This book provides a sequential program to explore and develop communication skills about their own feelings and behaviors. Designed for use in grades 3-8, activities can be adapted to fit specific needs and audiences. The book is divided into two parts. Part 1, "Introduction," includes: (1) "Important Feelings Concepts"; (2) "Where do Feelings Come From?"; (3) "The Emotional Operating Systems"; (4) "Changing Responses to Feelings"; (5) "Repressing Feelings"; (6) "Feelings and Stress"; and (7) "Understanding, Managing and Learning from Feelings." Part 2, "Activities," contains: (1) "The Active Listener"; (2) "Communication Counts"; (3) "Say What You Mean"; (4) "Don't Say 'You,' Say 'I'"; (5) "Don't Say 'You'--Say 'I'"; (6) "What's Your Style?"; (7) "Should I, or Shouldn't I?"; (8) "The Write Stuff"; (9) "A Vocabulary of Feelings"; (10) "A Time I Remember Feelings"; (11) "Feel Your Feelings"; (12) "Pantomime a Feeling"; (13) "Feelings and Your Body"; (14) "The 'Feeling' of Poetry"; (15) "Tune In to Your Feelings"; (16) "Painting Our Feelings"; (17) "Magic Glasses"; (18) "Be Happy!"; (19) "The Keys to Happiness"; (20) "What's on My Mind"; (21) "The Land Remembers"; (22) "What Good Are Feelings?"; (23) "That's Unfair!"; (24) "Developing Responsible Feelings"; (25) "Take Responsibility for Your Feelings!"; (26) "Positive vs. Negative"; (27) "One of the Scariest Things That Ever Happened to Me"; (28) "We All Have Fears"; (29) "Rational Fears vs. Irrational Fears"; (30) "Fear Is a Monster"; (31) "Fear Busters"; (32) "Sequencing Anger"; (33) "Personal Anger Scale"; (34) "Let's Make Up"; (35) "Make It Better Letter"; (36) "First Feelings"; (37) "Dealing with Anger"; (38) "What's Your Bag of Tricks?"; and (39) "Literature Connection." (EH)