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Speaker 2: Oh no, what's wrong, Cowie? Why are you upset?
Speaker 3: Since feelingly nervous? Why?
Speaker 2: Why?
Speaker 3: Because today is my very first day of school?
Speaker 1: Oh, going to school can be so much fun, Cawie.
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Speaker 1: Now, let's go back to help Cowie get ready for school.
Speaker 3: But I don't want to go through school. It's scary.
Speaker 2: That's okay, Cawie.
Speaker 1: It's completely normal to feel scared before we do something
Speaker 1: we've never done before. Sometimes it helps to talk about
Speaker 1: what you're scared about. It can help you feel better.
Speaker 1: What scares you about the first day of school?
Speaker 3: I don't know anyone there. I don't have any friends
Speaker 3: at school.
Speaker 2: You don't have any friends. That's school yet.
Speaker 1: Meeting new people and making new friends can feel scary
Speaker 1: at first, but it is also part of the fun
Speaker 1: of going to school. After all, how can you make
Speaker 1: new friends if you don't meet new people.
Speaker 3: That's true, I guess so I do like making friends.
Speaker 2: I'm sure there will be new people that would love
Speaker 2: to be your friend. You are so much fun to
Speaker 2: play with.
Speaker 3: Uh, thanks, Lisa.
Speaker 2: Are you feeling a little less nervous, Cowie?
Speaker 3: A little? But I'm still feeling nervous about having to
Speaker 3: learn new things.
Speaker 1: Well, your teachers can help you understand them.
Speaker 2: They're there so you can learn new things. That's their job. Plus,
Speaker 2: you love learning new things, right, Calie? Yeah?
Speaker 3: I do, me too. We have fun learning new things
Speaker 3: all the time together.
Speaker 1: Yeah, we've learned about colors and shapes, be women in
Speaker 1: stem and so many other things. Well, at school you
Speaker 1: get to learn about all of those things and so
Speaker 1: much more, and you get to make friends while doing it.
Speaker 2: Doesn't that sound fun, Cowie.
Speaker 3: Yeah, it does. It sounds fun. But I think I'm
Speaker 3: still nervous. My tummy feels a little funny.
Speaker 1: That's what you call having butterflies in your stomach?
Speaker 3: What How can she have have butterflies in her stomach?
Speaker 3: How did they get there?
Speaker 2: They're not real butterflies.
Speaker 1: It's just what we call those jittery feelings that we
Speaker 1: get in our stomachs when we're feeling nervous about something.
Speaker 3: You I don't butterflies flapping around them there?
Speaker 1: But did you know that those jittery feelings aren't always
Speaker 1: a bad thing?
Speaker 3: What do you mean?
Speaker 1: Well, many times they give us the push we need
Speaker 1: to do something difficult. Can you think any times when
Speaker 1: you've been nervous before doing something fun or exciting.
Speaker 3: I always get nervous right before a soccer game. I
Speaker 3: get nervous when I'm playing a hard level in a
Speaker 3: video game.
Speaker 1: See And most of the time those nerves go away
Speaker 1: and you have fun doing what you were nervous about.
Speaker 2: That's true.
Speaker 3: It's exciting when I score a goal, and it's exciting
Speaker 3: when I win my video game.
Speaker 1: People experience those nervous or worried feelings.
Speaker 2: All the time.
Speaker 1: Truth is, it can be negative, for example, when you
Speaker 1: are running late to a birthday party, as well as positive,
Speaker 1: like when you are really excited about something such as
Speaker 1: your first day of school. Now I have an idea, Cawie.
Speaker 2: What is it?
Speaker 1: Instead of seeing it as something scary, trying to see
Speaker 1: it as excitement.
Speaker 2: So instead of thinking.
Speaker 1: I'm nervous or scared to make new friends or learn
Speaker 1: new things, you could think I'm excited to make new
Speaker 1: friends and learn new things. Just changing the way you
Speaker 1: think about it can make you feel better and more confident.
Speaker 3: Wool, I guess there's really nothing to be scared of.
Speaker 3: I'm pretty excited to go to school. I'm excited for you, Cawie,
Speaker 3: me too.
Speaker 1: Now that you know this, Cawi, maybe you can help
Speaker 1: some of the other new students feel better.
Speaker 2: I'm sure there are a lot of other.
Speaker 1: New students who are feeling the same way you're feeling.
Speaker 3: That's a good idea. I'll help others be excited and
Speaker 3: not scared.
Speaker 1: Great will help you pack up your things so we
Speaker 1: can take you to your first day of school together. Hooray.
Speaker 3: Thanks everyone for helping me get ready for school.
Speaker 1: Lingo Kids listeners, thank you all for helping Cawie get
Speaker 1: ready for her first day of school. We had a
Speaker 1: great time today learning about stress and how to cope
Speaker 1: with it and use it to our advantage. See you
Speaker 1: in our next episode either way.
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