Wait for It, Plum!: A Patience and Self-Control Book Toddlers Ages 24

Cookies. Swings. Balloons. Why is waiting SO hard?Plum the little bunny wants everything NOW. The cookies in the warm oven. The swing his friend is on. That big shiny golden balloon. But Mama knows a tiny trick that turns waiting into a game every toddler can play: count to three, slowly, out loud."Wait, wait, one-two-three - good things come, just wait and see!"Through three little waits every family knows - treat time, turn-taking at the playground, and an almost-ready birthday balloon - Plum discovers that waiting isn't easy, but good things come when we do. Little listeners count along on their fingers, say the rhyme with you, and take home a calm-down tool they can use the very next time waiting feels too big.Why families love Plum- Teaches patience and impulse control without a single lecture - the lesson lives inside a warm, funny story.- A say-along rhyme repeats at just the right moments, so toddlers join in by the second read.- Sneaky early counting practice - one, two, three, on little fingers, every time.- Gentle, toddler-true scenarios: waiting for cookies, waiting for a turn, waiting for a balloon - nothing scary, nothing preachy.- Soft, cozy storybook art on every full-color page, made for lap reading and bedtime wind-downs.A note for grown-ups inside shows you how to use Plum's counting trick in real life - in the kitchen, at the playground, anywhere waiting happens.Perfect for bedtime, story time, preschool circle time, and every little one who is still learning to wait.