Case 003 · Sadness
The Case of the Leaky Eyes
Can you solve a mystery?
Today something feels different inside Dot. Dot’s chest feels heavy, shoulders feel low and eyes feel… leaky. Earlier, Dot really wanted a turn — and it didn’t happen. What could these clues mean?
Children join Dot and Marmalade to look for body and thought clues, work out the feeling, learn to be gentle with it and think about what Dot might need next.
21 illustrated pages · includes children’s detective activities and a note for grown-ups
A peek inside the case file
Along the way children practise
- Noticing sadness in the body
- Spotting thought clues
- Naming the feeling sad
- Understanding that feelings aren’t “bad”
- Being gentle with a sad feeling
- 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.
- 1Notice body clues
- 2Notice thought clues
- 3Gather their own clues
- 4Name what they may be feeling
- 5Think about what might help
- 6Create their own Detective Plan
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