Ten Episodes for Exploring Big Feelings
Tips, resources, episodes and more highlighting the importance of mental health in early years
Did you know each episode of Bing focuses on one core emotion and key learning?
These episodes were selected as part of the week to highlight the variety of feelings that are featured throughout Bing. A compilation of feeling-filled Bing episodes are available on YouTube and on the Bing: Watch, Play, Learn app.
Is Bing beneficial for young children?
Yes. Toddlerhood is a time when children are going through a massive change in the types of emotions that they feel. So the main benefit [of Bing] is about helping children to learn to understand and recognise these emotions.
- Dr Sam Wass, Child Psychologist
How can the issues shown in Bing help support positive emotional development?
I think the way that Bing deals with things when they do, when when things don't go as planned, gives children really great model to copy from and learn from so that they don't have that pressure to be perfect all the time, which is really bad for mental health
-Dr Sam Wass, Child Psychologist
Download a printable version where you can tick off which episodes you've watched with your little one!
Episode: Bye Bye
Core Emotion: Sadness
Key Learning: How to cope with loss
Episode: Car Park
Core Emotion: Remorse (Shame)
Key Learning: Making good a wrong
Episode: Here I Go
Core Emotion: Courage
Key Learning: Confronting fears and anxiety
Episode: Train
Core Emotion: Discovery
Key Learning: Adapting to circumstances
Episode: Hippity Hoppity Voosh
Core Emotion: Worry and Anxiety
Key Learning: Asking for help
Episode: Skateboard
Core Emotion: Courage
Key Learning: Confronting fears and doubts
Episode: Toy Party
Core Emotion: Anger
Key Learning: Saying sorry and making good
Episode: Mobile Phone
Core Emotion: Shame (Guilt)
Key Learning: About owning up to a mistake
Episode: Show
Core Emotion: Caution and Confidence
Key Learning: Taking part with others
Episode: Birthday
Core Emotion: Sadness
Key Learning: Being more resilient
Visit our YouTube channel and Bing: Watch, Play, Learn app for a special episodes playlists for Children's Mental Health Week and our Facebook page for activities, competitions and discussions around the importance of mental health in early years.