instructive Story • Kids Quiz • Product Description • School • Taking
This book is great! We bought it for our newly-diagnosed diabetic son to take to school to share with classmates. This book answers many common questions kids have about diabetes in a fun and informative story!
I love this book! I borrowed it from the library when my daughter was in kindergarten. The book was a hit with the children (5yrs).It was an easy read, and the classroom teacher felt that it helped answer some of their questions.
This year, she is in 1st grade. The classroom teacher nor the students had an understanding, nor knew anyone with diabetes. This was troubling my daughter- she feels different…
Although she is not the only child with diabetes in ther school, she is the youngest and the children in her grade level don’t know diabetes.
I bought this book and gifted it to the school in hopes that children are made aware of this disease and perhaps have an understanding of what diabetic children go through.
I highly recommend this book…
I haven’t had a chance to use it but just wanted it for my library. As a type 1 diabetic, I wish there had been more things around like this when I was younger.
This book is great my daughter was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes last year when she was in Kindergarden and the kids really liked it. She also took it to her class this year and helps the kids to understand why she is treated a little bit differently as far as being able to get snacks and having to leave the classroom.
This book is perfect in every way! My son has been type 1 one for two years now, and off to K5 in less than a month – how scary! This is the perfect book to be read to his classmates so they can learn a bit about diabetes. The language describing his condition is clear and simple, as is telling a bit how he takes care of himself. It’s very clear and reassuring to his new friends that he’s still like everyone else, even though he does some different things. The book covers insulin pumps, too, which is great.
We will be taking this book to school at the beginning of this school year – as well as many to come!!!