Nurtured Family Resource Library

Nurtured Family Parenting Bookshelf

Cover of a parents' workbook titled 'Bringing Baby Home' with an illustration of three people in yellow and blue, and a blue background.

  • This book, based on research from the Gottman Institute, helps couples strengthen their relationship and adjust to life with a new baby. It offers tools to manage conflict, increase intimacy, and support each other emotionally during the transition to parenthood, while fostering healthy emotional development in the child.

Book cover titled 'Expecting Better' by Emily Oster, with a yellow background and orange and red text, mentioning revised edition for 2025 and subtitles about pregnancy wisdom.

  • A data-driven look at pregnancy, this book debunks common myths and empowers expectant parents with evidence-based information. Economist Emily Oster breaks down research on topics from caffeine and sushi to prenatal testing, helping readers make informed decisions during pregnancy.

Cover of 'Cribsheet' by Emily Oster, a yellow background with colorful text and graphics, including an illustration of a hanging mobile and a bookshelf with multicolored books.

  • Using neuroscience, this book explains how a child’s brain develops and offers practical strategies to help parents nurture balanced emotional and intellectual growth. It introduces 12 key strategies that integrate different parts of the brain, helping children better handle emotions and develop resilience.

Cover of the book titled 'Declarative Language Handbook' by Linda K. Murphy. The cover is red with black and white text, featuring illustrations of two people with a heart and speech bubbles.

  • A practical guide for using declarative language to support communication development in children, especially those with social learning challenges. Instead of giving commands or asking constant questions, parents learn how to model thoughtful observation, promote problem-solving, and encourage independent thinking.

Book cover titled 'The Whole-Brain Child' by Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson, featuring a silhouette of a child's head in white against a teal background, with colorful text and a red circle indicating over one million copies sold.

  • Using neuroscience, this book explains how a child’s brain develops and offers practical strategies to help parents nurture balanced emotional and intellectual growth. It introduces 12 key strategies that integrate different parts of the brain, helping children better handle emotions and develop resilience.

Book cover titled 'No-Drama Discipline' by Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson, featuring a silhouette of an adult and child holding hands against a blue background.

  • This companion to The Whole-Brain Child focuses on discipline through connection rather than punishment. It teaches parents how to calmly address misbehavior, understand its root causes, and use moments of discipline to build empathy and teach important life skills.

Colorful children's book cover titled 'Anna AngrySaurus' featuring a purple, dinosaur-like creature with an angry expression, standing on the ground with plants and clouds in the background.

Nurtured Family Children’s Bookshelf

  • This story follows Anna, a young dinosaur who gets overwhelmed by anger. Through relatable experiences and calming strategies, the book helps children understand anger, its triggers, and healthy ways to express and manage it.

Cover of a children's book titled 'Dinosaurs Divorce: A Guide for Changing Families,' featuring a cartoon dinosaur riding a bicycle, with two thought bubbles showing a dinosaur and a dinosaur girl, surrounded by grass and plants.

  • This approachable, cartoon-style book explains divorce in child-friendly terms, covering everything from custody and stepfamilies to feelings of anger or guilt. It’s a practical tool for helping kids understand and cope with changes in family dynamics.

Cover of a children's book titled 'How Do You Feel?' featuring a cartoon dog with a round face, pink bows in her brown ears, and a pink polka-dot dress, smiling.

  • A simple, engaging board book that introduces toddlers and preschoolers to basic emotions using expressive photographs and relatable language. It encourages emotional awareness and early vocabulary development around feelings like happy, sad, angry, and excited.

Cover of a children's book titled "The Invisible String" featuring a woman and two children holding a pink string with small hearts, walking on grass with a blue sky background.

  • A comforting story that helps children understand the concept of emotional connection and love that persists even when we're apart. Perfect for easing separation anxiety, grief, or big transitions, the book reassures kids that an “invisible string” connects them to the people they love—no matter where they are.

Six children's books displayed upright, featuring titles and colorful animal illustrations, including Bigfoot, Unicorn, Narwhal, Hammerhead, Yak, and a plant.

  • Created by a therapist and educator, each Slumberkins book pairs with a cuddly creature and addresses a specific social-emotional theme, such as self-esteem, grief, emotional regulation, or change. The series uses therapeutic language and routines to build emotional intelligence and resilience.

Book cover titled "The Care & Keeping of YOU: The Body Book for Girls" featuring three illustrated girls standing at the beach in swimsuits.

  • A bestselling body book for girls that covers physical development, hygiene, body image, and emotional changes during puberty. Written with sensitivity and clarity, it’s often a go-to resource for starting age-appropriate conversations about growing up.

