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💛What a pleasure it is the be at Riana Primary School for Term 3💛 In our Understanding Worry program, student's have be...
02/09/2026

💛What a pleasure it is the be at Riana Primary School for Term 3💛

In our Understanding Worry program, student's have been exploring the different emotions we have by using emoji faces 🙂😯😢
They chose three emotions they had noticed during the week and talked about whether each feeling was comfortable or uncomfortable in their bodies.
Student's also got creative, using playdough to make some of the emotions they had been discussing.
A fun, hands on way to build emotional awareness and understand our feelings.

✨📖 Look What's Arrived! 📖✨Our newest collection of picture books has officially landed at Inside Out 4 Kids!Choosing boo...
31/08/2026

✨📖 Look What's Arrived! 📖✨

Our newest collection of picture books has officially landed at Inside Out 4 Kids!

Choosing books for our programs is something we do thoughtfully, ensuring they are engaging, meaningful and developmentally appropriate. Throughout the year, our team reviews a wide range of picture books, carefully selecting titles that support children's emotional literacy, create connections, spark imagination, encourage conversations and reflect the diverse interests of the children in our programs.

We're excited to add these wonderful new books to our collection and can't wait to share them with the children. There's nothing quite like the joy of discovering a new favourite story! 🌟📚

🌟 Favourite Activity Friday – Book Week Edition 📚This week’s favourite activity starts with The Invisible String by Patr...
28/08/2026

🌟 Favourite Activity Friday – Book Week Edition 📚

This week’s favourite activity starts with The Invisible String by Patrice Karst 💛

📍 Where do we use it?
Our Early Childhood Emotional Literacy program.

💡 What does it teach?
The Invisible String helps children explore the idea that we can stay connected to the people we love, even when we can’t be together.

Alongside the story, children create their own threaded paper heart. Inside, they add the people and places that help them feel safe, loved and connected. 🧵💛

🌟 Why it works
The story introduces connection and belonging in a way young children can understand, while the heart activity makes it personal. Children can identify the people and places that are important to them and take home a visual reminder of their own circle of connection and support.

Who would you put inside your heart? 💛

📚 Book Week 2026 | Amy’s Book Review 📚We’re finishing our week of IO4K book reviews with one of my favourites: The Rabbi...
28/08/2026

📚 Book Week 2026 | Amy’s Book Review 📚

We’re finishing our week of IO4K book reviews with one of my favourites: The Rabbit Listened by Cori Doerrfeld. 🐰💛

The Rabbit Listened is a beautiful story for all ages that encourages a deeper reflection on something that sounds simple, but can actually be quite hard, listening.

We hear so many different phrases about listening: active listening, deep listening, listening with intent, listening to understand rather than listening to respond. Listening is even an important part of ALGEE, the Mental Health First Aid action plan. But whatever we call it, there is something incredibly powerful about giving another person the gift of being genuinely heard.

What I love about this story is that Rabbit doesn’t arrive with answers. Rabbit doesn’t try to fix what has happened or decide what Taylor needs. Rabbit simply comes alongside Taylor, stays, gives them time and listens.

I think there is something really empowering in that. Whether we’re children or adults, often we already have strengths, ideas and the capacity to work through what we’re experiencing. Sometimes what we need most is someone who will sit alongside us, give us their time, and create the space for us to find our own way forward.

For me, The Rabbit Listened is a lovely reminder that supporting someone doesn’t always mean having the right words or the solution.

Sometimes, the most powerful thing we can do is listen. 🐰💛

💛 Reviewed by Amy, IO4K Facilitator & Program Assistant

And that’s a wrap on our Book Week reviews! 📚 We hope you’ve enjoyed meeting some of the stories that have a special place in our IO4K programs.

Which one would you add to your bookshelf?

📚 Book Week 2026 | Belinda & PJ’s Book Review 📚Today Belinda has brought in a little help with her Book Week review… and...
27/08/2026

📚 Book Week 2026 | Belinda & PJ’s Book Review 📚

Today Belinda has brought in a little help with her Book Week review… and we think you might recognise him! 💛

🐻 PJ Bear’s Book Review 🐻

This week, PJ has been busy reviewing Sweep by Louise Greig!

Now, PJ Bear will let you in on a little secret... he's still learning to read all the words by himself, so he listened carefully to the story and used the book's pictures as clues to help him understand what was happening!

PJ Bear loved how Sweep shows that even small feelings can sometimes grow into really big emotions. He discovered that talking about our feelings and using helpful strategies can make those big emotions feel much easier to manage.

💭 PJ says: “Sometimes a grumpy feeling can grow really big, but it helps when we share our feelings and ask for support!”

