My Mama Says

♥ Our story

Our mission at My Mama Says.

My Mama Says helps children build essential emotional skills through engaging toys, tools, and activities that make learning about feelings fun, approachable, and meaningful.

Nadine Levitt with her children, the inspiration behind My Mama Says. — Nadine Levitt, founder, with her family

A note from our founder

Created by Nadine Levitt, an author, curriculum writer, education advocate, mother, and CEO of Nota Bene Entertainment, the approach grew out of her desire to guide her own children through big emotions in a healthy and empowering way.

Inspired by her work in schools, Nadine offered a free school curriculum and has led many workshops across the United States. She believes emotional intelligence is essential to future success and happiness because it forms the building blocks of self awareness, social awareness, self management, responsible decision making, and relationship skills. That is why she set out to make these tools easier for all families to access through a monthly subscription box and free online resources.

Like watercolor, emotions blend and shape how children experience the world.

The activities are designed to be engaging and practical for real family life. My Mama Says is an ongoing journey. Each month the subscription explores a new emotion in real world context, offering consistent, bite sized learning that fits daily routines.

We believe in equipping families with tools that turn everyday moments into teachable experiences, helping children express themselves with confidence and creativity. Based in Calabasas, California, we are honored to share this journey nationwide by making emotional learning a regular and enjoyable part of life.

SEL Research backed

4 to 11 Ages we serve

12 Core emotions

Free School curriculum

USA Workshops nationwide

Nadine Levitt

Founder, My Mama Says

Based in Calabasas, California

♥ What we stand for

What we believe in.

Born from real family needs

Nadine turned her own parenting challenges, including helping her kids navigate big feelings, into tools that truly work for everyday families.

Educator and community trusted

With free school curriculum offerings and workshops across the United States, many educators have integrated My Mama Says into classrooms and homes.

Built by a leader in emotional learning

Nadine is an advocate and speaker, author of Inside Me Lives a Village, and a voice in national conversations about helping kids work with emotions.

Child interacting with a My Mama Says emotional learning box

Parent and child reading Inside Me Lives a Village by My Mama Says

♥ What you can count on

Our promise to you.

Evidence based tools: Every product is grounded in SEL research and educational best practice.
Real impact for families: Parents and educators report deeper connection, better conversations, and noticeable emotional growth in their kids.
A life long journey: Whether it is a monthly box, a focused kit, or downloadable resources, our mission is to help you build emotional strength into everyday life.

♥ How we built it

Built for the moments that matter most.

Most emotional learning programs stop at awareness. They teach children the words for what they feel and stop short of teaching them what to do next. We built the Emotion Wonderland™ Emotional Strength System to fill that gap. A connected, research backed system that helps children move through real moments with real skill.

Built with educators

Every story, tool, and activity is shaped by teachers, therapists, and curriculum experts. We listened to the people who sit beside children in their hardest moments, and we built around what actually helps.

Backed by research

Grounded in decades of research on emotional intelligence, child development, and social emotional learning. Not trends. Not slogans. The science of how children build emotional strength over time.

Designed for real moments

Tools that work in living rooms, classrooms, calm corners, and car rides. When feelings feel big and answers feel small, every product gives children a path forward they can actually use.

One connected system

Twelve emotions. One cohesive journey. Each box, book, and mini kit builds on the next, so children are not just learning isolated skills. They are growing real emotional strength over time.

From the first Little Book to today, our mission has stayed the same. To help children grow into emotionally strong, kind, and confident humans, one feeling at a time.

♥ The woman behind the work

Meet our founder.

Nadine Levitt is the vision and heart behind this work. She is a mother, educator, and entrepreneur who has seen these tools transform children's emotional lives in homes and classrooms across the country.

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