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Sam's Dinosaur Brain

Sam's Dinosaur Brain

Hylton, Dani

Paperback

Series: Tiger Schmiger

Education

ISBN10: 0944638627
ISBN13: 9780944638620
Publisher: Educare Pr
Published: Jul 19 2023
Pages: 30
Weight: 0.21
Height: 0.08 Width: 8.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Any child can be in a Freeze, Fight, Flight, or Fawn reactive state. It is a fact of existence - these Four F's are part of our daily lives. Our brains are designed for a different era - a time long ago when grass was tall and cats were big. The trouble is that we do not live in that time. Any child's brain can Anticipate, Ruminate and Perseverate on issues that might (or might not) be real - there are no tigers in the house today.

Sam's Dinosaur focuses on the brain's Amygdala.

  • We each have two amygdalae - one in each hemisphere - that regulate how we handle stressful situations.
  • The word Amygdala is simply Latin for Almond, because early neuroscientists realized that the anatomical likeness was to an almond nut.
  • The Amygdala is the center of emotional reaction like fear and frustration, anxiety and sadness.
  • When our emotional wellbeing feels overloaded we will sometimes react in a way that causes people to question our behavior.
Sometimes we react without thinking and are unaware at the time of the damage we are doing. We might say to ourselves afterwords:
  • What was I thinking?
  • How could I have said (or done) those terrible things to people I love?
In Sam's Dinosaur Brain, we describe the ancient remnant of an evolutionary brain that was designed to keep us safe from tigers in the wild, or unexpected attack. We bring the amygdala into today's social context in playground or classroom and show the reader that we can be in charge of our dinosaur brain; that we can regulate our emotional state with simple strategies.

Strategies are built on:

  • Simple graphical representations of neuroscience knowledge about a child's brain.
  • Colorful stick figures that enable every child see themselves in the action.
  • Simple easy to understand choices that grow the reader's mental model concerning stress and remedies to overcoming stress.
For the adult, teacher, guardian, or parent the book summarizes the solution with a clear and vivid description of how and when to use this simple method to help children overcome the stressful situation.

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