Ginja is a social-emotional learning program for young children, mainly serving students aged 4-7, from kindergarten to second grade. It uses puppet characters, videos, songs, dances, guided questions, and craft activities to explain emotions, with the goal of improving children’s emotional awareness, ability to express themselves, social-emotional skills, and mental well-being. The full program includes 31 lessons; the website showcases 30 videos and songs, and all content is primarily accessed online.
The curriculum focuses on emotional education and children’s mental health, with a particular emphasis on “emotional literacy”: helping children name basic emotions such as fear, sadness, anger, and happiness, and understand the relationship between emotions, events, and thoughts. It is not delivered as live classes or 1-on-1 sessions, but through recorded videos combined with offline activities. Each lesson typically includes a video, song, choreography, discussion questions, and a craft activity. For primary school students, a lesson takes about 45 minutes to 1 hour; for preschool children, it can be split into two sessions. The platform itself does not provide instructors; implementation is mainly handled by school psychologists, teachers, early childhood educators, or parents.
The materials state that the program is based on emotional science such as cognitive behavioral therapy and transactional analysis, and it references several authors in psychology and mindfulness. The Portuguese Psychologists’ Association describes it as “scientifically grounded and easy to use.” In terms of the team, the scripts were created by Joana Castelhano and Miguel Morin, and the broader team background includes family medicine, engineering, and experience in children’s activities. On the support side, the annual school plan includes 90 minutes of teacher training, and schools can run pre- and post-program assessments using the KINDL questionnaire, with statistical analysis provided at the end of the school year.
Pricing information is not fully transparent: registration is free and allows access to 1 episode, while the full 31-lesson program requires purchase. Psychologists can apply for a two-week trial, and schools can run a two-week free pilot. Annual school subscriptions are priced by school or education group, while other plans are priced per user account. Payment methods include bank cards, direct debit, and bank transfer. Its strengths are a complete structure, low implementation barrier, and suitability for home-school collaboration. The drawbacks are that specific prices are not disclosed; although there are internal evaluations and case examples, details of external evaluation are limited; and the language and curriculum system are clearly oriented toward the Portuguese context.
Ginja is suitable for kindergartens, lower primary grades, school mental health programs, supplementary use in child psychological counseling, and parent-child communication around emotions at home. For users in China, the captured text does not make clear whether the service can be accessed directly, and there is no visible support for RMB payments, Alipay/WeChat Pay, or Chinese-language content. If used by schools in China, the Portuguese-language content, local curriculum standards, and children’s cultural context would all need to be assessed for fit. Alternatives may include local mental health education programs, SEL textbooks, children’s emotional management picture books, and Chinese-language video courses.
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