Emotional Skills Are One of the Strongest Predictors of Future Success

Research consistently shows that children who are taught to understand and manage their emotions are more likely to:

✔ succeed at school

✔ build strong relationships

✔ cope with stress and change

✔ develop resilience, confidence and self-control

In contrast, children who struggle to recognise and express emotions often show increased behavioural challenges, anxiety, and difficulties with learning and social interaction.

Emotional intelligence isn’t a “nice extra” — it’s foundational. And yet, most children are expected to just know how to handle big feelings… without ever being taught how.

A Research-Informed, Hands-On System for Teaching Emotions

The Feelings Friend Bear Bundle is designed to explicitly teach emotional awareness, emotional language and emotional regulation — using proven learning principles:

• visual supports
• repetition
• play-based interaction
• concrete, hands-on learning

Because children don’t learn emotions by being told to “calm down” — they learn by seeing, touching, naming and practising feelings in a safe way.

What’s Included in the Bundle

🧸 Feelings Friend Bear

A comforting, plush companion that helps children feel safe exploring emotions. Children can show how they feel by changing the bunny’s facial expression — even when experiencing big emotions. This reduces frustration, supports communication, and builds emotional awareness from the inside out.

📘 Level 1 Feelings Book + 4 Facial Expressions 

Builds the foundation for emotional intelligence by teaching core emotions.

Emotion Faces Included (Level 1): Happy • Sad • Angry • Scared

These are the emotions children must recognise first before they can self-regulate or problem-solve.

📘 Level 2 Feelings Book + 4 Facial Expressions 

Expands emotional vocabulary to the feelings children experience daily but often struggle to explain.

Emotion Faces Included (Level 2): Tired • Nervous • Safe • Annoyed

This level helps children begin to describe what’s really happening inside their body and brain.

📘 Level 3 Feelings Book + 4 Facial Expressions 

Supports deeper emotional understanding and flexibility as children grow.

Emotion Faces Included (Level 3): Calm • Silly • Sick • Grumpy

Children learn that emotions change, overlap and pass — a key skill for emotional regulation and resilience.

24 Strategy Cards

Understanding feelings is only the first step. Children also need explicit strategies for coping with them. The Strategy Cards teach practical, child-friendly tools to:

✔ calm the body

✔ manage strong emotions

✔ ask for help

✔ build self-regulation skills

These strategies help children move from emotional overwhelm to emotional control — a skill linked to improved learning, behaviour and long-term wellbeing.

Why Early Emotional Education Matters

Children who are explicitly taught emotional skills: 

✔ have fewer emotional outbursts

✔ show improved focus and learning

✔ develop stronger social skills 

✔ build lifelong coping strategies

Teaching emotions early doesn’t just support children now — it shapes how they handle challenges, relationships and stress for the rest of their lives.

Designed for Real-World Use

✔ Suitable for home, classrooms, therapy and on the go

✔ Ideal for all ages

✔ Supports emotional regulation, communication and resilience

✔ Used by parents, educators and therapists

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💛 The Feelings Friends Bear Bundle gives children the skills they need to understand themselves — and succeed in the world around them. Because emotional intelligence is one of the most important skills we can teach.

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