Kids' shows by feeling

Anger Anger is one of the first big feelings a child meets head on, and it arrives long before the words to explain it do. A story can s... Anxiety Anxiety in early childhood rarely arrives as words. It shows up as clinging at the door, a wobble before something new, or a sudde... Calm Calm is what a child feels when nothing is rushing them: a slow story, a quiet room, a body that settles. Young children cannot fi... Curiosity Curiosity is the drive behind almost everything a young child learns: the pointing, the endless questions, the taking apart of thi... Determination Determination is what happens after the first try fails: the zipper that will not close, the tower that keeps falling, the drawing... Disappointment Disappointment is one of the first big feelings a child runs into: the balloon pops, the visit gets cancelled, the tower falls jus... Discomfort Discomfort is the everyday feeling of something being wrong in the body or the mood: a scraped knee, an itchy sweater, a sore tumm... Disgust Disgust is the yuck feeling: the scrunched nose at a slimy texture, the step back from a bad smell, the refusal of an unfamiliar f... Empathy Empathy is the slow work of noticing that other people have feelings too, and that those feelings matter. For young children it st... Excitement Excitement is one of the biggest feelings a young child has, and one of the hardest to hold. It shows up as a jumping body before... Fear Fear is one of the first big feelings a child learns to name. Dark rooms, loud noises, new places, a dog that barks too close: you... Frustration Frustration is what a child feels when something will not work: the tower falls, the shoe will not go on, the sister will not shar... Gratitude Gratitude starts long before a child can explain it. For young children it grows out of small, noticed moments: someone shared, so... Guilt Guilt is the uneasy feeling a child gets after doing something that hurt someone or broke a rule. Young children feel it long befo... Jealousy Jealousy shows up early and loudly: a sibling gets the bigger cup, a friend gets picked first, someone else has the toy. For young... Joy Joy is one of the first big feelings children learn to recognize, share and name. For young children it lives in small moments: a... Love Love is the first thing a child learns about, long before there are words for it. For young children it lives in ordinary moments:... Pride Pride is the warm feeling a child gets after doing something that took effort: pulling on a boot alone, finishing a drawing, keepi... Sadness Sadness is one of the first big feelings a child meets, and it arrives long before the words to explain it do. A missing toy, a fr... Surprise Surprise is one of the first big feelings a child can name. Something appears, changes, or turns out differently than expected, an... Tiredness Tiredness is one of the first big feelings a young child can name in their own body, and it rarely arrives politely. It shows up a... Wonder Wonder is what happens when a child stops and really looks: at a beetle crossing the path, at rain on a window, at a question nobo...