Clara and the Stormy Feelings is a heartwarming Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) story about understanding feelings, finding calm, building self-awareness, and asking for help. Clara usually enjoys sunny days at school, but one morning, several difficult things happen at once. Her drawing rips, she feels disappointed and lonely, and she becomes overwhelmed by a storm of emotions.
With the support of her teacher, Mrs. Rivera, Clara learns that it is okay to have big feelings. Instead of ignoring or hiding her emotions, she learns to name what she is feeling and use simple calming strategies, including slow breathing and talking to a trusted adult. As Clara understands her feelings, her emotional storm gradually becomes calmer.
This meaningful SEL story helps children recognize and understand emotions such as sadness, worry, disappointment, loneliness, and anger. It shows children that difficult feelings are a normal part of life and that they do not have to face those feelings alone.
Reading SEL stories can help children develop emotional intelligence, self-awareness, self-regulation, communication skills, confidence, and healthy coping strategies. Stories give children relatable situations through which they can learn how to identify emotions, express their feelings appropriately, and discover positive ways to handle challenging moments.
The story also encourages children to understand the importance of asking for help. Through Clara’s experience, young readers learn that talking to a trusted adult can provide comfort and support when emotions feel too overwhelming. Parents and teachers can use this story to begin meaningful conversations about big feelings, calming techniques, friendship, emotional expression, and asking for support.
This resource is ideal for classroom read-alouds, SEL lessons, morning meetings, small-group activities, independent reading, counseling activities, character education, or home reading with parents. It includes 12 comprehension questions and a complete key answers page, allowing children to practice reading comprehension while reflecting on the story’s social-emotional lessons.
Resource Details:
- Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) story
- Focuses on understanding feelings, self-awareness, self-regulation, and asking for help
- Teaches simple calming strategies such as slow breathing
- Encourages children to name and express their emotions
- Promotes emotional confidence and healthy coping skills
- 12 comprehension questions
- Complete key answers
- Full-color illustrated story
- Suitable for classroom and home reading
- Printable PDF format
- 8.5 x 11 inches — USA standard letter size
- Designed for young readers and early elementary learners
3- Tags
SEL, Social Emotional Learning, SEL Story, Feelings and Emotions, Big Feelings, Emotional Awareness, Self Awareness, Self Regulation, Emotional Intelligence, Calming Strategies, Coping Skills, Asking for Help, Managing Emotions, Understanding Feelings, Breathing Exercises, Mindfulness for Kids, Emotional Learning, Social Skills, Character Education, Reading Comprehension, Comprehension Questions, Kids Stories, Children’s Stories, Early Elementary, Classroom Reading, Read Aloud, Counseling Activities, Printable Reading Resource
4- Price
$2.49
5- Grade
1st – 3rd Grade
6- Subject
Reading / Social-Emotional Learning (SEL)
7- Resource Type
Printable Story / Reading Comprehension Worksheet
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