Today’s giveaway is from Children’s Wallet Cards, one of my favorite resources for little ones. I pre-ordered the new Emotions deck many weeks ago, and was thrilled when it arrived yesterday! I’ll be carrying it to a baseball tournament this weekend, to help entertain my little boys. Marie-Claire is here today to introduce this fantastic new deck!
In her words:
Our much-anticipated Children’s Emotions Wallet Card deck is finally here. This gorgeous new deck features 36 photographs and 36 illustrations of children’s faces, each with a unique emotion. A indispensable new tool for beginning your family’s social-emotional learning together.
Not only does this deck introduce children to the wide range of human emotions, it helps start discussions about our children’s feelings, our feelings as parents and the feelings of others. The most extraordinary component to this deck is the inclusion that emotions have purpose, they are signals of an opportunity or a threat.
We’ve colored coded and organized the 36 cards to correspond to psychologist Robert Plutchik’s “Wheel of Emotions”, which categorizes emotions into eight categories: joy, trust, surprise, sadness, disgust, anger and anticipation. Robert Plutchik’s theory (in a nutshell) is that there are no bad or good emotions, they all serve a valuable purpose in our relations with others. They are not labeled “sad” or “happy” outright, they are simply numbered.
Our vast collection of companion resource sheets provide activity ideas, reference tools, conversation ideas, drawing prompts and even scenarios for discussion. Our resource area is found at www.YouGuysAreSoAwesome.com
These cards can be used as a learning tool in homes, schools and therapy centers. Families may also use them in a less structured capacity, where individual play is allowed to dictate the cards’ functions.
Deck photography by Rhiannon McCalmont, Illustrations by Marie Thorhauge.
About Wallet Cards:
– Irresistible card format (mimics material and feeling of a credit card)
– Extremely durable, stands up against bites and tears
– Non-toxic, bpa & phthalate free (third party tested and approved for all ages)
– Educational, grows with your child
– Easy to attach to a backpack, diaper bag strap
One winner will receive two decks of Emotions Cards. One for you to keep and one to give to a friend. In addition use discount code SMALLTHINGS25 to receive 25% off your total order in our store through Friday, September 11th. For your chance to win start by leaving a comment and then enter via the Rafflecopter widget below. Leaving a comment is all that is required to enter, though there are additional ways to earn extra entries! The winner is 7sprouts!
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I ahve never heard of these. What a great idea!!
Would love to have for my little one. Thanks for the chance!
Lovely prize to raffle off. Perfect for a discussion with little ones. Thanks Ginny and Marie-Claire!
Wow, what an amazing product! This could be super helpful for my super sensitive/emotional children of mine! Thank you!
My son is a teacher of Spanish language. He is doing an EMOTIONS segment now. Funny thing is his Catholic
school children cannot come up with SHAME stories. They confuse embarassign stituations as shameful.
I’d love to give the deck to him for class. Great give away
What a wonderful resource! I love this idea.
the kids photos on the cards are awesome…thanks for the offering!
How cool, especially at the start of the school year. Thank you
A “must have” for my grandchildren!
i would love to send a deck of these to my nephew. They are so cool.
Would love to share these with my family!
Wonderful!
My daughter is really ill right now, this would help her immensely to communicate her emotions while she recooperates….
These would be perfect for my 5 year old!
Our family could use these. 🙂
Those would be so great for kiddos to learn how to use their emotions.
These cards look absolutely beautiful, and would be a great learning opportunity for our little one!
Thanks for the chance!
Amazing!
These are fun!
What a great product! Thanks for introducing me to the company!
These look amazing, what a great idea for teaching !
I have a special needs child that would love these. What a great life tool!
Would love to share these with my family!
These are amazing! Whether I win or not, I’ll be buying a bunch. As a special education teacher and the aunt of a beautiful boy with autism, I know dozens of people who would love (need?) these!
These are beautiful!
What a great way to educate your children about emotions!
My daughter would love to have a deck
Thank you, my kindergartener could really use these, he’s been talking about emotions a lot lately.
What a wonderful tool for teaching kids about emotions!
We use our numbers deck near daily, and would love to have a set of emotions cards and one to pass to a friend. Thank you for sharing Marie-Claire’s decks with our family!
Love the idea of presenting emotions without judgement “good” or “bad”.
These look great. Thank you for the chance to win!
I’d LOVE to use these with my ESL students!!
These would make great Christmas gifts for my younger nieces and nephews!
thank you for the chance, i teach German as a second language to immigrant women, and so many times we are trying very hard to find words…. especially for emotions!
Those are fantastic!
thanks for the chance.
I’d love to win!
How cool are these? I’m thinking they’d be great for car rides & even church.
I’m sure my little one would love that! I’m always looking for ways to keep him busy while we wait. Thank you for the chance!
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Love these sweet little wallet cards!
This looks like fun!
Every time I see these wallet cards, I think they look quite lovely!!! And every time there’s a giveaway, I hope to win some! Maybe this time? 😉
We need this for our 4 year old adopted daughter who is working through a lot and definitely struggles expression emotions.
What a wonderful new deck! I learned something new just by reading the description!!?
Oh interesting!! I could definitely use some work on this with my kids. I tend to want to shut down emotions I see as negative rather than talk through them which I know isn’t always healthy. Thank you!
Thank you for sharing this cute yet crucial resource for teaching young children about emotions!
Very cool! I know who I’d give the second deck to…