Me first. I can't do that. You have to stay with me.
Sound familiar? The Jungle Buddies help your child find words for what is happening inside. With exercises that are ready to try tonight.
How it works at home
Not another parenting book
You do not need to read any theory to do something different tonight. The Jungle Buddies work with stories, images and short exercises you do together: a feelings jar, a calm corner, a massage before bedtime.
Does your child's school use the method too? Then at home you use the same words and the same characters as in the classroom. For a child, that makes an enormous difference.
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LionSelf-image
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CrocodileBig emotions
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ElephantCalm
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MonkeyPlaying together
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ParrotTalking
Three ways
Where do you start?
Game cards and downloads
Individual exercises to try, without buying anything.
- Ready-made game cards
- Downloads per theme
- Newsletter with an exercise and an article
One box per theme
Ready to use and tuned to the home context.
- Composed per theme
- Material and instructions included
- Available through the shop
A Jungle Buddies school
If your child's school uses the method, exercises come home automatically.
- Letters home per theme
- The same characters as in the classroom
- Exercises that follow the lesson
Start right away
Four exercises to try tonight
These downloads are free. Print them, or just use what you have lying around at home.
- My feelings jarYour child gives a colour and a place to what it feels. Download
- My calm placeSetting up a spot together where your child comes to rest. Download
- The snowman massageA moment of calm before bedtime, in five steps. Download
- The emotion balloonMaking tension visible and letting it out again. Download
- All activitiesEvery exercise, filtered by type. View
Background
Why this works with young children
A young child can feel a feeling long before it can name one. As long as the words are missing, the feeling comes out as behaviour: hitting, crying, running off, clinging on.
Putting words to what is happening is therefore not a side issue, it is where self-regulation begins. That happens step by step, at your child's pace, and it asks for repetition rather than one good conversation.
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