Have you read Sweep? Let PJ Bear know what you think! 📚✨😊

💛 Reviewed by PJ Bear, with a little help from Belinda, IO4K Program Facilitator

Follow along this week as our team shares more of the stories we love using in our programs.

📚 Book Week 2026 | Linda’s Book Review 📚It’s Linda’s turn to share a favourite today, with a book that challenges some o...
25/08/2026

📚 Book Week 2026 | Linda’s Book Review 📚

It’s Linda’s turn to share a favourite today, with a book that challenges some of the messages children can receive about emotions. 💛

Tough Guys Have Feelings Too 📖

Tough Guys Have Feelings Too is a vivid, comic-style picture book that delivers a message I really value: people who seem tough — because of their jobs, their roles, or the way they present themselves — feel sad, worried, overwhelmed, or in need of a friend just like anyone else.

It’s a gentle reminder for some of our boys who still believe crying is a weakness, showing them instead that emotions are universal and expressing them is healthy.

The bold, eye-catching illustrations make the story engaging, and its quick, simple pacing means it lands its message clearly without dragging.

💛 Reviewed by Linda, IO4K Team Leader & Training Development Coordinator

Follow along this week as our team shares more of the stories we love using in our programs.

📚 Book Week 2026 | April’s Book Review 📚Today it’s April’s turn to share a book that has become a favourite both at IO4K...
25/08/2026

📚 Book Week 2026 | April’s Book Review 📚

Today it’s April’s turn to share a book that has become a favourite both at IO4K and at home 💛

When Worry Takes Hold has become one of my favourite books since working for IO4K.

It shows how worries can grow and begin to cloud everything that makes us feel happy and safe. Maya learns that worry has an enemy – courage – and that courage can be as simple as taking a deep breath.

Through breathing and changing her thoughts, Maya begins to feel more in control and learns that while worry may return, courage is just a deep breath away.

I have also read this book to my daughter at home when she was experiencing worries. It was a really helpful tool for her.

A beautiful, simple story with a powerful message for children. 💛📖

💛 Reviewed by April, IO4K Program Facilitator

Follow along this week as our team shares more of the stories we love using in our programs.

📚 Book Week 2026 | Mikkayla’s Book Review 📚We’re kicking off our week of favourite IO4K books with Mikkayla and a very a...
23/08/2026

📚 Book Week 2026 | Mikkayla’s Book Review 📚

We’re kicking off our week of favourite IO4K books with Mikkayla and a very angry cookie! 🍪😠

💢 “I am warning you! I am very angry and there is nothing you can do about it!” 💢

We know that there are no good or bad emotions, so why do we shy away from anger? 😠

This cookie was angry all day long! But we, the reader, didn’t tell them to stop or move on or quiet down, we just stayed and listened – even when they were being a grumpy lump! 😤

This is a great book for taking a fun and silly start to talking about feeling angry using some very relatable situations – bad haircut anyone?? It also helps to take a peek at some of the other emotions that might be hiding with our anger and help recognise the signs before you become an angry cookie too! 🍪

This is one of the very well-loved books in our Early Childhood Emotional Literacy program, but is fun for all ages! 👴📖

💛 Reviewed by Mikkayla, IO4K Program Facilitator

Follow along this week as our team shares more of the stories we love using in our programs.

🌟 Favourite Activity Friday 🌟This week’s favourite activity starts with A Bug in a Vacuum by Mélanie Watt 📍 Where do we ...
21/08/2026

🌟 Favourite Activity Friday 🌟

This week’s favourite activity starts with A Bug in a Vacuum by Mélanie Watt

📍 Where do we use it?
Our Change, Grief & Loss program.

💡 What does it teach?
Through paralell characters Fly and Dog’s unexpected journeys, the story gives us a child-friendly way to explore the different stages and feelings that can come with grief and loss.

We then follow the story with our “What’s Missing?” game. Using objects from the book; such as an aeroplane and a marble, children notice and respond as different objects move or disappear. ✈️

This leads into conversations about change: What feels more manageable lots of small changes or one big change? Does everyone feel the same way about change?

🌟 Why it works
The story helps make the experience of grief easier to talk about, while the game takes that learning into something children experience every day: change.
Together, they help children understand that grief can involve many different feelings and responses, and that changes can affect each of us differently. 💛

📚 Books are at the heart of every Inside Out 4 Kids program. These are just some of the stories we use to support childr...
19/08/2026

📚 Books are at the heart of every Inside Out 4 Kids program. These are just some of the stories we use to support children to understand emotions, develop skills and strategies, build positive relationships and foster a sense of belonging.

For our full book list, click the link in the comments below. 👇

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