Where feelings come to play...
Unlock the magic of emotions with your little one through our playful, heart-centered course + curriculum designed to teach children how to understand, express, and manage their feelings using play and storytime.
You're not just raising a child - you're raising a future adult who knows how to express their feelings, regulate their emotions, and connect with others. But let's be real... between toddler meltdowns, bedtime battles, and your own exhaustion, emotional regulation can feel elusive. That's why I created this course - so you can support your child's emotional world in a playful, meaningful way (without needing a PhD or a perfect routine).
The power of play for every emotion
This self-paced course and downloadable curriculum gives you the tools, language, and playful practices to nurture emotional regulation and emotional literacy in your home - through connection, storytime, and everyday moments.
The Feelings Playbook is designed for parents and caregivers of children ages 2-7 - from the earliest days of toddlerhood through the first years of elementary school.
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Whether your child is just beginning to name their feelings or starting to read and write about them, The Feelings Playbook will give you the tools to support their emotional growth through playful, connected, and developmentally appropriate practices.
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It’s made up of two parts:
The Course
For parents — playful strategies and coregulation tools to guide your child through big feelings with connection and calm.
The Curriculum
For your child — a 10-unit lesson plan with read-alouds, calming practices, and emotional vocabulary that builds emotional understanding over time.
You can get just one — or bundle both for the full experience.
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You'll find the playbook especially helpful if:
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you have a toddler or preschooler learning to express big feelings
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your child is in kindergarten or early elementary, beginning to explore emotions through books, drawing, and conversation
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you're looking for simple, meaningful ways to support emotional regulation, mindfulness, and early literacy at home
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you want to foster a strong emotional connection with your child using play, stories, and routines
Inside you'll discover:
The Feelings Playbook is the bridge between emotional learning and literacy - and is built for everyday parents like you.
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how to help your child recognize, name, and understand their emotions
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how to use books and storytelling to nurture emotional awareness and regulation
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calming practices that are playful, simple, and developmentally appropriate
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practical ways to support your child's emotional development - starting with yourself
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how to create a home environment that invites both calm and connection​​
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What you'll gain...
a look into the course:
chapter 1 / understanding emotional regulation and literacy
Learn what emotional regulation really is, why it matters in early childhood, how the brain plays a role, and the stages of emotional development every parent should understand
chapter 2 / building emotional awareness
This chapter is where emotional growth and literacy meet. You'll learn how to nurture your child's emotional awareness by expanding their emotional vocabulary and helping them recognize, label, and express their feelings in everyday life. But most importantly - you'll discover how to use books as powerful tools for emotional learning.
chapter 3 / playful practices for emotional regulation
From deep breathing and mindfulness to movement-based calming techniques, discover fun, playful ways to help your child manage big feelings through calm connection.
chapter 4 / your role as the parent
Explore your own emotional patterns and discover how your presence, language, and playful connection shape your child's emotional world.
chapter 5 / creating a supportive home environment
Design spaces that invite calm, creativity, and connection - from cozy calm-down corners to book nooks that spark emotional conversations.
A look at the curriculum
The Feelings Playbook Curriculum is a playful, connected way to help your child build emotional literacy, one day at a time. Through 10 themed units, you'll explore emotions together using read-aloud, open-ended questions, movement, mindfulness, and fun playful practices that fit right into your rhythms at home. ​
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Each lesson includes:
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• 📚 A thoughtfully choses read-aloud (plus a YouTube read-aloud link if you don’t have the book)
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• 💬 Guiding questions to start real conversations about big feelings
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• 🎨 A playful emotional regulation practice your child will love
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• âž• A numeracy/math extension to build academic skills alongside emotional ones
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• 🧩 Differentiation ideas to meet your child where they are — and stretch them a little further. Whether you have 10 minutes or a full hour, this curriculum flexes with your day. Use it during calm-down time, as part of your homeschool rhythm, or just whenever a big feeling shows up.
Here’s a peek at what your child will learn:
Unit 1: Understanding Feelings:
Your child will begin to identify core emotions and build a foundation of emotional vocabulary — the starting point for all self-awareness and regulation.
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Unit 2: Breathing and Calming Practices:
Introduce simple, playful breathing techniques that help little ones slow down, feel safe in their bodies, and learn how to self-regulate through calm.
Unit 3: Expressing and Labeling Emotions:
Build emotional intelligence as your child learns to name what they’re feeling and notice how emotions show up in the body — a powerful skill for managing big feelings.
Unit 4: Problem-Solving with Emotions:
Help your child navigate real-life challenges with emotional tools and strategies for problem-solving, conflict resolution, and decision-making.
Unit 5: Sharing and Empathy:
Nurture kindness, perspective-taking, and empathy through stories and conversations about being a good friend and noticing how others feel.
Unit 6: Boundaries and Respect:
Teach your child the importance of personal space, consent, and respectful relationships — laying the groundwork for social confidence and safety.
Unit 7: Gratitude and Positive Thinking:
Support emotional resilience by introducing gratitude, affirmations, and self-compassion. This unit helps children see the good — in themselves and the world around them.
Unit 8: Mindfulness and Body Awareness:
Explore mindfulness, gentle movement, and body awareness practices that help children reconnect to themselves and find peace in the present moment.
Unit 9: Emotions in Stories and Songs:
Celebrate creativity and emotional expression by exploring feelings through music, rhythm, and storytelling — a favorite unit for imaginative little learners!
Unit 10: Celebration and Review:
Wrap up your journey with a joyful review of everything your child has learned, reflected through celebration, storytelling, and connection.
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Each unit is developmentally appropriate and full of meaningful moments you’ll want to come back to again and again. Whether you’re using this at home, in a co-op, or as a gentle preschool rhythm — this curriculum helps you raise emotionally aware, connected, and confident kids.