Helping Kids Understand and Express Their FEELINGS

Emotional outbursts. Frustration. Tears over “little” things.

If you're a parent or caregiver of a young child, you know that big feelings can show up in small packages—and it can be overwhelming for everyone.

Children between ages 4 and 7 are just beginning to recognize their emotions, but they often don’t yet have the language, tools, or self-awareness to express them in healthy ways. The result? Meltdowns, tantrums, or shutting down. And often, you’re left wondering how to help.

The good news? Emotional skills can be taught, just like reading or math.

Big Emotions, Little Hands is an engaging, printable workbook designed to help young children name, express, and manage their emotions in a fun and developmentally appropriate way.

Through games, drawing activities, reflection prompts, and calming strategies, your child will learn:

How to recognize different feelings (and that all emotions are okay!)
What to do when big emotions take over
How to be kind, confident, and connected to others

This is more than just a workbook. It’s a tool that helps you connect with your child, strengthen your bond, and support their emotional growth, one heart-centered activity at a time.

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WHAT'S INSIDE...

Learn how to identify their emotions

Kid Friendly Activities

How to build confidence

Inside Big Emotions, Little Hands, you’ll find kid-friendly activities that teach children how to identify their emotions, calm their bodies, express themselves kindly, and build confidence.

Each page was designed with love, intention, and early childhood development in mind because learning about emotions should feel safe, joyful, and empowering.

Whether you're a parent, teacher, therapist, or caregiver, this workbook is an easy-to-use companion that turns everyday moments into powerful social-emotional lessons.

The Workbook Covers 5 Core Emotional Skills:

🟡 1. Naming Feelings

Children match, draw, and act out emotions using expressive faces and storytelling prompts.
✅ Helps build emotional vocabulary
✅ Promotes empathy by identifying feelings in others

🔵 2. Managing Big Emotions

Using the “R-T-C” method (Recognize, Take a breath, Create a calm-down space), kids learn to respond instead of react.
✅ Includes breathing exercises, calm-down space visuals, and personalized strategies
✅ Encourages self-awareness and emotional safety

🟢 3. Kindness & Friendship

Social skills grow through kindness challenges, cooperative games, and role-playing scenarios.
✅ Builds empathy and peer connection
✅ Helps children navigate real-life conflict peacefully

🟠 4. Positive Affirmations & Confidence

Children explore their strengths, bravery, and creativity with empowering language and journaling.
✅ “I Can Do Hard Things” affirmation exercises
✅ Builds self-esteem and resilience

🟣 5. Problem-Solving Skills

Through guided discussions and visual choices, kids learn how to handle tough moments constructively.
✅ Turn-taking and solution-finding activities
✅ Encourages communication and trust

👉 Ready to help your child thrive emotionally?

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Meet the Author

Hi, I’m Stacia McNish Brown, educator, parent, and creator of Big Emotions, Little Hands.

I created this workbook because I believe emotional learning should be playful, simple, and accessible for every child. As a mom and teacher, I’ve seen firsthand how overwhelming big feelings can be for little ones, and how powerful it is when children are given the tools to understand and express them.

This guide is a reflection of years spent nurturing young minds, navigating emotional meltdowns with my own child, and realizing that socio-emotional growth doesn’t require perfection; it just needs intention, love, and a little structure.

Whether you're using this workbook at home, in a classroom, or during therapy, I hope it brings meaningful connection and calm to your child’s emotional world and yours, too.

Contact Info
📧 stacia@bigemotionslittlehands.com
🌐 www.bigemotionslittlehands.com

“I believe every child deserves to be seen, heard, and emotionally supported, even when they don’t yet have the words.”

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