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Doodle My Day: A Picture Journal For Kids Who Express Themselves Differently
90 Day Picture Journal
DO YOU STRUGGLE WITH EXPRESSING YOUR EMOTIONS?
A positive mindset is important for our mental health. Sometimes we can spend so long focusing on all of the bad things in our heads, that we forget about all of the brilliant things that happen. Journaling is great for helping you to record wonderful memories, no matter how BIG or small.
There will always be ups and downs in life, things that make you feel angry, frustrated or sad. Journaling can help you process the not so great things, getting those troublesome worries out of your head!
This book can be just for you, or you can use it as a way to share your feelings if you find it tricky to talk about them. It doesn’t need to be perfect. You don’t need to be an artist. You just need to grab a pencil and draw whatever has made you smile, or the pesky things that are bothering you. It really will help you to feel better.
Happy Doodling!
A picture journal for kids who express themselves differently. Perfect for all ages. Great for ADHD, Autistic and Dyslexic children.
Created by Francesca Watt for her own children. Published by Little Unisaur Books.
Reviews
Kids often need our guidance to express their emotions, so I was so happy when I came across this journal! My daughter is close to turning six and she is just learning how to manage her emotional self, especially when it comes to emotions such as anger, frustration, or sadness. This journal is simple and easy to use, with the author encouraging tiny humans to doodle their day. What a great idea!
My opinion:
More often than not, kids are encouraged to develop educational skills, their emotional growth falling on second place. However, without being tended to, their emotions might build up, affecting their mental health. This journal can serve as an excellent tool of emotional release, and I could instantly notice how my daughter felt better, just by doodling her Sunday. She understood that a day can have both good and bad parts, and there is nothing wrong with this. On the contrary, we used to journal to have a conversation about embracing life as it is. After all, you cannot have sunshine without a bit of rain.
Doodling is a fun way to record both happy times, but also to accept the less pleasant things kids might experience during the day. It can help these tiny humans to process complicated emotions or just to clear their head. My daughter asked me to stay by her side when she doodled, and I could see that it helped her speak of the things that bothered her. She found the courage to address our less-than-perfect moments as parents and I was thankful for the conversation we had. More often than not, we forget that emotions are complicated for everyone, kids in particular.
Encourage your children to use this journal and doodle, even if they are not the world�s greatest artists. What matters is that they are able to release all those feelings bubbling inside! This journal has made a great difference in my daughter�s life, and I am tempted to try it myself, it seems like such a simple way to feel less stressed or anxious. We followed the author�s advice and also tried slow breathing, especially during those moments of anger. A cool tip for you: at the end of the book there is a star that can help your little one practice breathing. There are also resources for mental health, which I believe to be quite useful.
Summary:
Life is rarely perfect and there are plenty of moments when we might feel down. Our children are just as vulnerable, and it is up to teach them about the best ways to process complicated emotions. This journal is an excellent tool for releasing pent-up anger, sadness, and frustration, encouraging tiny humans to doodle, an activity they are quite fond of. In the process of recording their day, they will discover that life is filled with ups and downs, but it is beautiful, nonetheless. I applaud the author for creating a journal that offers such a simple way to process emotions. Happy doodling and remember, life is like a piano, you have both white and black keys, both of which are necessary to make music!
Why I love this one, because some of the children I'm working with, don't feel comfortable talking about their emotions. Some of them don't even recognize their emotions. But as we all know, life happens every day and we create the energy through different events. We judge it by negative and positive but really the energy just is. And if we don't release it gets stuck, in our body, our subconscious, our mind. And kids love to draw. So instead of writing, help them to keep a journal where they can express themselves through drawing!
I personally think it's a beautiful idea and it will help a lot of kids. And actually, I have been using it myself ?? Who said it's only for children!
Journal for people who express themselves differently!
This journal is such a brilliant idea! Perfect for kids who find it hard to talk about their feelings or maybe need a different way to process their emotions. It�s kind of art therapy for the everyday. Lots of space for kids to doodle and done in a really fun visual graphic/cartoon style. With such busy lives it�s a really clever, indirect, non-threatening way to keep check on how your kids are doing at school/with friends/in life generally. A picture paints a thousand words after all! Highly recommend.
This really is the most fantastic idea! My friend�s son really struggles with anxiety and finds it difficult to express how he�s feeling or what�s going on in his head. This book is perfect for him. He�s able to draw anything good or bad that�s happened in his day without the need to verbalise it, and it�s fab to be able to look back on his journey to help him see there are many good days along with the bad. I can�t recommend this journal enough. Just brilliant!
This is a great journal for kids to use for drawing about their day. Some kids have difficulty using words to express themselves and this journal allows kids to doodle instead. It's a simple journal with some guiding questions and lots of space for pictures. It will be a great keepsake for them as well to look back on it and reflect.