Excitement is a happy feeling, but it isn’t always easy to manage. It can keep a child awake all night, make it impossible to sit still or turn into disappointment when the real thing doesn’t match the picture in their head. This workbook helps children understand what excitement is, enjoy it fully and handle its big energy.

WHAT YOUR CHILD WILL DO

• Read “The Night Before the Trip”, an illustrated story about a boy who is too excited to sleep before a three-day school trip

• Write their own definition of excitement before seeing the answer, then compare the two

• Notice how excitement feels in the body: a faster heartbeat, restless legs, a jumping mind, a smile you can’t stop, trouble sleeping or sitting still

• Learn that excitement tells us something matters and gives us energy and motivation

• Sort helpful responses from unhelpful ones. Enjoying the feeling, sharing it, writing down what you’re looking forward to and using the energy to prepare help. Letting excitement turn into worry, building up expectations too high and being unable to focus don’t

• Work through a “What would YOU do?” scenario about finding out you and your best friend are going to the same secondary school

• Reflect on four of their own experiences: a time they were very excited about something coming, a time excitement kept them awake, a time sharing excitement made it bigger, and a time they were excited and then disappointed

• Learn 10 key words, including anticipation, eager, restless, thrill, countdown and savour, plus “My Word” for their own word for the feeling

• Check their work against the answer key and write down what they understand better

WHAT’S INSIDE (10 PAGES)

• Cover

• Illustrated story page

• Key vocabulary page (10 words plus “My Word”)

• “My Definition” write-in page

• “What Is Excitement?” explanation page

• “What Helps and What Does Not” page, with a “What would YOU do?” scenario

• Two “Your Excitement Experiences” reflection pages (four experiences)

• Answer key page

• Back cover: “A Letter to Future Me” with a reflection

• Write-in pages with tick boxes for naming feelings

• Clear, child-friendly language, in English only

• Part of the My Emotions series of 17 workbooks plus an introduction

GOOD FOR

• Families before holidays, trips, birthdays, new schools or big events

• Teachers, counsellors and tutors running emotional literacy or wellbeing sessions, or preparing a class for a trip

• Home learning, classroom discussion or one-to-one conversations

HOW TO USE IT

Print it or write in it digitally. Children work best with an adult nearby to talk through their answers. There are no wrong answers, and the aim is understanding, not a score.

PLEASE NOTE

• This is an educational workbook. It is not therapy or a clinical tool.

• It is written for ages 8–12. Younger or older children may need more or less support.

• Digital download: PDF, delivered instantly after purchase. No physical item is sent.