
What do you get excited about? How does it feel when you’re sad? The colourful world of Roundies teaches children important emotional skills in a creative and entertaining way.
Helping preschoolers learn emotional intelligence the fun way
Finland is famous for its high pedagogical standards and the Roundies stories are pedagogically designed to support the educational, social and emotional development of preschool children. The positive psychology behind the books helps children recognise their personal strengths while making sense of emotional responses. The stories explore many different themes including self-esteem, building positive relationships, dealing with disappointment and encouraging children to try, try again!
The Roundies stories are fun yet reassuring, and kids love them!
The Roundies live on all platforms: animation brings the characters to life and gives an entertaining insight into how different emotions feel. Books go deeper into emotional learning – and are designed to be read and discussed together with an adult. Mobile games are available for both younger children, who start with recognising and naming emotions, and older kids who can practice emotional control and social skills.
We are developing an app for parents, where they can follow their children’s emotional development. Parents get feedback on the emotions their children have worked on and also actionable tips on education.
Press releases
How to discover your strengths
1. Observe your child and encourage him/her to recognize the things that he/she enjoys doing or is especially good at. We all do different things differently. Pay attention to your child and take note of [...]
How to control your temper
1. Help the child to recognize anger, and talk through the cause together Feeling cross can bring on a hurricane of emotions when the child is angry. Help the child to recognize the feeling and [...]
How to be more determined
1. Remember to give positive feedback, acknowledging your child’s efforts and not only the achievements Trying is more important than succeeding. It’s not always about the destination - the journey can also be of great [...]
We are the Roundies!
Cranky Crabbie Me grumpy? No way! That makes me grumpy! Arrgh! Sisu Foxy I never give up! If at first I don’t succeed, I try again! Onwards and upwards! [...]
Books in stores!
You can find the Roundies books in Suomalainen Kirjakauppa, Akateeminen Kirjakauppa, Info-bookstores, Adlibris-online bookstore and Suuri Suomalainen Kirjakerho. Get your copy now! Three Cheers for Cheeraffe Cheeraffe always supports his friends. This story shows the [...]