🌱Reflect & Reset: Year-End Emotions 🌱

In this newsletter, you will get....

• Parenting Tips

• Activity of the Week

• Now Available: Daisy Core Emotions Kit

Parenting Tips

Helping Kids Reflect & Reset

• Start with Feelings, Not Events
  Instead of “What did you do this year?” ask, “What moments made you feel proud, excited, or brave?” This helps kids connect emotion to memory.

• Celebrate Effort Over Achievement
  Recognize perseverance, not just outcomes: “I noticed how you kept trying, even when it was hard.” This reinforces resilience.

• Validate Mixed Emotions
  It’s normal to feel both happy and sad at the same time. You can say, “You’re excited for what’s next and a little sad to say goodbye, that makes sense.”

• Make Space for Rest
  After a full year, kids (and adults) need downtime. Prioritize quiet family moments over more activities. Rest is part of resetting.

• Look Forward with Intention
  Instead of big resolutions, choose one gentle goal as a family—something that feels doable and nurturing, like “more walks,” “more reading time,” or “more kindness at home.”

Activity of the Week

The Reflection Jar

Supplies Needed:

• A jar, paper slips, and pens or markers

How to Use:

1. As a family, reflect on the year and write down memories, accomplishments, or favorite moments on slips of paper.

2. Add some “feelings” reflections too—like “a time I felt brave,” “a time I was surprised,” or “a time I learned from a mistake.”

3. Read a few together on New Year’s Eve or the first week of January.

Why it works: Reflection helps children process the past year, recognize growth, and carry positive emotional awareness into the next one.

Now Available: Daisy Core Emotions Kit

Mixed Emotions Box

This tool helps children understand that it is normal to feel more than one emotion at a time, such as being both excited and nervous before something new. With six emotion coins to explore, kids can mix and match feelings to reflect their inner world, notice where emotions show up in their bodies, and use the coins for daily check-ins. This simple and hands-on tool builds emotional vocabulary, self-awareness, and empathy while reminding children that all feelings, big, small, or mixed, belong.