Professor Crawly starts his series of lessons with one about himself that he had to overcome as a young ant: Bravery
It's hard to be brave sometimes as a kid. I remember being fearful of several things when I was young. Bravery is something we need to constantly challenge ourselves to achieve. The 'unknown', even for adults, can be a frightening experience. Even publishing these books required me to not listen to the internal voices telling me it's a crazy idea, I'm not qualified, or I can't do it. I had to not be fearful, not be scared or afraid, and just step out, be brave, and press ahead.
Teach your kids to be bold, be brave. Help them
set goals that you want them to achieve. Achieving goals builds
pride, pride builds self esteem and boosts your self
image.
These books are a series of lessons for children ages 4-6 years old, on positive attitudes for life experiences and illustrated through the use of bugs, slugs,and other crawly things. They are taught by a wise old ant named Professor Crawly who uses all his crawly friends to teach his lessons.
This is a series of books to help kids accomplish three things:
1) Become less frightened of crawly things at an early age
2) Teach the benefits achieved in our environment by the crawly things on our planet
3) Teach encouraging lessons and important principles about self-image and interaction with others
Comments:
Online Book Club Review:
***3 out of 4 Stars*** Professor Crawly Lesson 1 by Gary Chase is the reader's introduction to the Professor Crawly series and lessons. In this book, readers meet Professor Crawly himself and learn that, throughout the coming books, he will be introducing readers to a variety of creepy, crawly friends. He warns readers not to judge them by the way they look, as they live lives similar to humans and also help the planet. This book is filled with promises of what is to come.
I was lucky enough to read books two and three of the Professor Crawly series. However, I am just now reading the first book! For other readers, the benefit of this is that I can say, without a doubt, that these books can be read independently of one another. They are great to read in succession as they show important ideas to children, however, you shouldn't be worried if you can't manage to read them in order.
As with the others, this book was fun, bright, and educational. My favorite part is that the author chose the characters to be something most kids are wary of. I don't know many kids that are fans of bugs. However, this book helps children think of them in a different light, while also introducing important life ideas, like not judging others by how they look.
Overall, I give this book 3 out of 4 stars. I would recommend it to parents with children and even teachers. The series as a whole would be great to have in a classroom.