My 1st Year & Discovering Feelings Books

My 1st Year & Discovering Feelings Books

My First Year

The first year of a baby’s life is an exciting time. “My 1st Year Baby Book” is designed to document a baby’s first year of life.

My First Year Booklet (English)

El Álbum del Primer Año de Mi Bebé (Español)

Consultant’s Notes

Discovering Feelings

The “Discovering Feelings” booklet is designed to assist caregivers in helping to label a young child’s feelings.

Discovering Feelings Booklet (English)

Comenzar a Descubrir Los Sentimientos (Español)

Consultant’s Notes

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Information and Tips for Mental Health Consultants

My 1st Year

“My 1st Year Baby Book” is a tool designed to support your work as an early childhood mental health consultant.

The first year of a baby’s life is an exciting time filled with wonderful new experiences, and caregiver’s daily interactions with babies lay the foundation for their long-term physical, social, emotional, linguistic and cognitive development.

You can support caregiver practices through introducing and facilitating the use of this tool with providers and parents as an intentional and structured opportunity for skill building and knowledge development.

Discovering Feelings

The “Discovering Feelings” booklet is designed to assist caregivers in helping to label a young child’s feelings. This tool offers caregivers a simple way to:

  • Introduce emotional vocabulary to a child
  • Illustrate for children a range of emotions
  • Validate the wide range of emotions experienced by children
  • Assist children in linking emotional vocabulary with specific actions.

Information and Tips for Parents

My 1st Year

The first year of a baby’s life is an exciting time filled with wonderful new experiences, and your daily interactions with your baby lays the foundation for his/her long-term physical, social, emotional, linguistic and cognitive development. Download “My 1st Year Baby Book” to help you document your baby’s first year of life.

Discovering Feelings

The “Discovering Feelings” booklet is designed to assist parents in helping to label a young child’s feelings. This tool offers parents a simple way to:

  • Introduce emotional vocabulary to a child
  • Illustrate for children a range of emotions
  • Validate the wide range of emotions experienced by children
  • Assist children in linking emotional vocabulary with specific actions.

Information and Tips for HS Staff 

My 1st Year

“My 1st Year Baby Book” is a tool designed to support your work as an early childhood provider. The first year of a baby’s life is an exciting time filled with wonderful new experiences, and caregiver’s daily interactions with babies lay the foundation for their long-term physical, social, emotional, linguistic and cognitive development. You can use this tool with families to document the early experiences of infants in your programs.

Discovering Feelings

The “Discovering Feelings” booklet is designed to assist caregivers in helping to label a young child’s feelings. This tool offers caregivers a simple way to:

  • Introduce emotional vocabulary to a child
  • Illustrate for children a range of emotions
  • Validate the wide range of emotions experienced by children
  • Assist children in linking emotional vocabulary with specific actions.
This product was developed [in part] under grant number 1H79SM082070-01 from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The views, policies and opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of SAMHSA or HHS.