by Pia Jones
This beautifully illustrated card set is a practical tool for promoting emotional literacy with children aged from 4 to 8 years.
Full Description:
This beautifully illustrated card set is a practical tool for promoting emotional literacy with children aged from 4 to 8 years.
The central characters (a boy and a girl) express and share their different feelings, both positive and difficult, using the language of metaphor, for example, 'Sometimes I feel like the world is my enemy' and 'Sometimes I feel like I am my very own super hero'.
Following the characters' expressions, children are encouraged to recognise and explore the intensity of their own emotions safely through metaphor, while at the same time 'owning' the feelings as the story is told through the first person.
The cards can serve as a springboard to allow children to invent their own personal metaphors for their feelings, and will help them to realise that they are not alone in feeling as they do.
A valuable tool for teachers and therapists working with young children, this practical resource will help students to recognise and express their emotions.
Contents
Girl cards
1 Sometimes I feel like I am walking on air.
2 Sometimes I feel like everyone is my friend.
3 Sometimes I feel I have grown my very own fairy wings.
4 Sometimes I feel like I am full of wonder for the world.
5 Sometimes I feel like singing to the morning.
6 Sometimes I feel we make a great team together.
7 Sometimes I feel like anything is possible.
8 Sometimes I feel I am really being taken care of.
9 Sometimes I feel I like what I see in the mirror.
10 Sometimes I feel like everyone is listening to me.
11 Sometimes I feel like it is my birthday (even when it's not!).
12 Sometimes I feel so much, I feel my heart is going to burst.
13 Sometimes I feel I can't decide what to choose.
14 Sometimes I feel like there is a fire in my belly.
15 Sometimes I feel like I am going to explode.
16 Sometimes I feel like I have snakes in my tummy.
17 Sometimes I feel the world is my enemy.
18 Sometimes I feel I am the enemy of the world.
19 Sometimes I feel like I have turned the whole world blue.
20 Sometimes I feel like I can't be myself.
21 Sometimes I feel my nightmares won't go away.
22 Sometimes I feel I am caught in a whirlwind.
23 Sometimes I feel like giving everything up.
24 Sometimes I feel my tears won't ever stop flowing.
Boy cards
25 Sometimes I feel life takes too much effort.
26 Sometimes I feel I am about to blow my top.
27 Sometimes I feel my head is a jumble.
28 Sometimes I feel I don't know how to make any friends.
29 Sometimes I feel like building a tall wall so my friends won't see me cry.
30 Sometimes I feel like turning myself invisible.
31 Sometimes I feel like hiding far away.
32 Sometimes I feel I am the smallest person in the world.
33 Sometimes I feel I am carrying my very own rain-cloud.
34 Sometimes I feel like a puppet on strings.
35 Sometimes I feel I carry a huge hole in my tummy.
36 Sometimes I feel I have made it to the top!
37 Sometimes I feel I can see all our giggles.
38 Sometimes I feel I am as fast as a fireball.
39 Sometimes I feel like fighting for what I believe in.
40 Sometimes I feel I am champion of the world.
41 Sometimes I feel like my very own super hero.
42 Sometimes I feel I am at peace with all things.
43 Sometimes I feel like staying in bed all day.
44 Sometimes I feel like I am lit up inside.
45 Sometimes I feel like dancing on rooftops.
46 Sometimes I feel like I have got butterflies in my tummy.
47 Sometimes I feel I will make it, no matter what it takes.
48 Sometimes I feel like everyone, even grown ups, sometimes feel the way I do.
About the Author
Pia Jones runs a social research company, which specialises in consulting with children and young people. She has also worked as a counsellor for Place 2 Be, providing emotional support to primary school children.
Readership
Teachers, speech & language therapists, educational psychologists, psychotherapists, social workers and any child professionals working with children aged from 4 to 8 years.
48 colour illustrated 6 x 9 cards & instruction booklet, boxed
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