This lyrical song celebrates many of the character strengths classified by Peterson and Seligman (2004). The ones that have their emergence in early childhood are curiosity, love of learning, persistence, kindness, gratitude and hope. The key message in this song is that through these positive traits we can control how good our day is. The song challenges us to see, show and be what Barbara Fredrickson calls “Positivity”.  The best way we as teacher and parents can promote these character traits in young children is to model them.

Feeling Positive (3:44)

Put on your favorite pajamas
Bring a friend along
Start moving those dancing feet
Sing a brand new song

Welcome to tomorrow
Welcome to the way I live
Twice the laughter, half the sorrow
Feeling positive

Candy sprinkles on ice cream
The way that the rainbow shines
Glitter and glue on construction paper
Finger paint in my mind

That's the way I see it
That's what I've got to give
Know it, show it, see it, be it
Feeling positive

Feeling hopeful - looking forward to something new
Feeling kind - let me do something special for you
Feeling curious - have to know how it all came to be
Feeling thankful - for every little thing that happens to me

That's the way I see it
That's what I've got to give
Know it, show it, see it, be it
Find it, face it, feel it, free it

Every little thing inside of me, it's
Feeling positive