Children's book cover titled 'The Color Monster' by Anna Llenas, featuring colorful cartoon monsters in red, yellow, green, and blue.

  • This beautifully illustrated book helps children explore and label their emotions through the story of a monster who’s feeling all mixed up. With each emotion represented by a different color, the book offers a visual and accessible way to support emotional literacy and self-regulation.

Cover of a book titled 'The Memory Box: A Book About Grief' featuring a girl sitting on grass with blonde hair, holding a pink balloon, and a memory box in front of her.

  • A gentle, practical guide designed to help children process the death of a loved one. The book blends mindfulness and psychology to explain death in an age-appropriate way and provides emotional tools and rituals to support grieving kids.

Cover of a book titled 'When Someone Dies', showing a person with curly hair sitting cross-legged on grass during sunset, holding a framed photo. The book is about how children can understand grief and loss.

  • A tender story told from the perspective of a grieving child who creates a memory box to keep close to someone they've lost. This book offers comfort and a beautiful metaphor for holding on to memories, helping children process grief in a creative and meaningful way.

Nurtured Family Video Library

  • A short, kid-friendly guided meditation from GoNoodle called the "Melting Exercise". It gently walks children through the sensation of “melting away” stress when feeling frozen, frightened, angry, or upset—ideal for calming anxious or overwhelmed kids

  • This is a guided “Swirling” – Meditation for Kids video from GoNoodle. It guides children to imagine a glitter jar swirling inside them—mirroring how thoughts or emotions can swirl and cloud the mind. As the glitter settles, it symbolizes calming the mind and returning to a clearer, centered state. Schools and counselors often use this video to help young learners regulate anxiety, center themselves, and refocus attention.

  • This video leads children through the “Rainbow Breath” mindfulness technique: imagining breathing in and out through all the colors of the rainbow to encourage relaxation, focus, and creativity. Often used as a short brain break in classrooms or home routines

Nurtured Family Regulation Tools for Kids

FidgetGone fidget stone kit includes a textured stone, a wooden stand, a spray bottle, a metal tool, a white plastic pry tool, and a metal opening tool.

  • This fidget kit features a rubber‑filled pebble with indentations to pick at and peel back layers, offering tactile stimulation similar to skin picking behavior. It’s marketed for relieving boredom, anxiety, and sensory urges, especially in those with dermatillomania or OCD tendencies. The kit includes a tool and filler to refill as needed—but should be used cautiously under adult supervision due to potential safety risks from sharp tools and small parts

Package of Kinetic Sand with a sandcastle mold and a pile of brown kinetic sand in front.

  • Moldable sensory sand that sticks to itself and not hands, offering mess‑free tactile exploration. Ideal for sensory bins, stress relief, and fine motor engagement. It's dry to the touch but fluid-like in flow—promoting creativity and calming repetitive play in children .

Light blue ice cube with the word "ICE DO" engraved on it.

  • A square-shaped gel-filled fidget toy for tactile regulation. This “super solid squish” cube feels firm when squeezed quickly and softer when pressed gently. It returns to its cube form after each squeeze, providing repetitive sensory input. Popular for kids with anxiety, ADHD, or sensory processing needs, it can help promote calm, focus, and emotional regulation—but note that misuse like microwaving or freezing has led to serious burns, and durability concerns have been raised by users

Cover of Calm Mindfulness Flash Cards for Kids featuring six children practicing mindfulness in different poses against a teal background.

  • A set of 50+ colorful cards with bite-sized exercises and prompts to encourage calm, awareness, curiosity, and kindness. Each card offers a short activity or reflection ideal for introducing mindfulness techniques in classroom, therapy, or family routines .

A young boy sitting cross-legged on a blue modern chair or stool, smiling and looking happy.

  • A low-profile spinning chair designed to support vestibular input and proprioceptive feedback. It gently rotates to engage users in calming movement—helpful for children with autism, ADHD, or sensory-seeking behavior. Improves coordination while offering a soothing physical activity .

A young boy with blonde hair, wearing a white and green striped t-shirt and orange shorts, sitting on a special pediatric wheelchair with a blue safety strap, smiling against a black background.

  • These elastic chair bands—also known as “kick bands”—are designed to wrap around the front legs of a chair to provide gentle resistance for feet. They offer a subtle sensory outlet, allowing kids to move while seated without disrupting the surrounding environment.

Young girl sitting on a chair with a dinosaur-themed blanket, reading a book.

  • A kid-sized weighted blanket with fun dinosaur prints that delivers gentle, even pressure. This “deep touch pressure” can help promote relaxation, improve sleep, and reduce anxiety or restlessness—especially beneficial for children who respond well to sensory input and tactile comfort .