My Feelings Matter Book by Sara Stace

The My Feelings Matter book was created with love from a mother to her son. 

Sara the Authors son has High Functioning Autism and communicating feelings is something that they have had to work on closely together. For some children sharing how he they are feeling does not come easy and is often the cause of many hard days filled with frustration and overwhelm. 

This book is to help us parents, teachers, therapist's and carers help children name feelings. We often forget how little these people are and that they are learning feelings sometimes for the very first time.  Most adults even need help in this area.  

Visual images like the friendly and simple illustrations created in the book by Tamara Hackett are a great start. Children can now become familiar with different feelings, emotions and even senses.

The book works by having your child point to the picture if they are unable to verbally communicate or struggle in this area. You may ask your child to flip through and find a picture on how they feel. Often they may not know until they see a visual.

You can then read the sections "How I am feeling" and "how you can help" and go from there. Becoming aware and mindful of how our children may be feeling will be an amazing help in your families and children's life.  A skill practiced often becomes easier .