Moving Resources - Children and Teens

Relocation resources - Children, teens back to top

Coloring Pages

Beth Allen of Troops in Touch (TM) has created free coloring pages for military children that deal with moving. Available for download here on Operation We Are Here.

Journal - My Life As I Move

www.hnfs.com

Health Net Federal Services' children’s initiative launched to provide additional resources to help children successfully navigate the unique challenges of military families face. You may dowload the journals, save, print or link to the journals as often as you like at no cost.

My Life As I Move is a journal for military children who experience the unique challenge of moving often as part of a military family. The journal is designed to help children honor and remember the places they've lived, the memories they've made and the special people in their lives they've met along the way. The journal is intended to help children realize these special places, memories and people will always be a part of them, no matter where they live.

Military OneSource

A Step Ahead: Getting Ready to Relocate as a Military Family

www.militaryonesource.com

When you receive Permanent Change of Station (PCS) orders, you're bound to have mixed feelings. You're likely to be excited about the upcoming change and the chance to meet new people and see new places. But you're also likely to feel stressed about the logistics of the move and about helping family members -- especially children and teenagers -- with the transition.

Fortunately, there are steps you can take and resources available to help you make plans, stay organized, help your children -- and keep a step ahead while you move.

Military Teens on the Move (MTOM) and MTOM for Kids

Saying good-bye, finding out about your new home, moving tips

www.defenselink.mil/mtom/

This site was designed with you in mind. Maybe you’ve had to relocate a zillion times. Sometimes you’ve lived in really cool places and other times, well, maybe it wasn’t so cool. We know how difficult and stressful it can be to have to move, say goodbye to your friends, switch schools, start over and all that. So, grab a soda, get yourself comfortable and start clicking your way to your new home, your new school and your new life.

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Books back to top

For a more comprehensive list of moving books for children and teens, check out our Listmania List on Amazon.com: Moving Books for Children and Teens

But Mom, I Don't Want to Move!

Easing the impact of moving on your children Author: Susan Miller, Copyright @ 2004

When a child hears the words "We're moving!" it can trigger a range of reactions from excitement and anticipation to anxiety and anger. But Mom, I Don't Want To Move! gives parents the guidance they need to get their children through this major change. Susan Miller, author of After the Boxes Are Unpacked, provides specific ideas, based on the ages of children and the reason for relocating, that will make the adjustment to a new house, school, and community as smooth as possible.

Elena's Big Move

Author: Sarah Olivieri, Copyright @ 2009

Ages 4-8

Elena loves her home in Puerto Rico, but she just found out she will be moving to a strange, new place she's never seen before: Indiana.She's worried that nothing will be the same again, so she takes pictures of her friends and favorite places and creates an album to remember them by. When she finally moves, she finds that Indiana is very different than her old home, but she soon discovers that new places can be just as interesting as old ones. With the help of her new friends, Elena starts another album to record memories from the many new places she will soon discover.

Military Diary for Kids

Author: Staci Marinaro, Copyright @ 2011

This will be a special place to write down all of your adventures as a military kid such as: all the places you have lived, all the friends you have meet and all the cool stuff you have learned. You can also use this diary to keep track of a family member who is deployment in or out of the United States.

Military Kids Speak

My Life as a Military Child

Author: Julie Rahm, Copyright @ 2011

Ages 9-12

Celebrating the role military families play in the success of America as well as their individual accomplishments, Military Kids Speak by former naval physicist and author Julie Rahm is a fascinating and inspired account of what it takes to be a military kid. It's a team effort with a common goal; the mission is to describe what it means to be a part of a military family, what it takes to persevere when it comes to deployments, and living abroad. It's also a candid account of the military lifestyle, and how special it is to be a child of a hero.

In two parts and seventeen chapters with titles like "Military Kids Speak about Deployments," "Military Kids Speak about Living Abroad," and "Military Kids Speak about Making Friends," this engaging, conversational book begins with over two dozen essays written by today's military kids. These young authors, aged ten to sixteen, discuss the rollercoaster ride of military life, it's perks and privileges, as well as its hardships and heartaches, while the second half comprises twelve in-depth interviews with famous former military kids like Justice Leah Ward Sears, Newt Gingrich, Shaquille O'Neal, and Mark Hamill.

Being a military kid is special; a childhood spent with the military is an adventure. This first volume of Military Kids Speak is a narrative of what American kids of servicemen and servicewomen sacrifice for their country day in and day out all over the world?and what they have to say about it.

Moving Again Mom (Uncle Sam's Kids)

Author: Angela Sportelli-Rehak, Copyright @ 2004

Ages 4-8

The family is moving across the country to live on a new base. Lil'M is worried that she will miss her best friend, and worried that it will be hard to make new friends when she arrives at her new home. Help children to understand and develop an appreciation for cultural diversity and foster a positive outlook toward the adventures of relocation.

Remember When

My Life as a Military Child

Author: Tana Hair, Copyright @ 2011

Ages 5-10

This book is designed for military children so they can keep a living record of their childhood. It provides a keepsake for the special moments in their life as they make their journey. Children can document their schools, homes, friendships and anything else that they want and treasure.

Moving to support their parents can be difficult, especially every 3 years. They have to start a new school, new friends, new house and basically a whole new life. The intent of this book is to make that process a little easier, knowing that they have something to look back on and something to start new again. When they are all grown and look back on a unique childhood, taking that trip down memory lane. They will always be able to "Remember When".

Soldier Oli Marches Out

Author: Kirsty Marvell

The book has been written to help children cope with moving house. In simple rhyme it tells the story of Soldier Oli and his family as they begin their 'march out' process and introduces readers to other characters such as Frank the Tank. Although this book is about a forces family moving house, it is hoped that it may help all children cope better with their moving experience.

Where Is Home

Author: Melissa Royalty, Copyright @ 2002

Mackenzie, a 9-year old Army Child has lived all over the world. Join her as she revisits all the places she can remember living through the Army. As she struggles in search of a place to call home, she comes to the realization: home is where the Army sends you.