E-Handbook: The Mountain That Caught a Cloud

When you buy the Umologija children’s book, you can also pick up a copy of this e-handbook, which supports the story in practice and gives you different ways to build a warm, connected dynamic with your child.

It lets bright, beautiful seeds take root in your child’s mind — seeds that can grow into a wonderful field of useful, positive thoughts. And it’s the flow of our thoughts, more than anything, that determines who we are and how we live.

The handbook is filled with an intention that will stay with you from the moment you receive it.

It’s not required, but we’d recommend printing it out — that way, you’ll find it even easier to work through everything it has to offer. At the same time, we invite you to let your imagination run free, and not limit how you use it. You can pin certain pages or tasks from the printed version onto your fridge, wall, or mirror, as a reminder of whatever you’re hoping to work on. Keep it on your nightstand, or bring it along on a trip. Or maybe you’d simply like to dive into it over a cup of coffee. Whatever you’re hoping to nurture in your child, you can leave that page on the dresser in their room, tape a note with a nice thought somewhere inside it, or print out the included tasks as many times as you like, adding your own rules or instructions along the way. These tasks can simply be for fun, and to pass the time — or you can use them to thoughtfully gather insight into your child, too.

The handbook offers guidance for parents (for example: Three examples of positive suggestions for my child), as well as for children (for example, a task titled: Color me in!).

Fun tasks for children and parents

Across 42 pages, you’ll find:

• A meaningful message to parents
• All the instructions, recommendations, and guidance for parents, gathered in one place
• Fun tasks for children
• A variety of coloring pages and games
• Content designed to let positive, pleasant thought patterns take root
• A resource filled with positive intention, a wealth of knowledge, and genuinely rewarding practice
• An e-handbook you can print as many times as you like (handy for the coloring pages!)

Our recommendation:

• A once-lovely gesture that’s often overlooked today: add real meaning and significance to every copy of the book you give as a gift, with a handwritten dedication.
• Write a dedication to your child at the start of The Mountain That Caught a Cloud (it’s something they’ll be able to read back throughout their whole life).
• Once you’ve finished reading the story, write your child a nice thought on a piece of paper and hang it somewhere visible (if your child can’t read yet, simply repeat the thought to them each day instead).

This handbook only really comes alive once it’s put into practice — much like almost everything else in our lives. What matters is that we let both our own imagination, and our child’s, run free, allowing the handbook to become an endless source of ideas and fresh insight, one we can return to again and again, each time in a slightly different way.

As mentioned at the start, this handbook is filled with positive intention, a wealth of knowledge, and, above all, genuinely rewarding practice.

Don’t worry about doing it “right” or “wrong” — no one is watching your every move, or judging you. Let yourself explore parenting freely, without needing guarantees.

May it serve you well!