I Know Sad - (We Find Feelings Clues) by Lindsay N Giroux (Paperback)

About the Book

"Taking an active learning approach, this book helps teach children the emotional intelligence skills of noticing and using clues to their feelings and those of others. It also offers strategies for children to use when they are sad, lonely, and disappointed, including making and using a journal for recording their emotions"--

Book Synopsis

Children learn to recognize and cope with feeling sad, lonely, or disappointed.

A young feelings detective looks for clues, both physical and emotional, to identify sadness, loneliness, and disappointment in themselves and in others. The child uses a special notebook to draw their feelings and identify how they feel. By noticing the clues, the feelings detective also helps a friend who feels lonely and finds a new plan to overcome their own disappointment.

We Find Feelings Clues
Increase children's emotion vocabulary and boost their emotional literacy. This series helps children learn how to find, notice, and use a variety of clues to identify and name their emotions and those of others. Clues are found in facial expressions and body language, sensations within the body, and knowledge of past experiences. After identifying an emotion, children also learn how they can feel better when their emotions are overwhelming. Each book features a child using the tool of the feelings detective notebook to record their feelings through drawings and words. Additional information and strategies on recognizing and dealing with feelings are included at the back of each book.

Review Quotes

"When kids can name what they feel, they are better able to navigate their emotions. We Find Feelings Clues is a lovely series that helps kids become 'feelings detectives, ' looking at clues to help them figure out what they are feeling and why. Each book offers multiple opportunities for kids and adults to pause and talk about their own feelings--making space for vital conversations that will help kids grow."--Deborah Farmer Kris, parent educator, author, and founder of Parenthood365

About the Author

Lindsay N. Giroux, M.Ed., specializes in coaching preschool teachers on implementing the Pyramid Model to promote social-emotional development and prevent challenging behavior. She is the author of Create an Emotion-Rich Classroom: Helping Young Children Build Their Social Emotional Skills and the We Find Feelings Clues picture book series, as well as a contributing author of Connect4Learning(R), a Pre-K curriculum and the ChooseFI Pre-K financial literacy curriculum. Her professional interests include teacher training, social skill instruction, and inclusion of preschoolers with special needs. Lindsay received a B.A. from Wellesley College and an M.Ed. in Early Childhood Special Education from Peabody College of Vanderbilt University. She is currently the Manager of Educational Quality: Inclusion & Behavior Support for Bright Horizons. She resides in Raleigh, NC with her husband and son.