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Experts agree that parents who put pressure on potty training often sabotage their efforts by alienating the child, and that this delay can keep them dealing with diapers longer. Trust "The Playdate Kids" to take a delicate situation and balance the important how-to of toilet training with a motivating island beat that will have children begging for an "Island Potty Party" of their own! The accompanying CD and sheet music help prepare kids for the bathroom without battles, and succeed in unifying parents and child into a team that will tackle the toilet together. Every child has to be potty trained, but "The Playdate Kids" use their signature high-energy, enthusiastic musical sing-alongs to turn potty peril into toilet triumph!
The Playdate Kids: Island Potty Party
Tim Friedlander
Playdate Kids (2007)
ISBN 9781933721156
Reviewed by Stephanie & Parish (age 3) & Isaac (age 1) Rollins for Reader Views (5/07)
Playdate Kids dare to address all issues children struggle with—even potty training. Included in “Island Potty Party” is a CD of the same name. Parish loved the song. It has an island sound that made Parish and Isaac dance.
Playdate Kids books always have a diverse group of kids and adults. There are many kids with different hair colors and skin colors. Some are cute. Some are less than cute.
In “Island Potty Party,” the Playdate Kids play on the beach. Then Dakota’s baby brother has to go potty. Dakota teaches her brother to not pee in his diaper. She shows him how to go to the bathroom. The kids act like expert potty trainers. They direct the baby brother to not pee on his feet and so on.
On a few pages, grown-ups and kids are shown going to the bathroom. At the end of the book is a simple diagram that shows kids what happens to their food.
A great aspect of the Playdate Kids books is that the pictures tell stories, too, so there are several stories going on at one time. There are adults covered up with sand. Kids build sandcastles. There are surfers. There is a volcano in the background. Each time Parish reads this, which has been countless times, she finds another interesting picture.
Once again, Playdate Kids has created a great book. If you have a potty-training child, let them read this book as they sit on the toilet. Parish has a book box next to the toilet. “The Playdate Kids: Island Potty Party” is now in that box.
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