That fish in my stomach spins and spins… my head hurts, my hands get sweaty, my heartbeats speed up, and the world spins around me. How did it reach me? How did it get into my stomach?
The doctor says: “It is okay to feel anxious about something, but we must ignore it if it stands in our way.”
Parent & Teacher Guide
The little boy in the story feels anxious about a fish that keeps spinning inside his stomach. As the time pass, this fish becomes two fish, three fish, four fish!
He tries his hardest to make it go away but the fish become bigger, and he ends up failing.
He asked his father, grandmother, and even his friend Radwan for help, but no one gave him a good solution for the spinning fish, so he goes to his mother who always listen to him and she takes him to the doctor.
“That Fish in My Stomach” highlights children’s feelings of anxiety and how it affects their behavior and daily lives, which makes them drown in self-criticism and negative feelings, it also suggests solutions to these kinds of problems so that children can gradually give up on their anxiety in order to interact with their surroundings and become happier and more helpful to others.
For Discussion:
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Have you ever felt something spinning in your stomach?
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Describe your feeling? And why did you feel it?
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If you were the little boy in the story, what would you do?
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If you ever felt anxious or worried, will you ask for help?
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Do you prefer talking about your problems or drawing them?
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What makes you worried?
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What do you think will make your worries go away?
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Do you have other solutions for the little boy in the story?
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Do you think the doctor helped the little boy to find a solution to his problem in this story?
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What do you feel when you help others?
