Helping Children Handle Emotions

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One of the people I follow on Facebook loves the journals that encourage children in mindfulness and particularly in handling their big emotions.  She often mentions how they have worked wonders with her children. It’s neat to read some of her stories. Clever Publishing has put together three books to help children understand, and therefore handle better, their emotions.  I’m delighted to share with you Rainbow of Emotions, Facing Fears, and Big Emotions.  All designed to help you help your children. 

The Details You’ll Want

Titles: Rainbow of Emotions: Making Friends with your Emotions
          Facing Fears
          Big Emotions: understanding your emotions
Author: Elena Ulyeva
Illustrator: Olga Agafanova
Format: Board book
Pages: 20
Intended Audience: 2-5 year olds
Publisher: Clever Publishing
Reviewed for: Clever Publishing

About the Author and Books

Elena Ulyeva is an author I have reviewed for before with Hedgehog’s Home For Winter.  She has written quite a few educational manuals and books for children.  A firm believer that children learn best through creativity and play. She is a highly ranked children’s author in Russia, a master of fairy tales, and has 20 years experience as a teacher.   In this series she wants to be helping children handle their emotions better.

Big Emotions: Cam the chameleon is going to visit his grandfather, on the way though, he meets a bunch of unwelcoming strangers.  Watch how Cam feels and then handles his emotions.

Rainbow of Emotions: Cam the Chameleon wants a friend just like him, but can’t find one and has a whole range of emotions he experiences.  Will Cam learn to handle his emotions?

Facing Fears: Cam the Chameleon wants to find his mom but can’t find her, this is scary (and then some).  Can he overcome his fears? 

Looking Deeper into these emotion books

So I received three books from Clever Publishing that featured Cam the chameleon.  Cam needs to learn about and understand his emotions so they don’t control him.  These three books show Cam’s discoveries and through Cam, perhaps young children can learn as well!

Everything about these board books is bright and colourful. And Cam!   Boy oh boy can he show his emotions!   Every shade under the sun.  If Cam feels it, he shows it! 

The writing is very clear, following a natural rhythm in speech.   

Along the way you’ll discover little colour bubbles asking questions to help young readers think through what Cam (and they) are learning. 

Helpful insects pop up along the way with encouragements of “you can do it”, “go for it”, “don’t worry” and more.  Just the thing to encourage youngsters to keep trying. 

And the full-colour pages! You gotta love the facial expressions!  Every page is filled with emotion, I love how the facial expressions help convey the feelings that are going on. 

At the close of each reader you’ll see a page of the different emotions Cam had to deal with.  Such a good way to remind children to think about how they feel and remember how to handle them. 

Add them to your repetoire?

Actually, I think if your primary demographic is young children, these books should be part of your bookshelf.  They make excellent books to share with young children to help them understand their emotions. 

Through these three books, teachers and parents, are also reminded as they read the stories of Cam with their children, that we must work at Helping Children Handle Emotions.  It’s hard figuring some of this stuff out and honestly… I didn’t understand some of the way people felt until well into my 20’s.   So starting at a young age to help children understand is helpful! 

Therefore I urge you to check out Big Emotions, Facing Fears, and Rainbow of Emotions.  These three books would be an excellent compliment to mindset journaling for little ones.