Forever Friend: A children’s guide and activity book for saying goodbye to a special dog

Description

The hardest part of loving an animal is having to say good-bye. These activity books help parents have conversations with children about their love and feelings regarding the death of a beloved dog or cat. Dr. Mary Gardner and Coleen Ellis have not only taken their personal experiences of losing a pet into consideration for the 20+ activities in these books, but they have also taken a peek into the child of today and how they would express their grief, to include technology ideas.

Use these activities to not only help your child, and family, in expressing the various emotions felt with the loss of a pet family member, but also as a way to normalize every one of those emotions. These books are the perfect resource to give everyone permission to share their story, and memories.

Activities included are:

• Story about my pet;
• Write a blog;
• Create a video;
• Emotional word find;
• Crossword puzzle;
• Maze of feelings;
• Craft projects with pet collar;
• Shadow box creation;
• Paper bag scrap book;
• Seed paper creation;
• Favorite things list;
• Bucket List;
• Tribute table;
• Shoebox memory box;
• Memorial light;
• ...and more.