Story Sharing With Props

Children’s Literature
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“Does my goldfish know who I am” by Gemma Elwin Harris
The selected kid storybook is called “Does my goldfish know who I am.” The book is written by Gemma Elwin Harris. He is an author of children books. I have selected the book because it gives the explanation for some weird behavior of kids. The author tries to point out the development of the children mentally and physically (Judge 2014). The parents should be able to understand the behavior of their kids and how their moods change over time. The book gives the description and theories why the children behave abnormally sometimes.
It is normal for the children to cry up to the age of twelve years. Below that age, the boys and the girls have the same behaviors. The crying is a psychological disruption that makes the tears spill from the eye glands, and the kid feels sad. The cry makes the children feel better than they were before. The tears of the children who are disturbed extra have more contents than for the ones who are less disturbed. This shows that the content of the tears depends on the emotions of the child (Judge 2014). The children who have extra emotions have tears with more content feel better than the later. This is because they get rid of all the contents of the eye glands.
The children cry to alert the nearby people that they need their help or comfort.

The purpose of the tears is there for to get rid of the bad feeling in the nervous systems. Crying when the child is happy is different from the bitter situations. The emotions of happiness and sadness trigger the production of the tears but at different levels.
The brain of the child weighs less than the adults. The brain of the children has billions of neuron networks. The networks look like a tiny branching tree. The neurons are connected to the other neurons by junctions. The level of the connection of the neurons determines the intelligence of the child and the memory capacity.
In the brain of a child, one neuron makes around 5000 connections with the other neurons. The whole brain of the child has, therefore, more than 500 trillion of connections.
The children are born without the understanding of the language. When the child thinks he or she transforms the brain by altering the connection of the brain. The children use the brain for the memory (Harris 2013). The parts for the keeping of the memory are not well developed when the child is too young.
The extension activities that I can give after reading the book is the emphasis on the difference in emotions the children have overtimes. The children develop moods depending on the environment they are subjected. The parents should not be surprised by the abrupt changes in the mood of the child.
Again, the parents should teach their children language step by step. The brain of the child grows with time. The neuron connections in the brain determine the capacity of the child to learn the language and also some physical attributes like the posture. The children should be given a good environment for the growth and development. This is because the environment also affects the growth of the children psychologically (Harris 2013). What I can use to promote the presentation of the story is by changing the tone to emphasize some parts of the story. References
Harris, G. (2013). Does my goldfish know who I am? : big questions from little people. London: Faber and Faber
Judge, A. (2014). Challenging Questions of Global Significance from the Young.