Things Olive notices
Small signals
can say a lot.
- Body signals and the small things beneath a big reaction
- When a child needs time before a question
- That different kinds of help work on different days
Meet a woodland friend
Olive Owl
A patient listener who is curious before certain
Olive does not rush in with one right answer. She sits beside Fuzz, notices with him and asks small questions that help him hear what his tummy, head and heart may be communicating.
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What can help
Connection comes
in different shapes.
- Sitting alongside rather than taking charge
- Open questions with no required answer
- Reminding the friends that there is not one correct way to feel
In the stories
Read more of
Olive’s woodland.
Or begin with One Slow Breath, a printable activity connected to this character’s story.
