Even the youngest toddlers experience big feelings but most don't yet have the vocabulary to communicate what they’re feeling, or ability to understand "why" their bodies are feeling a certain way. Building vocabulary, and helping them connect the sensations in their body to words and actions can help them learn to navigate the world of big emotions as they grow.

Hands-on play helps toddlers explore emotions in real ways that videos and cartoons can’t. The Toddler Emotions Mini Kit uses real photography and interactive materials to make feelings easy to see and relate to. It gives children a fun, meaningful way to explore emotions and practice simple calming strategies as they grow.

The Toddler Emotions Mini Kit, which includes the ‘I Feel I Can’ Book, complements the 12-book Emotion Book Set. The 12-book set dives deep into each emotion, one at a time, while the items in the Mini Kit provide a variety of opportunities to look at and talk about different emotions on different faces, as well as build a toolkit of regulation strategies. The kit provides opportunities to build familiarity and practice strategies in a neutral environment before they're needed, so a child is comfortable with them before they try to use them to regulate. Both the Book Set and this Mini Kit help children recognize, accept, and learn ways to regulate a wide range of emotions.

The Toddler Emotions Mini Kit builds core SEL skills:

• Helping children recognize and name their feelings (self-awareness)

• Practicing calming strategies like breathing or movement (self-management)

• Noticing that others have feelings too (social awareness)

• Feeling more comfortable sharing emotions and asking for help (relationship skills)