When it comes to talking about or describing our feelings, many of us struggle to find the right words.
Funky Fish Feelings is a wonderful resource for building conversations and helping users to recognise their emotions and feelings. By helping users find words to represent their feelings, they can experience transformation and self-liberation.
If you've ever pressed your nose to an aquarium and been disappointed by the blank expressions returned, then grab your snorkel and plunge with us into the burbling watery world of Funky Fish Feelings!
These are fish with attitude, and some might bear an uncanny resemblance to people you know! Which one are you today? The flummoxed flounder? The cranky crab? What about the despondent dolphin or the shy shark?
The 48 Funky Fish Feelings cards include a diverse range of emotions, which act as a visual metaphor for our feelings. These quirky critters of the deep can be used in similar ways to The Bears and Stones …have feelings too! But each card also features a cute little seahorse named Farr Lapp, who plays the role of observer. Having an observer as a witness creates different ways of building conversations, and can turn a two-person dialogue into a ‘trialogue’.
Funky Fish Feelings will find many creative uses in the hands of teachers and human service workers, and the cards are ideal for icebreakers, storytelling, family sculpting exercises and therapeutic conversations. So whether you’re sailing on the high seas or paddling in the shallows, take a dip below the foam and say hello to these fabulous aquatic personalities!
Suitable for: Counselling, Therapeutic settings, Child and Family service settings, Social work, Early childhood, Schools, Parents.
Illustrated by talented New Zealand artist Kate Northover.
48 full-colour, laminated cards 210mm x 150mm
24-page booklet
Polypropylene box