The big ideaEvery feeling is okay. A deep breath, a hug or telling someone can help.
How it works
Feelings are like weather inside us: sunny, rainy, stormy.
Every kind of weather is okay, and every feeling is okay.
When a feeling is big, a deep breath, a hug or telling someone can help.
🌬️deep breath🤗a hug🗣️tell someone
What can help a big feeling.
Example 1: Name the feeling
Look at a face in a picture.
Ask: how does this face feel?
Say happy, sad, mad or scared.
Every one of those feelings is okay.
Example 2: Kit's tower falls
Kit's tall tower comes tumbling down.
He feels sad.
A big hug helps the sad feeling go soft and slow.
🏗️tower falls😢sad🤗a hug
Sad, then a hug.
Example 3: Mad at the park
Lila grabs Kit's ball, and Kit feels mad.
He takes a deep breath, in and out, and the mad feeling shrinks.
Then he asks, may I have my ball back, please?
Example 4: Thunder at night
Boom! Kit feels scared.
He goes to his grown-up and says, I feel scared.
Telling someone makes the scared feeling shrink, little by little.
Words to know
feeling
How we feel inside, like happy or sad.
mad
A hot, cross feeling.
scared
Afraid, with a thumping heart.
deep breath
A slow breath in and out.
Watch out
Do not call a feeling bad. Every feeling is okay.
It is okay to feel mad. It is not okay to hit, yell at a friend or break a toy.
When a feeling is big, take a deep breath or tell a grown-up.
Try it
How does Kit feel when his tower falls down?
Is it okay to feel mad?
Name one thing that can help a big feeling.
Is it okay to hit a friend when you are mad?
Answers: 1. sad · 2. yes · 3. a deep breath, a hug or telling a grown-up · 4. no
Try at homeToday, tell a grown-up how you feel. You can say it or draw it, and every feeling is okay.
For grown-upsName your own feelings out loud during the day, like 'I feel a bit tired', so your child hears that every feeling has a name and every feeling is okay.
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