"…excellent resource for parents, teachers, counselors, and other caregivers to help young children feel a part of the deployment process and prepare them for what's coming next." —Operation We Are Here
The activities in this fun 112-page activity book reinforce concepts young children are already learning and give them a safe way to ask questions, talk about their feelings, and feel connected to a deployed parent. 
Four sections (Getting Ready for Deployment, Deployment, Getting Ready for Reunion, and Reunion) provide appropriate activities for each stage of deployment, from packing and saying goodbye to welcoming Dad home. 
Includes mazes, dot-to-dots, counting, matching, coloring, crafts, telling time and other activities familiar to preschool and elementary children. A fun book for children and an excellent resource for parents, teachers, counselors, and other caregivers to help young children feel a part of the deployment process and prepare them for what's coming next. 
This book is specific to a dad deploying. A version for deployed moms is also available.

My Dad's Deployment: A Deployment and Reunion Activity Book for Young Children

LaBelle, Julie

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Elva Resa

"…an excellent resource for families of deployed mothers with young children." —Midwest Book Review
The activities in this fun 112-page activity book reinforce concepts young children are already learning and give them a safe way to ask questions, talk about their feelings, and feel connected to a deployed parent.
Four sections (Getting Ready for Deployment, Deployment, Getting Ready for Reunion, and Reunion) provide appropriate activities for each stage of deployment, from packing and saying goodbye to welcoming Mom home. 
Includes mazes, dot-to-dots, counting, matching, coloring, crafts, telling time, and other activities familiar to preschool and elementary children. A fun book for children and an excellent resource for parents, teachers, counselors, and other caregivers to help young children feel a part of the deployment process and prepare them for what's coming next.
 This book is specific to a mom deploying. A version for deployed dads is also available.

My Mom's Deployment: A Deployment and Reunion Activity Book for Young Children

This collection of original stories and poems touches on many aspects of military life from a child's point of view. From moving to making new friends, deployment, homecoming, patriotism, and tender family moments, Military Life gives a glimpse of the many joys and challenges military children experience. Contents: Just Like You! by Julie LaBelle My Space by Donna Portelli Best Friends by Judy Hissong My Daddy Jumps Today by Michelle Tonsmeire Mama's Been Called Up by Charlene Kochensparger Saying Goodbye by Peggie Brott The Good Day by Alison Buckholtz Holding Mom's Kite by Jennifer Jesseph When Mommy Comes Home by Amy Houts When Daddy Comes Home by Amy Houts Love Letters by Karen Pavlicin It's Five O'Clock by Cindy Shaw Good Night by Christy Lyon Illustrations throughout by Quinette Cook.

Military Life: Stories and Poems for Children

Self-Help

Houts, Amy

Brott, Peggie

Buckholtz, Alison

Hissong, Judy

Jesseph, Jennifer

Kochensparger, Charlene

Lyon, Christy

Pavlicin, Karen

Portelli, Donna

Shaw, Cindy

Tonsmeire, Michelle

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