09/08/2026
💭💚 BIG FEELINGS, BIG LEARNING! 💚💭
Last week at Rancho Brazos Community Centers, our kids spent the week learning all about feelings and emotions—and, most importantly, learning that every feeling is okay to have. 🥰
Throughout the week, we talked about different emotions, how they can make us feel, and even where we might feel those emotions in our bodies. From butterflies in our stomachs to a racing heart when we’re nervous, our kids learned that emotions can show up differently for everyone. 🧠❤️
We wrapped up our week with a fun round of FEELING CHARADES! 🎭
Each child had 12 different emotion cards to choose from and took turns acting out their emotion without saying the word. Their friends then had to use their whiteboards to guess the emotion! ✏️
And, of course, we had to add a little extra excitement! 🎁✨
Every correct guess earned the opportunity to pick a prize from our Prize Tables!
We want to give a HUGE thank you to Ms. Shera for her incredibly generous donations toward our program incentives! 💕 Your generosity gives our kids something exciting to look forward to while celebrating their hard work, participation, and accomplishments.
Watching our kids carefully search through the prize table to find that perfect prize they earned is always one of our favorite parts! 🥹🎁
But beyond the games and prizes, our hope is that our kids walked away with an important lesson:
🌈 It’s okay to feel happy.
🌧️ It’s okay to feel sad.
😡 It’s okay to feel angry.
😨 It’s okay to feel scared.
💚 And it’s okay when someone else experiences those same emotions differently than you do.
Our feelings don’t make us “bad” they give us information about what’s happening inside of us. Learning how to recognize, understand, and express those feelings is a skill our children can carry with them for years to come. 🫶
We hope this week gave our kids the tools to better understand themselves, show themselves grace, and extend that same kindness to others.
Parents, we encourage you to keep the conversation going at home! 💚 Ask your child what emotions they experienced today, where they felt those emotions in their body, and remind them that there is no “wrong” feeling. Sometimes, simply giving our children a safe space to talk about what they’re feeling can make a world of difference.
✨ Tonight, ask your child: “What was one feeling you had today, and where did you feel it in your body?” You might be surprised by the conversation that follows!
Because raising emotionally healthy kids starts with letting them know: “Your feelings matter, and you are allowed to feel them.” 💚
