For Educators · PreK–2nd Grade
Every big feeling gets a name a child recognizes — and the next words for the grown-up beside them.
The Krewelings is a New Orleans krewe of 20 characters, each carrying one big feeling, built for the classroom and the adults in it. Name the feeling, understand it, find a way through it, and grow empathy.
For teachers, counselors, and librarians of PreK–2nd grade.
The hard part isn’t naming the feeling
A character a child sees themselves in
The Krewelings gives every big feeling a character a child recognizes themselves in — so they can say “I feel like Hux right now” — and here’s what Hux does. That’s the difference between teaching a concept about feelings and handing a child a shortcut to name what they feel and what to try next. Every card is two-sided — a child side, and a separate grown-up side.
Child side
A coping strategy in kid language — name it · tool it · time it · return.
Parent / teacher side
How to coach it: the next words to say, so the grown-up is equipped, not guessing.
Built around CASEL’s five core competencies
The Krewelings is built around CASEL’s five core competencies. We designed the characters, the card backs, and the routine to map to that framework so it fits the language your school already speaks.
- Self-awareness Naming the feeling that’s actually happening.
- Self-management The per-character coping strategy — “name it · tool it · time it · return.”
- Social awareness Empathy: every other Kreweling is someone else’s big feeling.
- Relationship skills The shared vocabulary that lets a child and a grown-up talk about it.
- Responsible decision-making Addressed as the Conflict Resolution deck joins the line.
You are not imagining it — and here is the evidence
Teachers across the country are reporting the same thing: children arriving with big feelings and no way to hold them. We pulled together what the research actually shows about that — every source, every sample size, every caveat — including four things you have probably been told that the current evidence no longer supports.
The studies measure the problem, not our products. We have not run a trial on the Krewelings and we do not pretend otherwise. What the research supports is the shape of the need.
Read the research →One coordinated system — each piece, its right job
Not three separate products — one coordinated system, each format doing the job it’s actually good at.
Emotion Card Deck
$29.99
The calm-corner / one-on-one / take-home tool. 45 two-sided cards: 40 emotion cards — each with a child side and a grown-up (parent + teacher) side — plus 4 story-prompt cards and a guide card with a QR code for free coloring & activity-page downloads. ~360 coping tips in one deck.
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Teacher’s Workbook
$44.99
Structured lessons; the deeper “how to run this” for the adult. The institutional anchor and proof of depth.
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Poster Suite (11)
$39.99
Whole-class, wall-visible, durable — the room’s shared reference. Every classroom wall becomes a quiet reminder.
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School Kit — $99
$99
The institutional offer: deck + workbook + posters bundled for a classroom, with the CASEL one-pager included.
Talk about a School Kit →Equip the adult, not just the child
- Recognition, not abstraction. A child sees themselves in the character — “that’s me right now” — which sticks better than a faces chart.
- The adult is equipped, not just the child. The separate parent/teacher side is the part no one else gives you.
- Plays nicely with Zones of Regulation. We don’t replace the framework your school already uses — the Krewelings ride on top of it: name the feeling → the character → the strategy.
From the people who’d know
“For every parent, caregiver, or teacher who has struggled with children “melting down” as their words fail and emotions overwhelm them, The Krewelings is a fun way to teach kids how to recognize what’s happening inside their bodies and give them tools to regain control. What a wonderful gift for anyone who cares for young children!”
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Download the CASEL one-pager (PDF) →Full alignment document available to administrators on request — hello@thekrewelings.com.
Buying for a classroom, office, library, or grade level?
Let’s talk — we have school-kit pricing, a grant-ready product description your administrator can use to justify the purchase, and the full CASEL alignment on request.