The Way I Feel

The Way I Feel
By: Janan Cain
Genre: Fiction
Ages: 5-11

This story teaches children about all of the different emotions people feel. The book helps children learn vocabulary to describe the way they are feeling. It also teaches children that different emotions are a part of life. The fun illustrations that go along with the different feelings really help students understand what the different feelings are like. Children will fall in love with the colorful and fun illustrations in this book! A great way to teach emotions!


Theme:
There are many different emotions we can have. One day we might be happy but the next day we might be sad. When we have trouble doing something we become frustrated and when we cannot stop laughing we feel silly. It is very normal to have different feelings. We experience different feelings every day.


About the author:
Janan Cain was not always a children's author. She began her career as a graphic designer. She has always loved to draw. It was not until she had her own children that she began to write children's books. She wanted to create a book to use with her own children to teach them about the different emotions they may experience. That was her inspiration for The Way I Feel. She continued to write from there!


Pre-reading activities:
The names of different emotions such as frustrated, scares, sad, happy, etc will be written on index cards. The cards will be placed in a jar and the students will choose a card from the jar. They have to act out the emotion they picked from the jar so that the other children can try and guess what emotion they are acting out.


Post-reading activities:
Write a letter to an imaginary friend telling about a time you really felt good about something. Describe the feeling as fully as possible. Do the same for a time you really felt bad about something.

Source used:
http://www.janancain.com/