Having books like this available will hopefully let the kids know that they aren't alone and that they can talk about the feelings they are having. Ruby thinks she's the only one with a worry until she meets she sees a boy at the park who also has a worry.

But these books act as sensitive and reassuring springboards for conversations about mental and emotional health, positive self-image, building self-confidence, and managing feelings. Beyond the PSHE-esque moral, children could perhaps integrate the premise and personification into their own stories. Ik vond het ook een mooie manier om te laten zien hoe een zorg eruitziet en hoe het voelt om er een te hebben. She was out partying all night with her friend, both of them drinking way too much and doing things they don’t want their husbands to know about. They're a bit like those bright yellow caterpillars that warn birds not to eat them because they're poisonous.I will create a chart with everyone's name on it so that we can all display our feelings each morning by placing our drawings near our names. You're always working on it - developing and maintaining strength, endurance, speed, agility and everything that makes for a healthy body. On reflection this seemed rather more remote than beautiful, owing to the fact that he lived in a small caravan without electricity, mains water or any sensible form of heating. The feeling intensified when I realised I couldn't understand any of the train announcements, or anything that anyone around me was saying.

In fact, Ruby would be a champion if she hadn’t been forced to walk away and hide out in the Bahamas.Personifying the worry injects the story with humour as it becomes ridiculously big, while carrying the message that it's okay to talk about things that are bothering you.

I didn't specify what Ruby is worried about in the book because ultimately, it doesn't matter what the actual problem is - the solution will always be found by opening up about your worries and talking them through with someone, ideally someone thoughtful, sensible and sensitive! But unruly patrons find out the hard way: Ruby is a mixed-martial-arts pro, and not one you’d want to cross. But as his disappearance stretches from one day to the next, it raises conflicts about the state of their marriage, his love for his family, and his dedication to duty. This is a book that will be useful in any primary classroom or library as it talks about how Ruby comes across a worry.Younger children will benefit from hearing these messages, even if they cannot articulate these emotions themselves. In the vein of Me And My Fear and When Sadness Is at Your Door, Ruby Finds a Worry manifests a feeling into a wordless, omniscient being that essentially stalks the main character.

I think this will help me to get a sense of what my students are feeling and to observe their expressions. There are ideas for activities in Literacy and English, Numeracy and Mathematics, Expressive Arts, Social Studies, Sciences, Health and Wellbeing and Technologies. Read-aloud sessions are a wonderful way for children to understand the connection between written text and spoken language. To begin, I will start a conversation by letting them know that I, their teacher, has worried, (still worries), and then ask them questions like: "What are feelings?

Instead, Ruby meets another child, realizes that he has a worry too, and gets him to tell her about it.