Happiness can show up in all sorts of ways- from a big excited smile to a quiet feeling of contentment inside.
I Feel Happy is a supportive children's book designed to help kids recognise, understand and talk about the feeling of happiness.
Part of the Resilience Range, the story uses relatable characters and everyday situations to explore what happiness can look and feel like, helping children make connections between their emotions, their bodies and the experiences happening around them.
For young children, learning to identify positive emotions is just as important as understanding the difficult ones. By building the language to describe when and why they feel happy, children can develop greater emotional awareness, recognise emotions in others and become more confident communicating how they feel.
Ideal for reading together at home, classrooms, kinder, calm corners and therapy settings.
Why We Love It
- Helps children recognise and name feelings of happiness
- Uses relatable examples to make emotions easier to understand
- Encourages children to notice how happiness can feel in their body
- Supports emotional literacy and self-awareness
- Builds emotional vocabulary and confidence in communicating feelings
- Encourages children to recognise emotions in others
- Supports empathy, connection and social-emotional development
- Creates opportunities for meaningful conversations with trusted adults
How This Book Supports Emotional Learning
Understanding
The story explores happiness and helps children understand some of the experiences and moments that can bring feelings of joy.
Recognising
Relatable characters and situations encourage children to notice what happiness might look and feel like in themselves and others.
Communicating
Children are introduced to language that can make it easier to describe their feelings and share positive experiences with the people around them.
Connecting
Exploring happiness in ourselves and others can support empathy, connection and an understanding that people may experience and express the same emotion in different ways.
