The Sadness List

By Kaitlyn Marks CSW

Marley Mae is a fictional elementary school character who suddenly starts to feel sad one morning. Readers get to walk through Marley Mae's day with her and watch how sadness affects her day. In the book, The Sadness List , Marley Mae eventually opens up to her teacher about feeling sad often and not being able to understand or explain the feelings. The teacher validates her emotions and gives her a coping skills list with 10 ways to overcome sadness. Emotional Exploration For Kids This book is important for children to help them realize it's okay to be sad and that all feelings are normal. The Sadness List also encourages kids to speak about their feelings instead of internalizing. Coping Skills This book provides coping skills for kids in an easy to read format that they can always reference to when sadness does come around. Social-Emotional Learning This book is written by Kaitlyn Marks, CSW who is an elementary school-based therapist. Helping kids identify and validate their emotions and giving them practical and direct ways to self-regulate are so important. Self-Regulation At the end of the book there are pages of journaling sections for kids to make their own sadness list, identify strengths, natural supports and more!

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0D9DT2DY5
• ISBN13: 9798332353789
• Release Date: July 2024
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 24 Pages
• Weight: 0.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.1" x 6.0"