The Cloud Above My Head, Teacher's Manual

The Cloud Above My Head

A Story About Feelings, Growth, and Being Kind
What if a worry was just a cloud passing overhead — something you could notice, breathe through, and watch drift away? In this gentle, rhyming picture book, children meet the cloud above their head and learn that thoughts and big feelings aren't enemies to fight or chase. They're energy that comes and goes, like a river. Through warm verse and calm, hopeful illustrations, young readers discover how to pause, breathe, and let a feeling be — and how to reach for a safe adult when a cloud feels too heavy to carry alone.

Along the way, the book gently teaches mindfulness, emotional regulation, self-worth, and resilience, with reassuring reminders that mistakes are how we grow, every feeling is okay, and bad times don't stay. It closes with a tender truth every child deserves to hear: you are loved, you are enough, you matter.

Written for ages Pre-K to 5, The Cloud Above My Head is part of The Invisible Woman Series and pairs beautifully with its companion song — a soothing read-aloud for the classroom, the calm-down corner, or at home with a parent at bedtime.