My Feelings Journal
Journaling can help children (and grown-ups!) reflect on and work through their feelings.
Journaling can help children (and grown-ups!) reflect on and work through their feelings. Use this printable page to create a feelings journal for you and your child.
- Print out seven feelings journal pages (for one week) and put them in a folder or clip them together. You might make a cover, too.
- Help kids complete a page every day. They may need help thinking of what to draw or write. You might ask, for instance, “When you felt sad today, where did you feel it in your body?” or, “Can you draw what your feeling looks like?”
- At the end of the week, look through the journal together and talk about the different emotions children felt. End with a big hug.
Where do you feel big feelings?
Use this graphic to start a conversation with your child about big feelings.
How Big is Your Feeling?
A scale to figure out how big your child’s feelings are.
How to Recognize and Respond to Big Feelings
An article for families to help recognize and respond to your child’s big feelings.
Coping with Fear
A printable about identifying fear-related behavior and how to respond.
Abby's Broken Wand
A storybook featuring strategies to help children cope with big feelings.
How to Manage Big Feelings
We can help children notice, name, and manage their big feelings.
