🦊🦆🦜🦏 The Steady Steps Club
 
Featured Story
 
✨ A gentle story about finding calm in wobbly moments.
 
Join Finn the Fox, Delaney the Duck, Micah the Macaw, and Riley the Rhino in The Steady Steps Club — a cozy forest tale about learning to stay steady when emotions grow big.
 
When Finn feels nervous in a new group setting, he fumbles, freezes, and almost flees. But with the patient support of his friends — and Riley’s calm guidance — he learns that self-regulation isn’t about being perfect. It’s about noticing what’s happening inside, taking a breath, and continuing with care.
 
This softly illustrated story helps children (ages 4–9) develop self-regulation skills inspired by Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). Through mindful movement, co-regulation, and gentle group practice, kids learn to pause, calm their bodies, and keep going — even after a stumble.
 
Included in this resource:

🧠 10-page illustrated story with reflection and comprehension questions to guide emotional learning.

📘 2-page Guide for Adults with simple ways to adapt the story for mindful movement, group check-ins, and classroom routines.

🎴 3-page set of sequencing cards (image + text versions) to help kids retell the story, build emotional vocabulary, and strengthen regulation through play.
 
✨ Total: 15 pages
 
Perfect for home, therapy, or classroom use, The Steady Steps Club reminds children that even when life feels wobbly, they can always return to steady steps — supported by breath, care, and friendship.