Welcome to another contribution to The Adventure of Motherhood’s Feed Me Books Friday. Today I’m excited to share a series with you about some Wacky Aussies. The author, Jacqui Taub, has offered to send the complete series to one lucky winner!
About the Waussies
The Waussies are a cute set of characters created by Jacqui Taub for her grandchildren. She wanted to share stories with them that teach values like kindness, good health, as well as fun and laughter. There’s Hiccup Waussie (Sammi’s favorite), Boomerang Waussie (my favorite), Burger Waussie, Beachbal Waussie and a bunch more. The Waussies even have their own song! Give the chorus a listen. (With video)
Pretty cute, huh?
The Waussie Series
There are six books in the series. We’ve rad and enjoyed them all. Each one comes with a CD that contains the Waussie Song and a dramatized reading of the book. Each character has a different voice which I think enhances the listening experience. Sammi loves to listen to the CDs while looking at the books and often prefers to hear them rather than to have me read them.
Hiccup Waussie Loses His Hiccups
In this book, Hiccup Waussies friends try to help him get rid of his hiccups. They have some pretty creative ideas and I love Ant’s take on why he’s got them at all. (The air isn’t staying out.)
Beach Ball Waussie invites Hiccup Waussie to jog with him to help his breathing.
Ant suggests blowing up balloons the keep the air out.
Other Titles in the Series
Boomerang Waussie to the Rescue- Tennis Racquet Waussie’s Space Adventure
- Burger Waussie’s Lost Bun
- Beachball Waussie’s Lost Air Stopper
- Pineapple Waussie’s Tickly Problem
Overall, I think these books are really fun. The characters are unique and captivating. Sammi is having a lot of fun recognizing the characters again in each book. Jacqui has created a great community of friends and you feel a part of that community as you read the books. The lessons they teach are subtle so it’s not too preachy, but they make for great discussions as you help your little one draw the lesson out of the story.
Aside from her own grandchildren, Jacqui has worked with children and loves the interaction of being with little children. This love is evident in her books and CDs. We were surprised when the CD reading of the book didn’t have a ding to say when to turn the page. That was a little difficult when in the car because we couldn’t see the pages to help Sammi. But when we cuddled up on the couch to listen, it definitely kept us both engaged in the story and the experience of reading together. When I asked her about it, Jacqui said she left it out intentionally because “it’s more encouragement for mums to sit with the children and help them read along.” I was definitely encouraged!
Giveaway Details
The giveaway os for a complete set of Waussie books from Waussie Productions and Jacqui Taub. This giveaway is open to US residents. The giveaway will run until March 18 11:59 EDT. The winner will be announced Friday morning and contacted via email. Feel free to do as much as you’d like to gain extra entries in the giveaway. You can use Twitter and Facebook once a day for additional entries throughout the week. Please come back and tell me each time to claim your entry.
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- Leave a comment telling me how you teach values to your little ones.
- Please leave a separate comment for each entry to make sure all your work is rewarded.
Optional:
- Visit Waussie Productions and watch one of Jacqui’s videos. Leave a comment saying which video you watched.
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- Post on Facebook “Because Babies Grow Up is giving away the set of Waussie books for kids 3-7. Come get Waussified: http://bit.ly/d903YS”
Thanks for entering the giveaway! Don’t forget to check out other books moms are recommending over at Feed Me Books Friday.
Disclaimer: I received the complete set of Waussie books to aid my review. My opinions are my own and reflect the experience my children and I had with the books.
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These look like GREAT books! We teach our kids to say “please” and “thank you” before they can actually talk, weaving the phrases into our everyday language, so that they learn to be grateful and patient from the get-go. We are constantly hearing comments about how polite our daughter (3yo) is, and I can only think that it came from implementing this at an early age!
I tweeted about the contest. @apichea
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We put a HIGH emphasis on courtesy, if nothing else our kids are polite.
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by showing them by doing.
We teach by being good role models
We always try to speak to our children the way we want them to speak to others, so there are a lot of please’s and thank you’s at our house
Music and Reading together win win! I teach good values by example and materials we read and look for teachable moments throughout the day. That said, she does not like to share:)
I subscribed via mail. I am to your feed reader too but I neglect that too much:) Hopefully I’ll do a better job of reading that way:)
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I teach values by example and praising the children when they treat each other with respect and kindness. I also make a point to tell the parent when the child does something nice or respects another child. As I do family child care in my home five days a week for twelve and a half hours each day we have a lot of time together. Susan
We teach our children by setting a good example with our behaviors.
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We believe that it is important to lead by example and provide a lot of positive reinforcement
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Values all start with “please” and “thank you” and then are built from there.
We teach our kids to say “please” and “thank you” by saying please and thank you to them.
We teach our kids to have good manners, saying please and thank you, and we teach them to be grateful for what they have.
We teach values by being good people ourselves.
I hope that we live by example, and, especially insist that they use the words please and thank you repeatedly.
teach the way we would want them to speak towers others ty.
It is the most important thing of all, to model the behavior for your children. They will follow what you do, not what you say.
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My children have learnt to always be polite. Please and thank you are words that are used all the time. I think that as long as you lead by example it is pretty easy to teach manners and good behavior (at least until they hit those teen years lol).
These look like cute books. We started our teaching our children to say please and thank-you. We also hope to teach them by example.
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We try to teach by example. We say please and thank you and treat each other with respect.
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watched The Beachball Waussie
I teach values by setting examples for my little ones. They always watch and listen, so it is important that I model everything that I wish them to be. Thanks!
I watched the video, “Introducing the Waussies” Thanks!
children learn by what they see if they see you doing the right things they will follow
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By example is the best way to teach values.
We teach from the bible.
by setting a good example
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