Emotions, feelings and well-being

Throughout the day it is normal to feel very different emotions, some positive, others negative. Some of these emotions make you feel good and cheer you up, they're motivating. Others can bring you discomfort and make you sad or angry. It is very important to learn to recognize your emotions in order to develop self-control strategies.

In this section you will find references about healthy growth and well-being, feelings and emotions.

Animation Series Take Good Care of Me

This series, produced by CNPDPCJ, helps you find strategies to better cope with the challenges of growth. Watch here.

ZIG ZAG Radio Series

By clicking on the image you have access to several videos that help you deal with emotions.

Dear baby... advice for your first 1,000 days of life

Video presented and narrated by a child, explaining how it is the development and growth of a child. In the first 1000 days of life, a child's brain develops at an unrepeatable rate. In fact, a 3-year-old's brain is twice as active as an adult's brain. A hug full of affection, a nutritious meal and a simple joke can effectively stimulate a baby's brain.

No child or teenager should be afraid of going back to school.

Video that refers to the fears of the first days, the first day of school, or the return to school, exploring feelings of anguish for the unknown, or the return to a bad experience – Bullying.

Film Trailer – Fun-Mind

Growing up can be challenging, and it's no exception for Riley, who is uprooted from her life in Minnesota when her father gets a new job in San Francisco. Like all of us, Riley is driven by her emotions: Joy, Fear, Anger, Repulsion and Sadness. Emotions live in Headquarters, Riley's mind control center, where they help direct her day-to-day. Although Joy, Riley's main and most important emotion, tries to keep everything positive, emotions conflict over how to navigate a new city, a new home and a new school.

Feelings and Emotion Management

This video covers the theme of anxiety and some techniques to deal with it, in a child-friendly way.

Feelings and Emotion Management

In this short episode the basic emotions are addressed: happiness, sadness, fear... Are there negative emotions? Is it bad to be sad? In this episode children learn that all emotions are important and that when we feel sad, we should not reject that emotion, but find the reason that produces it.

Dreams and fears

The Zig Zag Band sings about dreams and rests fears.

Feelings

Hey, how's it feel? This video helps to talk about feelings, to understand them better.

A kiss on the hand

A story that helps children free themselves from the anguish of separation from their mother, father or other relatives.

Ginja

Ginja is a children's series about emotions that helps children from 5 to 10 years of age to recognize, perceive and use their emotions.

Odd is an egg

The story of seven-year-old Odd, who lives so worried about hitting his head that his life has stopped. Daily life is colored by fear of what may happen to you on the way to school or on the playground. To reduce his anxiety, he decides to coat his head, to be more protected. One day he meets a little bee named Gunn. She is fearless and happy. Upon meeting Gunn, Odd's life is turned upside down and, in the most unexpected way, he finds himself free of worries.

Esme & Roy learn to deal with emotions

In this excerpt from one of the episodes of the series Esme & Roy, Esme teaches your friends to feel calmer. Click on the image to see.

E-book Emotions Relationships and Complications

Click on the image to access the e-book.