Dear Mooza — The Bear Who Feels Too Much

Dear Mooza — The Bear Who Feels Too Much

A six session emotional regulation small group for grades 1–3

Most regulation groups ask a seven-year-old to talk about their own anger. It rarely works. Shame closes the door before the lesson starts, and you spend twenty minutes coaxing a child who has already decided they are the problem.

This one flips it.

There is a bear called Mooza who has very big feelings and does not know what to do with them. Every week she writes to your group with a problem, her paws went hot before she got angry, she cried for an hour over a lost pencil, she is frightened of a birthday party. The children write back with advice.

They are the helpers, not the ones being helped. That single change is why it works. A child who will tell you nothing about their own anger will tell you everything about why the bear got angry, and a child who has just explained a coping strategy to someone else has learned it far better than one who was told it.

What you get — 15 pages, print and go

Six fully scripted session plans with timings for every block.

Six letters from Mooza, ready to read aloud.

A child pre/post measure and a teacher version.

A one-page letter home to families. A half-page note for the class teacher.

A group log built for a file. A take-home card and a colouring page.