Boredom: when your child is bored
"I'm bored!" – those words get many parents moving. Yet boredom doesn't need rescuing right away.
What's behind this feeling
Boredom is the waiting room before a good idea arrives. Many of the best games are born right there.
What can help
Sit with it instead of starting a program. "Let's see what idea you come up with" is a fine answer.
What the book says
These texts appear exactly like this on the double page. Read them aloud while your child colors.
This is Yawny, the boredom unicorn. Yawny shows up when nothing, absolutely nothing is exciting – everything feels dull and chewy like old gum. But Yawny has a magic trick: it is the unicorn that the best ideas hatch from.
The questions
Where do you feel Yawny? Is your body heavy and floppy? Do you have to sigh? What great idea did you come up with once when you were super bored?
The trick: The idea waiting room
Boredom is the line you wait in before a good idea comes. Just hang around like Yawny and wait… What could a cardboard box turn into?
The Feelings Unicorn Crew →
This is Yawny, the boredom dragon. He shows up when nothing, absolutely nothing is exciting – everything feels dull and chewy like old gum. But Yawny has a magic trick: he is the dragon that the best ideas hatch from.
The questions
Where do you feel Yawny? Is your body heavy and floppy? Do you have to sigh? What great idea did you come up with once when you were super bored?
The trick: The idea waiting room
Boredom is the line you wait in before a good idea comes. Just hang around like Yawny and wait… What could a cardboard box turn into?
The Feelings Dragon Crew →Boredom and 23 more feelings to color
Every feeling on its own double page, with a read-aloud text, questions and a trick. For ages 3 and up.
