Emotional Intelligence Pack for Kids

Teaching kids to use emotional regulation for life’s challenges is much easier when they learn they have choices in handling their emotions. Children experience so many feelings every day that they can become overwhelmed. This delightful pack explores a wide range of emotions – from anger to boredom to awe – where children discover how their mind can help them make sense of their feelings and to also develop self-awareness by learning mindfulness techniques.

The Emotional Intelligence Pack for Kids includes:

Some Days I Flip My Lid: Learning to be a Calm, Cool Kid –  Teaching kids to be calm and cool with life’s challenges becomes much easier when they learn they have choices in handling their emotions. Some Days I Flip My Lid follows third-grader Max as he develops self-awareness of his emotions by learning Mindfulness techniques called MINDFUL BREATHING and BREATHING ON PURPOSE. At school, on the playground and at home, Max develops skills not to flip his lid when he is scared, worried, sad or upset. A colorful and delightful story for the classroom, at bedtime or whenever your child needs a mindful reminder to be a calm, cool kid. BONUS material for educators, parents and caregivers includes step-by-step instructions for teaching Mindful Breathing.

Thank You Body, Thank You Heart: A Gratitude and Self-Compassion Practice for Bedtime – “I’m grateful for a mind that knows, I’m special from my head to toes. And that all of me deserves to rest, so all of me can do my best.” Invite your child to explore the many reasons to be grateful for their own body in this engaging bedtime practice. Make this colorful and charming body-scan book a regular part of the nighttime routine, and help the children in your life establish greater self-awareness and self-compassion. This book also includes helpful notes for caregivers, which explain how self-compassion and gratitude are powerful tools for well-being, leading to more peaceful sleep, better mornings and the cultivation of resilience for meeting life’s challenges.

Some Nights I Flip My Lid: Learning To Be a Calm, Cool Kid – Teaching children to be calm and cool with life’s challenges can be easier when they learn coping skills to handle their emotions. Some Nights I Flip My Lid follows 4th grader Grace who holds it together at school as she navigates the stressors of being a kid but unravels once in the safety of her home. Together with her family, she learns mindfulness strategies to help manage big emotions after a long day. This sequel to the bestseller Some Days I Flip My Lid is a colorful and delightfully engaging story for home or school, or whenever your child needs a mindful moment to be calm and cool. Bonus material for families, caregivers, and educators, including step-by-step instructions for teaching mindful grounding techniques!

Thank You Mind: Understanding My Big Feelings on Tricky Days –

“The world gets confusing. There’s so much to know.
I feel overwhelmed and don’t know where to go.
Then I remember that I can slow down,
do one thing at a time, feel my feet on the ground”

Children experience so many feelings every day that they can become overwhelmed. In this inviting exploration of a wide range of emotions – from anger to boredom to awe – children will discover how their mind can help them make sense of their experiences. Thank You Mind also includes meaningful tips for caregivers to help their children learn how awareness, self-compassion, and positive self-talk, can be powerful tools even on the trickiest days.

Calm and Peaceful Mindful Me: A Mindfulness How-To Guide for Toddlers and Kids – The mindfulness how-to book you need to help your child have a calm and peaceful body and mind. In this fun and delightfully charming book, your child will follow a gender-neutral character through an easy-to-understand, step-by-step mindfulness practice. Written and illustrated by a therapist (and mother), Andrea Dorn, MSW, this simple yet very intentionally written book introduces the concept of mindfulness with a first-person, mantra-like narrative that will help your child build greater awareness of their body and emotions. Thoughtfully included for caregivers are:

Optional engagement questions to build connection and personalize the reading experience

Short child and caregiver meditations

Tips on how to help your child develop their mindfulness practice

Suggestions on how to best utilize this book!

The Not-So-Friendly Friend: How To Set Boundaries For Healthy Friendships – How can I help my child deal with a bully? What do I teach them about handling an on-again-off-again, not-so-friendly friend? My advice to “just be kind” isn’t helping, and my child is still hurting. Christina Furnival, a licensed mental health therapist and mom, helps answer these questions in this charming and engaging rhyming story about a young child who successfully navigates the complexities of an unkind peer relationship. In The Not-So-Friendly Friend, children will learn an easy and practical lesson about how to firmly and assertively – yet kindly – stand up for themselves in the face of a bully. By teaching children about the importance and value of setting boundaries for healthy friendships, this book provides children the tools they need to foster their social confidence and emotional well-being.