The Boy with the Big, Big Feelings is part of our Starts With a Story Collection, which includes more than 550 picture book companions based on high quality children’s literature that support you in delivering highly-engaging interactive read alouds with follow up activities. Learn more about this children’s book below! - Jodi and the Starts With a Story Team
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SUMMARY
"The Boy with the Big, Big Feelings" by Britney Winn Lee is a compassionate and empowering children's book that explores the topic of emotions and encourages self-expression. The story revolves around a young boy who experiences a wide range of intense feelings but struggles to understand and manage them. With the help of his caring parents and supportive community, the boy learns to identify and embrace his emotions. Through colorful illustrations and relatable characters, the book teaches children that it is okay to feel and express their emotions, and that there are healthy ways to navigate through challenging moments. It emphasizes the importance of open communication, empathy, and self-care. "The Boy with the Big, Big Feelings" empowers young readers to embrace their emotional well-being and serves as a valuable tool for fostering emotional intelligence and resilience.
 USE THIS BOOK TO TEACH:
Our read aloud lesson plans for this picture book come with reading comprehension questions (with sample student responses), 30 writing prompts, teaching ideas for grammar skills, social emotional learning discussion ideas, and more. Check out our list below to get a sneak peek at some of the skills this resource teaches.
- Discuss the different characters in the story and analyze their thoughts and actions.
- Help students to analyze what the author’s purpose for writing the book might be.
- Teach a lesson on making connections to enhance comprehension.
- Encourage students to use their summarizing and retelling strategies.
- Discuss the use of personification in this story.
- Discuss friendship and the qualities that make a good friend.
- Talk about empathy in the book and classroom.
NO-PREP PRINTABLE ACTIVITIES:
If you are looking for “ready to go” activities for the first day of school, be sure to check out the book companion. With it you’ll receive all of the following resources to align with this specific book:
- comprehension questions
- 30Â writing prompts with themed paper
- vocabulary activities
- word study print & go activities
- ideas for grammar lessons with focus sentence printables
- social emotional learning discussion topics
- graphic organizers to target specific comprehension skills and strategies
This book is a must have for your school or classroom library. Your students are going to love completing these activities for the book and you will be impressed with how much they learn. You will want to read this book to your class every year.
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ADDITIONAL BOOK SUGGESTIONS
You and your students will love the similar books listed below, which can all be found in our free picture book list.
- The Girl with the Big, Big Questions by Britney Winn Lee
- Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
- The Pout Pout Fish by Deborah Diesen
- Grumpy Monkey by Suzanne Lang
- Milk and Juice: A Recycling Romance by Meredith Crandall Brown
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