Loneliness: when your child feels alone
Everyone is playing, and my child is standing at the edge. Loneliness already happens in preschool – and kids can rarely name it.
What's behind this feeling
Loneliness shows that your child wants to belong. That's a healthy wish, not a flaw.
What can help
Practice a sentence together that almost always works: "Can I play too?" Once quietly, once loudly. And share a time when you felt alone yourself.
What the book says
These texts appear exactly like this on the double page. Read them aloud while your child colors.
This is Solo, the lonely unicorn. Solo shows up when you feel alone and wish someone would play with you – then everything gets a little quiet and empty.
The questions
Where do you feel Solo? Does your tummy feel empty? Does everything go quiet inside? When did you feel alone once? What helped?
The trick: The magic words
There is a sentence that almost always works: Can I play too? Practice it together – once quietly, once loudly, once like a unicorn!
The Feelings Unicorn Crew →
This is Solo, the lonely dragon. He shows up when you feel alone and wish someone would play with you – then everything gets a little quiet and empty.
The questions
Where do you feel Solo? Does your tummy feel empty? Does everything go quiet inside? When did you feel alone once? What helped?
The trick: The magic words
There is a sentence that almost always works: Can I play too? Practice it together – once quietly, once loudly, once like a dragon!
The Feelings Dragon Crew →Loneliness 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.
