hello everyone it's morgan livingstone the certified child life specialist at michael
garan hospital and i'm here to read you a really cool todd parr book one of our favorite writers
it's okay to make mistakes by todd parr and right on the front it says uh-oh and there's a picture
of todd wearing underpants on his head and his dog wearing socks on his ears looks like this is
going to be a fun book it's okay to make mistakes it's okay if you spill your milk you can always
clean it up in the first picture there's a funny drawing of a girl sitting at a table where she
spilled her milk and it went all the way across the table and onto the floor and her and her dog
are both looking very surprised in the next picture you can see that they're smiling and
she's got a cloth in her hands as she's cleaning up the table but on the floor area her dog is
cleaning it up with a cloth and the kitty cat is licking up the milk i think that cats like milk
it's okay to try a different direction you might discover something new in the first picture we
see one two three four five six seven eight nine fish all swimming together eight of them
are swimming in one direction but the ninth one is going in another direction and it says uh oh
on the other side deep under the sea you can see that that spotted fish has found some treasure so
going in a different direction actually was helpful for him and he found some treasure
it's okay to not know the answer asking questions helps you learn i think in school this happens
a lot in this first picture we can see that the teacher is pointing to a eight plus three equation
equals and the puppy dog at the bottom in his desk says uh-oh with question marks above his head
but the next page shows him and a friend his kitty cat friend putting their hands up
and asking questions if you're not sure always ask a question it's okay to get upset
your friends are there to cheer you on in the first one it looks like there's a goalie
in front of a soccer net and it looks like a ball has gone way above and in this one
well first her face is very red so that often means that you're very angry i think she was
trying to kick the ball into the net but it didn't go in in the next one it looks like
she's in front of that goal post again and this time there's a dog with her wagging his tail
and she's smiling and trying to kick the ball again sometimes it's good to try more than once
it's okay to fall down you can always get back up i see in this picture there's a very interesting
pink horse with rainbow colored spots and a little girl who seems to have fallen off her horse uh-oh
it's a good thing she's wearing her helmet to protect her head and this one she gets back on
and she has a smile on her face it's okay to have accidents and it's okay to try again it's okay to
wear two different socks others may try it too in this first picture we can see the puppy from the
front of the book who's wearing two funny socks that don't match on his ears in the other page we
see all of his animal friends a duck a sheep and a skunk all wearing brightly colored socks that are
all different sounds like a fun idea it's okay to forget your umbrella you might meet someone new
uh oh in this case a funny duck is standing in a puddle with the rain falling on his head
in the next picture it looks like a purple duck has come to join him and has offered to share his
umbrella that's a nice thing to do when you meet someone new it's okay to change your mind everyone
is ready at a different time and this is really something i know i've felt before there's an
elephant who's gone all the way up a high ladder on a diving board and he's looking down at the
pool and he's changed his mind he's too nervous to finish his dive so he gets down in the next
picture it looks like the seal is having a great time and is ready to take the plunge and jump off
the diving board while the elephant waits on the ground safely and comfortably having his ice cream
everybody learns at a different pace it's okay to get mixed up uh oh you can always ask for help
i can see that in this picture there's a boy who's going uh oh and his tangly shoelaces tell
me he's had a hard time learning to tie them but in the next picture he's asked for some help from
a parent or an adult and him and his puppy are smiling as he gets he learns how to tie his shoes
it's okay if you are clumsy you might invent a new move there's a whole bunch of penguins all lined
up to go down a cool slide into the cool water in this case all of the other penguins are going
facing upright but one of them flips around and he goes down head first but he's actually invented a
new move and his friends in the next picture all decide to try going down head first too i think
that penguins like going down headfirst it's okay to get dirty a bubble bath is lots of fun oh my
goodness i can see in this picture all around this house is a lot of rain and a little boy and his
puppy are running around in the mud uh-oh i think they got a little muddy but that's okay because
in the next picture he's in a nice warm bubble bath and someone's helping him to clean off all
the mud he's got a big smile on his face it's okay to be shy being quiet can make you a good listener
in this picture we see one two three four colorful dogs all howling and singing at the top of a fence
but down below on the ground uh oh is a cat who's a little bit shy and has decided not to
participate but the next picture we can see that the kitty cat is actually a great listener and
he's helping snuggle up to a little friend in the night it's a good thing to be a good listener too
it's okay to color outside the lines it's good to follow your own path
in this picture we see a lovely person who's created some amazing art and it looks like the
art is a roadway with a car and a dog driving the car but the roadway actually goes off
the canvas or the paper and all the way around onto the other page and
it looks like it's created a little dog house and the dog house says auto
everyone has uh-oh moments that's how you learn and this picture there's a tree with one two three
four five six monkeys all attached to another tree hanging on and hanging and having fun but
one of the monkeys is upside down and he says uh oh well the rest are all smiling and right side up
it's okay to have those uh-oh moments that's how you learn and that is the end it's okay
to make mistakes sometimes everyone does even grown-ups that's how we learn
love todd the end i hope you enjoyed our child life story time come again soon and i'll read more