Express Your Feelings Journal

Every feeling deserves a place to land. 📓💛

Children feel everything deeply. But without the words, the space, or the tools to process those feelings, emotions stay stuck inside and come out in ways that are hard for everyone. The hand2mind Express Your Feelings Journal gives children their own private, guided space to name what they feel, understand why they feel it, and decide what to do about it.

With a colourful feelings wheel introducing 20 emotions from comfortable to uncomfortable, children build an emotional vocabulary that goes far beyond happy and sad. Each journal prompt guides them gently through identifying a feeling, choosing from three possible responses, and reflecting on what triggered that emotion in the first place. Over time, patterns emerge, self-awareness deepens, and emotional regulation becomes a genuine, practised skill.

Drawing activities sit alongside written prompts, making this accessible and engaging even for children who are reluctant writers. It works beautifully as an independent calm-down corner tool, a counselling session resource, or a daily SEL classroom routine.

✔ 68 pages of guided prompts, reflections, and drawing activities
✔ Colourful feelings wheel covering 20 common emotions
✔ Helps children identify feelings, choose responses, and reflect on triggers
✔ 10 extended reflection activities for deeper emotional insight
✔ Builds emotional vocabulary, self-awareness, and self-management
✔ Supports mindfulness, empathy, and goal setting
✔ Perfect for calm-down corners, counselling groups, and SEL lessons
✔ Accessible for reluctant writers through playful drawing activities
✔ From hand2mind, over 55 years of hands-on learning expertise

A journal that helps them understand themselves, one feeling at a time.