![]() Offering empathic narrative, rather than questions, can be a good starting point for connecting with children who really struggle to identify & articulate thoughts or feelings on their own. We aren’t telling them how they think or feel but we are offering them some suggestions to ‘try on for size’. This is especially so for children who have experienced trauma in the past & who may be very shut down or disconnected from their bodies, or who struggle to focus their thinking. ![]() ![]() There is a simplicity to the words in the story, which offer connections between colours & emotions & what they might lead us to do, but without being prescriptive.Ĭreating engaging narratives that help to make sense of thoughts, feelings & behaviour can be so useful for children. This is a charming portrayal of ‘what’s shareable is bearable’ & that we need never be alone with experiencing emotions. Through a bright collage of illustrations, all the different coloured feelings are separated out & put into glass jars to look at – a lovely way of conveying that feelings can be managed & are containable. She says that his feelings are all stirred up & so he is, too. ![]() A kind, little girl takes her colourful but confused monster friend by the hand. This is a clever book that shows us monsters aren’t always scary & neither are feelings, if you have someone to help you understand them. ![]()
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