The Big Feelings Workbook: Help Your Child Identify & Regulate Emotions

Meltdowns don't need a lecture — they need a plan.

The Big Feelings Workbook is a 24-page print-and-play PDF designed for parents to use with their child (ages 6–9). It walks you step by step from "my child explodes over the wrong cup" to a family that can notice, name, measure and calm big emotions — together.

What's inside:

A parent's 5-minute crash course: why kids can't "just calm down" mid-meltdown, and the five golden rules that make feelings shrink instead of grow

A step-by-step guide to a 2-minute daily emotional check-in ritual

3 hang-up check-in posters: 12 Feeling Faces, Feelings Colour Zones, and a Feelings Thermometer

8 cut-out breathing technique cards — Balloon, Bunny, Dragon, Flower & Candle, Starfish, Square, Ocean Waves and Sleepy Sloth

A "storm protocol": exactly what to do and say mid-meltdown, word for word

5 do-together activities: body clues detective, feelings word bank, size-of-the-problem game, calm-down menu, and your child's own signed Calm-Down Plan

A photocopiable weekly check-in journal, parent scripts cheat-sheet, troubleshooting FAQ — and a "Feelings Expert" certificate to celebrate finishing

How it works: instant digital download (A4 PDF). Print at home, hang the posters, cut out the cards, and start with just 2 minutes a day. No prep, no subscription, print as many times as your family needs.

Created for parents, teachers, childminders and therapists. This is an educational resource, not a substitute for professional mental-health care.