Product description
"hello my feelings
""the game of exploring feelings is starting!""
there are moments when your child tightly hugs you at the nursery door and doesn't want to leave, or when a toy they love breaks, they intensely experience their feelings." In such moments, children often struggle to express how they're feeling. Instead of just telling them to calm down, helping them understand what they are feeling can make a big difference. A sentence like "do you feel sad like ömer right now?" helps your child recognize their emotions and feel more understood. "hello feelings" is a guide that helps your child understand that "whatever you're feeling is perfectly normal," by concretizing those complex emotions that can stir up storms in the little ones' world, using velcro play pieces. "short summary of the book
the beloved student of the joyful garden school, ömer, does not want to play that morning because he misses his mother." Thanks to his caring teacher, ömer begins to recognize basic emotions such as happiness, sadness, fear, surprise, and anger through a fun game. Moreover, this book isn't just for reading
your little one gets to choose and stick the appropriate facial expression for each page's situation onto ömer's face using the velcro pieces! Benefits for children
emotional development: they learn to name abstract emotions such as "longing", "surprise" or "anger", and gain the ability to express themselves with words. Social development: through ömer's experiences, he realizes that emotions like anger are natural
he gains awareness about expressing his own limits. Cognitive development: matching the appropriate emotion (fear) to the event in the story (a sound heard at night) supports establishing a cause-effect relationship. Fine motor skills: removing the velcro emotion faces and sticking them in the correct place in the book exercises hand-eye coordination and finger muscles. Benefits for parents
emotional management: when your child experiences intense emotions, you can create an opportunity for them to feel understood by reminding them of the book ("i think you are like ömer who is angry with tolga right now") and by naming the emotion. Supports separation processes: it helps to understand the longing and separation feelings experienced during the school or nursery start period
it offers a natural sharing space for you to talk to your child more compassionately and securely during these processes. Who is it suitable for? Little ones aged 2-4, who are just starting to express their emotions and are trying to learn emotional control. Children experiencing separation anxiety during the nursery/school adaptation process. Parents who want to support their child's emotional intelligence (eq) not only by listening, but also by incorporating motor skills with its velcro structure.
dear parents, it is natural to want your child to be happy at all times. But children sometimes get scared, sad, angry, or lonely. All of these feelings are a natural part of development. "hello my feelings" is a warm playmate that supports your child to recognize and express their feelings.
frequently asked questions
1. Can a 2 year old understand the concept of 'longing' or 'wonder'?
yes! The book makes these abstract concepts understandable even for 2-year-olds by associating them with concrete and visual events such as "seeing a flying cat" (surprise) or "breaking a toy" (sadness). Do the velcro pieces get lost easily or do the pages tear? Our book is printed on 240 g american bristol extra thick paper, making it quite resistant to the hard turns of little hands. The velcro mechanism holds the book tightly, so the pieces do not fall out and provides orderly use. Is it also suitable for children who don't go to nursery?
absolutely. Although the story begins at school (happy garden), all the emotions taught (not being afraid of the dark, getting angry when a toy is taken without permission) are examples that every child encounters in their daily life, whether at home or in the park.
