Teaching Tips for Lesson 9: You'll Feel Fine

This is the ninth of seventeen blogs providing practical teaching tips inspired by the lyrics and concepts from the Sammy Rabbit song Get in the Habit!

In the original blog, How the Sammy Rabbit Song Get in the Habit Teaches Kids 17 Money Lessons — Plus Powerful Vocabulary, we explored how the song supports financial education in three powerful ways:

Through clear, repeatable phrases directly from the song
Through real-world money lessons that naturally emerge when kids discuss and apply those phrases or concepts
Through everyday money language that builds financial vocabulary.

Now, we’re expanding on that foundation with a series of blogs that offer teaching tips for each of the 17 individual lessons embedded in the song. Each blog will include: (1) Simple questions to ignite discussion and learning (2) Two easy-to-implement micro-activities (3) A challenge action step (4) Key words to build personal finance and life-skills vocabulary.

Let’s begin with Lesson 8, built on the phrase: "you'll feel fine"

For context, the full lyrics for each phrase are:

You'll feel fine, saving one dime at a time!

The full phrase has been intentionally organized into separate lessons, making it easy to teach one concept at a time or combine them as a sequence.

You can click on the following links to find: song lyrics and a karaoke Video.

Summary

Lesson: Discuss how practicing good habits—like saving—creates positive feelings. When children make steady progress toward their dreams and goals, they experience pride, confidence, and a sense of accomplishment. Good habits don’t just improve outcomes; they build esteem, making kids feel good about themselves.

Share with kids: When you practice good habits—like saving—you start to feel proud and confident. Making progress toward your goals helps you feel good about yourself.

1. Simple Discussion Questions

Use one or two—short, easy, and great for home or classroom conversations.

How do you feel when you do something good again and again?
What does it feel like to make progress toward a goal?
How does saving money make you feel inside?
Why do you think good habits help us feel proud?
Can a small win help you feel more confident?

2. Two Micro-Activities (2–5 Minutes Each)

Micro-Activity 1: Feel-Good Habits

Materials: None

Ask kids to name:

One good habit they practice (saving, cleaning up, practicing, helping)

After each answer, ask:

How does that habit make you feel?

Invite kids to act out a feeling (smile, thumbs up, proud pose).

Purpose: Connects habits with positive emotions and self-esteem.

Micro-Activity 2: Progress Makes Me Proud

Materials: Paper and crayons (optional)

Ask kids to:

Draw or name something they are working toward (a goal or dream)
Circle one small step they’ve already taken

Have them say:

“I’m making progress—and I feel good!”

Purpose: Reinforces pride and confidence through visible progress.

3. Challenge Action Step

Challenge:
This week, notice how good habits make you feel.

Ask kids to:

Practice one good habit (like saving) at least three times
Each time, pause and say:
“I did it—and I feel fine!”

This builds awareness that habits affect both results and feelings.

4. Key Vocabulary Words

These words help children connect habits with emotions and confidence.

Feel: To notice how your body or heart feels inside. | To have an emotion, like happy, proud, or calm. | To sense how something is going for you.

Fine: Feeling good and okay. | Calm, happy, and not worried. | Doing well and feeling proud of yourself.

*Proud: Feeling happy about what you’ve done

*Confidence: Believing in yourself

*Progress: Moving closer to a goal

*Accomplishment: Something you finish or achieve

*Esteem: Feeling good about yourself

So when the song says “You’ll feel fine,” it reminds us that good habits don’t just help our money—they help how we feel inside.

(Note: Words with an asterisk * are not in the song lyrics, but they are important to this lesson, so we’ve included kid-friendly definitions.)

Now Check Out Lesson 10

This blog is part of a 17-lesson series that uses the Sammy Rabbit song Get in the Habit to make it fun, easy, and effective for anyone to talk with and teach young kids about great money habits.

Lesson 10 coming soon!

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