Sharing is a vital and fundamental social skill that many children learn from an early age. Whether or not they begin learning this skill at home with siblings, it is inevitably going to be put into practice when they start going to school and are required to share materials, supplies, toys, and attention. Reading books about sharing can help students see the experience as fun and productive instead of seeing it as a situation where they give something up.
1. Friends Ask First!
Follow Daniel Tiger as he learns that friends ask first before taking things away from others. This book will quickly become one of your students or children’s favorite books as it includes one of the popular characters they’ve probably seen before on television.
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2. The Berenstain Bears Forgot Their Manners
Another set of popular television and literary characters take one book from their book series to talk about manners. Sharing with others is just good manners! Can you help the Berenstain bears find their manners again after they forget them?
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3. We Share Everything!
Most book lovers have heard of Robert Munsch! This hilarious take on sharing everything will have your listeners laughing as they learn how to share, why it’s important, and why you should not take it too far. It’s a funny book with an important message.
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4. My Way to Making Friends
For some children, struggling to make friends is part of their day-to-day school experience. Learning a few strategies to help them make friends and connect with other students their age can make a world of difference.
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5. The Sharing Circle
There are many benefits to reading this book to your class or to your children. Taking a look at the idea of a sharing circle as a sacred space aids in adding value to the word “sharing” in this context where you are sharing your feelings rather than items.
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6. Sharing: Gifts of the Spirit
Another stunning book by the Berenstain bears where they touch on sharing as a gift of the spirit. The students will read about what happens when you don’t want to share as Brother doesn’t want to share his popsicle. It’s a gentle lesson but a powerful and impactful one.
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7. Sharing Time
Doing a nice gesture for someone else is a wonderful gesture! Children learn how sharing can make everyone feel good in this cute story. It gives kids choices about what they can do if sharing is hard. Who can they talk to? Where can they go?
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8. Sharing Ninja
Pick up a valuable lesson about sharing by sharing like the sharing ninja! This lesson in sharing is communicated through the fun story. This book can be included in your plan for the first day of kindergarten. You will get to love these colorful characters.
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9. With Jesus I Give
If you work in a religious school, this book might be a good fit for your next read-aloud, especially if your students have been struggling with sharing in your classroom lately. Students will connect and resonate with this inspiring story.
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10. Elephant Learns to Share
These hilarious illustrations make reading about sharing fun and funny as well. Children who love animals and animal characters will love listening to this story. Whether your students love or hate to share, they will enjoy listening to you reading this book.
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11. I Can Share!
This storybook is made for even the youngest readers as the pages are sturdy and will not rip easily. Including this book in your curricula for kindergarten will benefit the students as they get more exposure to the idea and practice of sharing while in school.
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12. Learning to Share
Check out this Peppa Pig series! This book even comes with stickers. If your child loves Peppa Pig, this might be the book to get through to them. Let children know that it is normal to struggle with sharing and how you understand that sharing is difficult.
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13. I Choose to Calm My Anger
Sometimes the fallout of sharing does not go well. Navigating the feelings that are associated with disagreeing with friends or teachers is equally as important as learning how to share. Reading this book to students will help them navigate these feelings.
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14. Jacky and Raff and the Truth About “Mine”
Do your students often say that a toy or pencil is “theirs”? This book addresses the very important idea of “mine”. Sharing among siblings can be especially hard to deal with. This book looks at two brothers who struggle with this skill. How will they work through it?
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15. Teach Your Dragon to Share
Having students take the perspective of teaching someone, or something else, the skill of sharing puts them in a unique situation. Getting them to teach their imaginary dragon this skill puts the responsibility on them instead of them feeling blamed for not sharing well with others.
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16. That’s Mine!
This book looks at the positive effect that sharing can have on others. Sharing with your friends and family can make them happy when they were sad or mad before. Follow the main character, Paul, as he learns this lesson throughout the book.
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17. Sharing
These adorable kittens will tell us all about sharing. This board book is sturdy and interactive, so you can feel safe letting the students handle the pages themselves even if they are very young. We can enjoy things so much more if we share them with our friends!
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18. Can I Play Too
Piggie and Gerald struggle with being able to include their friend and share with him as he is a snake that wants to play catch with them. Students will get the message that it can be hard to share sometimes and knowing what to say is sometimes a struggle.
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19. Sharing a Shell
These sea creatures have an excellent message to share with your learners. However, it is a tough road to get there when you don’t want to share your shell home. Learning not to be selfish and to think of others is a central theme in this story.
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20. It’s Mine!
These frogs quickly learn that fighting over resources is not going to work for them when they endure a big change in their living situation. If your students are constantly fighting over materials and using the word “mine”, it might be time to share this story with them.
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21. Kindness is My Super Power
Reframe the act of sharing as simply being kind to your classmates and friends. If your students are tired of hearing you constantly telling them to share, change up your message by asking them to be kind to each other. Everyone can be a superhero!
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22. Let’s Be Kind
This book features adorable illustrations and gives many kid-friendly examples of how we can share every day.
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