Sprout Feels Sad

It's okay to feel sad. Sprout will show you what to do with it.

When Sprout's favorite red balloon floats away, his chest feels heavy and the warm tears come. With his gentle friend Bear close by, Sprout learns a simple plan for sad feelings - and discovers that sadness, like the weather, always passes.

Sprout's plan is easy enough for the youngest reader to remember:
Name it · Let it out · Reach out · Be gentle with yourself.

Through soft, calming watercolor art and a tender read-aloud story, Sprout Feels Sad helps little ones:

• Name the feeling out loud ("name it to tame it")
• Understand that crying is healthy and okay
• Reach for comfort instead of hiding a big feeling
• Learn that hard feelings come and go, like clouds and sun

Made for read-alouds at home, in the classroom, and in counseling. Includes a parent and teacher note, simple read-aloud tips, an "About this feeling" page, a printable feelings plan, and a bonus "Color Sprout & Bear" coloring page to wind down with.

A gentle companion for ages 3 to 7, preschool through second grade - perfect for bedtime, calm-down corners, grief and loss conversations, social-emotional learning (SEL), and school counselors.

Part of the Sprout Feels series - one big feeling per book. Also available: Sprout Feels Mad and Sprout Feels Worried.

Free matching printables, a "Sad" feelings poster, and calm-down cards are available - search VaultPrintCo on Teachers Pay Teachers.