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Teeny Tiny Seed
children’s book
When I was growing up, one of the things I strived for was to be accepted by others. I tried many ways to be acceptable, but when it came down to it, I finally found that I was made “just right” all along. My belief now is that this book was given to me to pass on to people of all ages the concept that they are just as they should be- today! This is one of the greatest gifts we can give our children- the knowledge that they already have within them the resources to be exactly who they were meant to be in this world.
When I wrote down the words to The Teeny Tiny Seed, I realized that even though this book is written for children, it speaks to our hearts at every age. Sharing our heart with a child opens the door for them to share their heart with us. If you choose to share in these questions with your child or another young one, allow yourself to really open yourself up from a place of honesty and truth. And
allow yourself to listen to the child’s sharing with open ears, open eyes, and an open heart. You will be amazed at the depth and wisdom that will come from the mouths of the young.
I believe that sharing of ourselves with our children brings a new level of understanding to each of us.
Questions to ask after reading:
FOR THE KIDS TO ASK THE GROWN-UPS:
1) Could you share about a time where you felt different or out of place. How did
you handle it so you could feel more comfortable?
2) Can you tell me what you think your greatest talents, skills, or strengths are?
3) If you could be something in nature, what would you be?
4) What is your favorite color, food, and number?
5) What did you want to be when you grew up?
6) What do you think makes you special or unique?
FOR THE GROWN-UPS TO ASK THE KIDS:
1) What activities make you feel the most excited?
2) What do you think is the most special thing about you?
3) Does it ever seem like you are different from other people around you? How
do you feel about that?
4) What is your favorite color, food, number?
5) If you could be anything when you grow up, who would you be?
6) If you could be something from nature, what would you be?
FOR GROWN-UPS AND KIDS TOGETHER:
Do you have a feeling you would like to transform? Maybe you feel embarrassed,
and you want to change it to unique, or you feel sad and you want to transform it
to joyful, or maybe you feel frustrated and you want to turn it around to content.
Come up with some of your own feelings transformation pairs together. Now,
here are some great ways to express and transform your feelings like magic…
DRAW OUT YOUR FEELING:
1) Grab some paper, crayons, markers, paints, pencils or pens. Or all of those!
2) State out loud what feeling you have.
3) Now give your feeling a shape; square, triangle, circle, etc.
4) Now draw your “feeling shape” on your paper.
5) Next, state the feeling you would like to have out loud. Give that feeling a
shape.
6) Draw the new “feeling shape” around your first “feeling shape”.
7) Now just let your imagination go and see what happens. Use your crayons or
markers to just turn that first “feeling shape” into something new!
SOUND OUT YOUR FEELING:
1) Decide what feeling you are having and give it a sound. It can be anything from
a scream to a whistle, to a clicking noise. Get creative.
2) Now take a deep breath and make your sound together.
3)Next think about what feeling you would like to bring into your body, give it a
sound, and now take a deep breath and make that sound.
4) Talk about how you feel in your body, heart, and mind now!