The Reading Nest

Big Feelings Stories

$3.99

Five gentle stories that help children name big feelings and calm down

Five original stories about feeling nervous, cross, jealous, scared and sad. Each one gives your child a simple calm-down trick to practise together.

What’s inside (7 lessons)
• Start here: when and how to read feelings stories
• Nora’s Wobbly Tummy (nervous): balloon breaths and a brave thought
• Theo and the Tumbling Tower (cross): the lemon squeeze
• Lulu’s Turn (jealous): “I feel… because…” and taking turns
• The Shadow on the Wall (scared): be a detective
• Kit’s Rainy Day (sad): sadness passes like rain
• Bonus: calm-down cards, feelings words and the feelings weather game

Every story includes a “Try it together” activity and three talk questions.

A peek inside
“‘Pretend you’ve got a lemon in each hand,’ said Grandad. ‘Squeeze them as hard as you can. Squeeze, squeeze, squeeze! One… two… three… now let go.’”

Who it’s for
Parents of children aged 3 to 8. Each story takes 3 to 4 minutes to read aloud.

Please note
Text-only, with no illustrations. A gentle home resource, not therapy or professional advice.

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