Ricky the Rocket rolled into his new classroom, his rainbow colors shining bright. He had clouds and stars all over him and waved his arms excitedly. Ms Trudy the Teacher Train chugged over with a warm smile. Sadie the airplane zoomed past with her marble patterns sparkling. Ricky felt nervous but happy. This was going to be a great day!

First Day Jitters

During playtime, Ricky saw Sadie helping another student. She was so gentle and calm. Ricky wanted to say something nice. He rolled over to her and said, 'You are such a rabbit!' In his home, calling someone a rabbit meant they were kind and peaceful. Sadie looked confused and her propeller drooped sadly.

A Kind Word

Ms Trudy's bell rang softly. 'Ricky, please come here,' she said gently. Ricky rolled to her desk, his colors still bright. 'Calling Sadie a rabbit wasn't very nice,' Ms Trudy explained. Ricky's stars dimmed a little. He felt worried. Had he done something really bad? His colors started to fade from rainbow to blue.

Called to Talk

Ricky didn't understand. At home, rabbit was a wonderful compliment! But he felt too sad to explain. His beautiful rainbow colors turned deep blue. He rolled slowly back to his spot. Ms Trudy watched him carefully, noticing how his colors changed. Ricky felt heavy and confused. Why was everything going wrong on his first day?

Feeling Blue

At recess, Sadie flew over to Ricky. 'Want to play?' she asked cheerfully. But Ricky felt too sad and confused. He rolled away quickly, his blue color darkening. Sadie followed, worried about her new friend. 'Ricky, wait!' she called. But Ricky kept rolling, looking for somewhere to hide. He needed to be alone.

Running Away

Ricky found the refill room and rolled inside, closing the door behind him. He curled up in the corner. His blue colors faded to grey, like storm clouds. He had never felt this sad before. Everything was confusing and wrong. He just wanted to disappear. Grey swirled all over his body, covering his stars and clouds.

The Quiet Room

Ms Trudy chugged to the refill room door. She had noticed Ricky's colors changing all day. Rainbow meant happy, blue meant sad, but grey? She didn't know. 'I need to learn what grey means,' she thought. She sat by the door. 'Ricky, I'm here if you want to talk,' she said softly through the door.

Ms Trudy Searches

Inside the room, Ricky remembered something. Before school, he had tried to compliment another friend at the playground. That friend got upset too! Ricky had felt so confused and sad that he turned bright red. Then something scary happened. He felt himself heating up and suddenly WHOOSH! He blasted off into the sky like a rocket!

The Memory

Ricky had zoomed through clouds and past birds until he landed on a strange, beautiful place. It was the Phillimonian planet! The magical planet had special rooms everywhere. There were rooms for music, art, yoga, bubbles, and toys. A gentle voice had whispered, 'Find calm and you can go home.' Ricky had been scared but curious.

Landing on Phillimonian

On Phillimonian, Ricky had found a singing room filled with country music. He loved country songs! He had started singing along, his favorite tunes filling the air. As he sang, he focused on breathing slowly. In and out, in and out. His red color began to fade. Yellow appeared, then orange, then his natural rainbow returned. He had felt peaceful.

The Singing Room

As soon as his natural colors returned on Phillimonian, Ricky had felt himself falling gently. Down, down, down through the sky until he landed in the exact spot where he had blasted off! Now, sitting grey in the refill room, Ricky understood. He needed to calm down again. He needed to find his colors. He needed to breathe.

Coming Back Down

Ricky took deep breaths, just like on Phillimonian. A tiny bit of yellow appeared on his clouds. He opened the door. Ms Trudy smiled. 'In my home, rabbit means kind and peaceful,' Ricky explained quietly. Ms Trudy's eyes widened. 'Oh Ricky! What a beautiful compliment!' She called Sadie over and Ricky explained. Sadie beamed. Ricky's rainbow colors blazed bright again!

Finding the Words

A Rocket that changes colour. 
He has clouds and stars on him. 
Has a face and arms 

Ricky 

A Cartoon girl airoplane with clouds, hearts and spirals patterns on it. it is a marbled.

Sadie

Ms Trudy

Magical planet with calming rooms, music, art, yoga, church, bubble, toy and more.

Phillimonian planet


The Anxious Rocket.

The rocket that can change into anything it believes but when it is anxious, stressed, overwhelmed it turns into a rocket and blasts off and lands on a planet.

We have a little rocket on their first day of school they are talking to the teacher because they called their friend a rabbit. The teacher said it wasn’t a very nice thing to do. 
Rocket is worried that he has done something really bad. Rocket doesn’t understand because a rabbit in his culture means a kind calm individual. 
Rocket is very sad. Rocket is too sad to speak up for himself. 
Rocket sulks and turns blue instead of his beautiful rainbow colours. 
Rocket sees his friends Saidy and doesn’t want to play with her. He runs away and she follows. 
He closes himself in the refill room and his beautiful colours turn grey. 
 His class teacher came to see what was wrong, she had realised that whenever he had a different emotion his colour would change. She was unsure why he was grey. She thought maybe if I research emotions, I will find what grey means. 
The teacher sat at the door and tried talking to rocket, but still nothing. 
(Rocket remembered, while he waited trying to complement his friend. He remembers his friend getting so upset and it made him upset that he turned red and shot off into the sky. He landed on Phillimonian planet.) To come back down from the planet, he would have to calm down and find some of his natural colours. Rocket finds a singing room with all his favourite country songs, and he sits in there and sings, controlling his breathing and bringing his mind back down to earth where he falls in the spot that he had left. 


 



 
