Today I Feel Silly & Other Moods That Make My Day
A child names changing moods in rhyme, moving among silly, angry, confused, excited and other states. The range supports emotional vocabulary without asking one feeling to define the whole day.
- First published
- 1998
- Reading stage
- Picture books & shared reading
Reading this with your child
Separate feeling from behavior
For each mood, identify the internal feeling, the pictured expression and what the child does. Discuss which actions are safe or helpful even when every feeling itself is allowed.
Look for mixed evidence
Faces, clothing, color and busy composition do not always signal emotion in the same way. Invite more than one interpretation and return to the speaker’s words as evidence.
Use the mood wheel lightly
If the edition includes a wheel, let a child choose or pass. It can start a conversation, but it cannot diagnose a mood or require disclosure.
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