Grades
PreK - 2
10 Books That Teach Students About Happiness and Positivity
Help your students identify feelings of happiness with beautiful books that spark joy.
Build a classroom of kind, supportive students with books about happiness and positivity! These titles explore the range of positive emotions everybody experiences, from the complexities of mixed feelings to how people find many forms of happiness in their own way.
Ideal for helping students develop their social-emotional learning skills, each of these books about happiness encourages an understanding of feelings and how to express them.
Whether you’re teaching students about the importance of kindness or simply want to help your class deal with life’s up and downs, these titles will warm all of your students’ hearts.
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As these babies grow, their amazing skin does too, enjoying hugs and tickles, protecting them inside and out, and making them special, whether they're cocoa brown or cinnamon or peaches and cream. A breezy and irresistible picture of the human family, and how wonderful it is to be just who you are.
This rhyming guide to social skills is a good introduction for young children to the power of kindness. Includes helpful times and activities.
The complexity of mixed feelings are addressed in this brightly colored, empathetic picture book with a section for caregivers.
In Peter Reynold's signature voice and style, this empowering picture book reminds children of how much their dreams matter, and while life will have ups and downs, he enlists readers to stay true to who they are, to tap into their most creative inner selves, and to never ever forget to dream big!
A girl in a red hat finds the courage to be kind to the new student in class. Her kindness spreads, until her whole community experiences the magical shift that happens when people understand what it means to be kind, and act on their best impulses!
Clap along with silly monkey, stamp with enormous elephant, and roar out loud with lion! This popular nursery song comes alive with Jane Cabrera's zany animal paintings in a colorful sing-along action book that will put a smile on everyone's face.
Feelings are a normal part of life for children as well as adults, believes author Janan Cain, who wanted kids both to understand the concept of emotions and be able to express their feelings with words.
