An animated series for ages 4–7

Big feelings are easier with someone next to you.

Amara is five, notices everything, and sometimes the world gets too loud. Kofi is four, and he knows exactly what to do about it. Every episode hands kids one small, nameable tool they can use before the next hard moment arrives.

See the six tools Books & classroom packs
Amara and Kofi, two young siblings in matching purple and gold pajamas, smiling at each other

A sibling team, not a lesson

Support runs both directions. Amara solves her own problems; Kofi keeps her company while she does — and he needs her just as often.

Neurodivergence in the lead

Amara's sensory sensitivity is the show's point of view, not a side character's storyline or a very-special-episode.

Tools with names kids keep

Six recurring techniques a four-year-old can say out loud — at the dinner table, in a grocery aisle, at bedtime, long after the screen is off.

The toolkit

Six tools, taught once and used forever

Each episode pairs an everyday situation with one tool. Kids meet a tool, watch it work, and hear it again next week — which is how a phrase becomes a habit.

Balloon Breath

Breathe in slow through the nose until your belly puffs out like a balloon filling, hold it, then let it go long and slow. The whole family uses it — Dad included.

Use it when: the feeling is already here and needs to come down.

The Full Cup

Saying "my cup is full" out loud before it spills — naming a feeling while it's still building.

Use it when: it's creeping up slowly.

Fox Ears

Listening on purpose and giving every sound a name — because a sound with a name is far less frightening than one without.

Use it when: a noise is scarier than it needs to be.

Rock in My Pocket

A smooth stone Amara keeps on her — something real to hold when everything else feels uncertain.

Use it when: you need an anchor you can touch.

The Volume Dial

Putting a number on how loud something is, one to ten, so a vague overwhelming thing becomes a specific, sayable one.

Use it when: you need words for how much.

Kofi's Countdown

A call-and-response chant — five things you can see, four you can touch — that doubles as Kofi's comic timing.

Use it when: the waiting is the hard part.
The family

Four people, one house, a lot of practice

Nobody in this family is the tired one or the fun one. They're a team that has worked this out together, which is the quietest thing the show teaches.

Amara
Five years old

Precise, curious, and the first to spot the one crooked painting in a room. Certain sounds, bright lights and crowded spaces tip her from fine to flooded fast — and she's building a toolkit for it. She's also funny, stubborn, and usually the one who solves the actual problem with something nobody else noticed.

Kofi
Four years old

Loud, silly, sturdy, and fiercely proud of his big sister. He doesn't fully understand sensory overload, but he knows her signals because the family practiced them together. He's not a tiny therapist — he gets impatient, brags, wants attention. Amara helps him just as often.

Mom & Dad
The grown-ups

Both home, both steady. They model language for feelings, give Amara room to ask for what she needs instead of speaking over her, and treat Kofi's support of his sister as something to be proud of — never as his job.

The format

Short episodes, built to be rewatched

Every story crosses one everyday situation with one tool — which is how a small writers' room produces a deep catalog without a single filler episode.

2 min
Per episode, built in four beats
50
Episodes mapped from the story engine
8 × 6
Situations crossed with tools
4–7
Target age range
Balloon Breath × SchoolThe Big Loud First Day
Full Cup × SchoolSeat Twelve
Full Cup × MealtimeToo Many Bites
Rock × Out and aboutThe Lost Rock
Fox Ears × BedtimeWhat Do You Hear at Night?
Countdown × Car rideAre We There Yet?
Volume Dial × PartyThe Loudest Party
Balloon Breath × PlaygroundBefore the Big Slide
In print

The tools, off the screen and in your hands

Everything the show teaches, made for the kitchen table and the classroom carpet — so the six tools keep working long after the episode ends.

Paperback · Ages 4–7

Big Feelings Coloring Book

Twenty-nine pictures to color, following Amara and Kofi through an ordinary day and through all six tools. Every tool page asks the child a question — How full is your cup today? How loud is it right now? The coloring is the easy part; the question is what makes it stick.

29 pages8.5 × 11 inSingle-sidedThick, clean lines
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Printable · Grades K–2

Six Tool Readers

Six short illustrated readers, one per tool, each ending with a page that asks the child to try it. Built for calm-down corners, morning meeting and small-group counseling — with a teacher and counselor guide and a six-week sequence.

6 readers10 pages eachTeacher guideCASEL-aligned
Get it on TPT

A second coloring book — everyday adventures with Amara and Kofi — is on the way.

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For grown-ups

The part that happens after the episode ends

The tools are designed to leave the screen. These are the same six, written for the people who'll be using them at 7:40 on a Tuesday morning.

For parents

Printable cards for each tool, a one-page guide to spotting the signals before a meltdown, and the songs from the show so you can keep singing them in the car.

  • Six calm-down cards, one per tool
  • A fridge-sized feelings chart
  • Sing-along lyric sheets
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For teachers & counselors

Classroom-ready versions of the toolkit for calm corners, morning meetings, and small-group SEL time.

  • Calm-corner poster set (all six tools)
  • Morning-meeting discussion prompts
  • Tool-of-the-week visual schedule cards
Set up: link your Teachers Pay Teachers store here once the Six Tool Readers bundle is live.
Partners & press

Licensing, publishing and press enquiries

Amara & Kofi is independently created and wholly owned. The series bible, character designs, story engine and original music are developed and available to discuss.

Series bible — format, themes, cast, tone
50 mapped episodes — situation × tool matrix
Song lyrics — one per tool, written for sing-along
Character & mark designs — cast, six tool icons
Published books — coloring book in print, readers for classrooms
Publishing line — activity books and classroom packs
Jay Simmons — creator, Amara & Kofi. Set up: add a business email address here and a response-time commitment. A named human with a real inbox is the strongest legitimacy signal on this page.