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Cover of The Case of the Hot Hands, a printable anger activity for children aged 4–8, featuring Detective Dot and Marmalade

Case 001 · Anger

The Case of the Hot Hands

Can your child solve the feeling mystery?

Something has happened to Detective Dot. Dot’s cheeks feel hot, hands feel tight and feet feel stompy. But what feeling do all those clues belong to?

Children join Dot and Marmalade to investigate body clues and thought clues, gather the evidence, identify the feeling and explore what Dot might need next.

Designed for ages approximately 4–8 · 21 illustrated pages · includes child detective activities and a grown-up page

A peek inside the case file

Inside page of The Case of the Hot Hands: Detective Dot notices her hot cheeks, tight hands and stompy feet as body clues of anger
Body clues found!
Inside page of The Case of the Hot Hands: Dot and Marmalade gather the body and thought clues on their evidence board
The evidence board
Inside page of The Case of the Hot Hands: children practise the Volcano Breath calming strategy with Detective Dot
Do it with Dot

Along the way children practise

  • Noticing body clues
  • Noticing thoughts
  • Naming anger
  • Understanding that feelings aren’t “bad”
  • Trying a simple calming strategy
  • Thinking about what they might need

More than a story

From clues to a Detective Plan

Children don’t only read about Detective Dot. At the end of each mystery, children become the detective. They gather their own body and thought clues, notice what might help, and create a simple Detective Plan they can return to next time.

  1. 1Notice body clues
  2. 2Notice thought clues
  3. 3Gather their own clues
  4. 4Name what they may be feeling
  5. 5Think about what might help
  6. 6Create their own Detective Plan

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