DIno Day Care and Friends
Dino Day Care & Friends: Emotional Check-In Scenes
Help children navigate their big feelings with the Dino Day Care & Friends digital pack. This collection of beautifully illustrated "Which one are you?" scenes is designed to make emotional literacy engaging, low-pressure, and visually intuitive for children of all ages.
Whether a child is feeling as energetic as a hamster on a slide or as quiet as a panda in a tree, these scenes provide a safe bridge for communication.
What’s Included?
This pack features five distinct, high-detail themed playgrounds:
- Dino Day Care: A prehistoric park filled with playful (and some grumpy!) dinosaurs.
- Capy-Playground: Gentle capybaras lounging and exploring.
- Panda Park: A serene yet active bamboo forest setting.
- Meerkat Manor: Busy meerkats showing a wide range of social dynamics.
- Hamster Haven: High-energy hamsters navigating a colorful playground.
- 21 Targeted Question Prompts: A curated list of questions to help guide deep reflections and daily check-ins.
How to Use These Scenes
These illustrations are versatile tools for educators, therapists, and parents. Use them to:
- Daily Morning Meetings: Ask students to point to the character that represents their "Monday morning" mood.
- Conflict Resolution: Help children identify how they felt during a specific incident without the pressure of finding the "right" words.
- Therapeutic Integration: A gentle way to explore complex feelings regarding home life, school, or social anxiety.
- Building Empathy: Use the scenes to guess how others might be feeling, fostering social awareness.
Guided Reflection Prompts
Sometimes "How are you?" is too big of a question. Our included 21-question guide breaks down the barriers with specific prompts such as:
- Which character is how you feel when you walk into your home?
- Which character is how you felt at the age of 5?
- Which character is how you feel when you are confronted by violence?
- Which character do you feel least like today?
Format: High-resolution digital download (PDF/JPEG) Perfect for: Primary Teachers, SENCOs, School Counselors, Child Psychologists, and Homeschooling Parents.
Unlock a more creative way to talk about feelings today!