Helping Children
Understand Emotions
The Way God Intended.

At Train A Child Ideas, we create calming, child-centred resources that help children understand their emotions, rather than suppress or fear them. Our work is rooted in the belief that emotional wellbeing is nurtured before a crisis — through gentle, consistent daily practices that support a child’s heart, mind, and sense of identity.

Drawing on child psychology, trauma-informed practice, and faith-rooted values, our resources help children develop emotional literacy, build regulation skills, and grow in confidence and resilience over time.

We describe these small, consistent practices as daily emotional vitamins — because when children learn to care for their inner world early, wellbeing becomes part of everyday life, not something reserved for moments of struggle.

Some resources integrate Christian faith explicitly; others are designed for school and therapeutic settings where faith-neutral materials are required.

Choose the Context That Best Fits Your Setting

All Train A Child Ideas resources are shaped by the same child-centred, formation-first approach — adapted for the environments in which children live, learn, and grow.

FAITH, EMOTIONAL & IDENTITY RESOURCES

Gentle, Scripture-rooted tools that help children grow in their identity in Christ, understand their feelings, and develop emotional and spiritual resilience. These resources weave in daily habits (“emotional vitamins”) that nurture secure identity, spiritual grounding, and inner strength long before challenges arise. Many families using this approach also choose to explore our Universal Wellbeing tools to support foundational emotional skills.

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SCHOOL & THERAPEUTIC WELLBEING RESOURCES

Faith-neutral, psycho-educational resources designed for schools, classrooms, counselling, and community settings. Grounded in child psychology, trauma-informed practice, and emotional literacy, these tools help children recognise emotions, build regulation skills, and develop emotional understanding through gentle daily practices. Suitable for educational and professional environments where explicit faith language is not required.

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Our Approach to Whole-Child Emotional Wellbeing

These pillars shape all Train A Child Ideas resources — expressed through daily emotional habits that support children long before challenges arise.

Emotional Literacy & Expression

We help children recognise, understand, and name their feelings with confidence. Through visual supports, reflective prompts, and daily emotional habits (“emotional vitamins”), children learn to express emotions safely and develop lasting emotional awareness.

Self-Regulation & Calming Skills

We support children to understand and regulate overwhelming emotions, helping their bodies return to a sense of calm and balance. Movement-based strategies, grounding exercises, and calming visuals support nervous system health and day-to-day wellbeing.

Identity, Purpose & Spiritual Growth

We nurture a child’s inner world by strengthening identity, self-worth, and meaning. For families who choose faith-based support, we offer Scripture-rooted tools that help children grow in their identity in Christ and develop secure emotional and spiritual foundations.

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Created with your Family in Mind

Our resources are thoughtfully designed to support children’s emotional wellbeing as part of everyday family life — not just in moments of difficulty.

Whether used at home, in the classroom, or in supportive settings, each resource is created to help children understand their emotions, build emotional literacy, and develop confidence and resilience over time.

At Train A Child Ideas, we believe children thrive when their emotional, mental, and spiritual worlds are nurtured together. Our approach is preventive, not reactive — focusing on gentle, consistent practices that strengthen a child’s inner foundation long before challenges arise.

Each printable, story, and journal is created as a tool for lifelong wellbeing.

Rooted in child psychology, trauma-informed practice, and faith-rooted values, our resources support children to:

• recognise and understand their emotions
• develop healthy calming and coping skills
• build confidence, emotional regulation, and self-awareness
• grow with a secure sense of identity and worth

We embed these skills into simple daily habits we call daily emotional vitamins — small, consistent practices that help children care for their inner world and grow into emotionally secure, compassionate young people.

OUR FLAGSHIP RESOURCE for Daily Emotional WellbeinG

My Big Emotions Journal

Gift Emotional Wellbeing

Our Emotional Wellbeing Gift Card allows families to gift resources that support child’s emotional formation, identity and inner resilience.

Designed to nurture emotional understanding, confidence and a secure sense of self, these resources help children build daily emotional habits rooted in care, reflection and faith-informed values. 

A meaningful gift for families who want to invest in a child's inner world.