Learning Emotions

A Pail of Purple Paint is a story about self-control. PJ goes wild with a pail of purple paint. He just can’t stop himself. He thinks it is the most beautiful thing he has ever seen. The rest of the gang works hard to show to make PJ see the error of his ways.

A Box for Fox is a story about honesty. Tux and KaWally find a bunch of apples and have to make the decision to either keep them or return them to their rightful owner—even if the owner is the fox.

Fun sound effects and sweet music will have little ones laughing as they listen to the sound of an elephant, bee, kangaroo, chimpanzee, lion, sheep, and hippopotamus. “Mommy Loves Me!” is a perfect introduction for babies and toddlers to learn animal sounds and the simple truth that mommies love their babies!

Have you tried learning Spanish many times, but it was just too boring? Did you know that trying to learn something, while being bored is the number one reason against memory retention? Understand how to use the emotion scripting technique, and learn while having fun. This is a technique that intentionally creates different emotional experiences for students at different stages of a lesson. It’s a crucial layer in a plan to trigger our long term memory skills.

How do we motivate our children? Motivation Ninja learns that the best kind of motivation comes from within ourselves! This book combines SEL social emotional learning with STEAM! Motivated Ninja has trouble finishing activities including a ninja rockets activity! Read the book and then blast your own homemade rockets.

We've all heard the dreaded words, "I'm bored." How do we teach our children to entertain themselves? Curious Ninja may be able to help! Find out what happens in this children's book about battling boredom.

The Feeling of Teaching is part of a larger project, Teaching through Emotions (TTE), developed by the author, Elizabeth Burris. Throughout the book, listeners are shown the power of emotion work: practicing self-awareness, describing, looking for good reasons, guessing, self-disclosing, listening, and planning. By doing emotion work, teachers can take full advantage of the emotional and relational data their students are constantly providing to shift their teaching and better attune with the learners in their classrooms.