Feelings:
an emotional state or reaction
The BUZZ Box word is FEELINGS.
At Buzzword, we know everyone experiences different FEELINGS every day. FEELINGS can come crashing in like a wave or sprinkle softly like a light rain. As our bodies grow, so will the way we express and connect with our FEELINGS. Naming your FEELINGS and talking about how you feel are skills you can learn with the help of people in your life.
Asking the question “how are you feeling?” is a great way to spark a conversation with anyone in your life. Being open to others' FEELINGS can lead to a greater understanding and connection to the people and world around you.
Activity Book
Buzzword designed this activity book to inspire families to keep learning together. Buzzword chose activities that build on your child’s natural curiosity, encouraging a growing vocabulary and a deeper engagement with books. First, read through I Am! Affirmations for Resilience, written by Bela Barbosa and illustrated by Edel Rodriguez, with your child. Then, go through the different activities, experiments, and ideas together, taking time to explain the meaning of the words and connecting them to your child’s real-life experiences.
Book List
Personalized recommendations just for you from Buzzword and Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh!
The Buzzword collaborative develops a supporting list of books that captures the feeling and meaning of that box’s Buzzword. With so many fun, educational books out there, it’s hard to include them all in one box.
Here are a few books on experiencing FEELINGS that you can find online or at your local library:
Who Says I Love You?: Baby’s First “I Love You” Book
by Highlights
I Love All of Me
by Lorie Ann Grover
Why the Face?
by Jean Jullien
Sesame Street: Calm Monsters, Kind Monsters
by Karen Latchana Kenney
The Crayons’ Book of Feelings
by Drew Daywalt
Here and Now
by Julia Deno
How do you feel? Having well developed emotional awareness will eventually prepare children for success in a classroom setting, so here are some CLP “FEELINGS favorites” to help support this important learning.
Video
Sometimes it is hard to express how you feel in words. Using colors and movement can help you express your FEELINGS without using words.
Check out the FEELINGS dance video from the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust for an activity that will get you moving!