A First-Day Friend: A Free Poem for Nervous Little Hearts
- Dr. Sandra Munoz
- 3 days ago
- 1 min read
The backpack is by the door. The shoes are picked out. And somewhere around bedtime, a small voice asks the big question: what if it's scary?
First days are wobbly - a new room, new faces, a teacher whose name still feels like a stranger's. Little ones don't always have words for that flutter in their tummy, and that's where a story can help. A poem read aloud gives the worry a name, a rhythm, and a soft place to land. It becomes a little ritual: something to hold onto when everything else is new.
So this August, Fiddleswerth has a small gift for your family. It's called First-Day Friend, and it has a special trick: the child in the poem is YOUR child. Write their name in the blanks, and the story becomes theirs.
How to use it
1. Download the free printable below and print it at home.
2. Write your child's name in the three blanks.
3. Read it together the night before the first day - slowly, snuggled up.
4. Tuck it in a backpack pocket, so a little courage rides along.
Fiddleswerth's promise is a simple one: from the moon, someone is always watching over you. If your little one loves getting mail from the moon, join the Fiddleswerth Circle - you'll get the free keepsake Letter from Fiddleswerth, and first word when new stories arrive.
P.S. Some children are carrying bigger feelings than first-day jitters this season. Our newest story, When Daddy Becomes a Star - a gentle picture book for children grieving a parent - arrives August 15.
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