IMPULSE INTELLIGENCE™The Flickerling-Based Emotional-Reaction Training Program
Impulse Intelligence™ is an educational training program developed by Bee & Peacock that teaches children to recognize and understand the reactions that can arise between an emotion and an action.
The program is built around a simple sequence:
EVENT → EMOTION → RECOGNIZE → NAME THE IMPULSE → PAUSE → CHOICE
Important: THE FLICKERLING DIFFERENCE
Children experience emotions every day. But what happens after the emotion can be just as important.
A child may feel angry, frustrated, embarrassed, excited, frightened, or disappointed. Then a reaction can rise up—a sudden push that says, “Do this.”
Impulse Intelligence™ gives that reaction a personality.
Those reactions are represented by Flickerlings: tiny, chaotic, insistent creatures that represent the impulses that can arise after an emotion.
Flickerlings do not represent emotions.
They represent reactions to emotions—the part that can push behavior.
THE PROGRAM BEGINS WITH THE BOOK: "Rusty Ruins the Fort and Other Important Things" read aloud
Children first meet the Flickerlings through story.
The book creates the experience before the program introduces the framework.
After reading the story, educators guide children to look more closely at what happened:
What did the character feel?
What happened after the feeling?
What reaction showed up?
What did the reaction want the character to do?
What might happen if the character followed it?
What else could the character choose?
The story introduces the experience.
Impulse Intelligence™ gives children a language for recognizing that same experience in themselves.
FROM STORY TO IMPULSE INTELLIGENCE™
The program moves children through a progression:
READ → EXPERIENCE → DISCUSS → RECOGNIZE → NAME → PAUSE → CHOOSE
Children learn that having an impulse does not mean they have to act on it.
They learn to notice the reaction, give it a name, understand what it is urging them to do, pause, and consider what happens next.
WHAT CHILDREN LEARN
Through story-based lessons and activities, children learn to:
Recognize when a reaction begins to wake up
Distinguish an emotional reaction from the emotion itself
Name and describe recurring reactions
Identify what a reaction is urging them to do
Map how one reaction can lead to another
Practice creating a pause before acting
Consider the consequences of following a reaction
Identify alternative choices
THE FLICKERLING FIELD GUIDE
Children can create and document their own Flickerlings using the Flickerling Field Guide.
They can give a Flickerling:
A name
An appearance
A personality
A trigger
A purpose
Something it wants them to do
A possible consequence
An alternative choice
This turns an invisible internal experience into something children can see, describe, discuss, and examine.
WHO THE PROGRAM SERVES
Impulse Intelligence™ is designed for children and teens and can be used by:
Schools and educators
Libraries
Counselors and youth programs
Parents
Community organizations
Emotional-literacy specialists
The initial program is designed for children ages 7–11, with additional versions and applications for older students.
HOW IMPULSE INTELLIGENCE™ IS DELIVERED
Bee & Peacock provides Impulse Intelligence™ through:
Instructor-led workshops
Classroom training sessions
Virtual lessons
On-site school and library programs
Curriculum-aligned modules
Story-based emotional-reaction exercises
Flickerling Field Guide activities
Flickerling Cards and Situation Cards
A SIX-SESSION INTRODUCTORY PROGRAM
The initial Impulse Intelligence™ program introduces children to the Flickerlings through six progressive sessions:
SESSION 1 — MEET THE FLICKERLINGS
Children discover that reactions can feel like something inside them is pushing them to act.
SESSION 2 — CATCH THE FLICKER
Children learn to recognize the moment a reaction begins to wake up.
SESSION 3 — NAME IT
Children learn to identify and name their recurring reactions.
SESSION 4 — FOLLOW THE CHAIN
Children explore how one reaction can trigger another and how reactions can build.
SESSION 5 — PAUSE
Children practice creating space between an impulse and an action.
SESSION 6 — CHOOSE
Children practice deciding whether to follow the reaction or make another choice.
THE ROLE OF EDUCATORS
Educators do not need to lecture children about impulse control.
Their role is to facilitate recognition.
They read the story, guide discussion, introduce the Flickerling concept, and provide opportunities for children to practice.
Questions may include:
What happened?
What did you feel?
What reaction showed up?
What would your Flickerling want you to do?
What might happen if you follow it?
What else could you choose?
THE ROLE OF PARENTS
Parents can reinforce the language outside the classroom.
Instead of asking only:
“What were you feeling?”
Parents can also ask:
“What reaction came next?”
“Was a Flickerling trying to get you to do something?”
“What was it telling you to do?”
“Did you choose to follow it?”
“What else could you choose?”
THE IMPULSE INTELLIGENCE™ PROGRAM
Impulse Intelligence™ brings together story, character, discussion, creative activities, and behavioral practice to give children a concrete way to think about the moment between feeling and acting.
The Flickerlings make the invisible reaction visible.
They give children a language for recognizing what can happen inside them before behavior occurs.
Impulse Intelligence™ does not ask children to eliminate their emotions or pretend that impulses do not exist.
It teaches them to notice what is happening, name the reaction, pause, and make a choice.
BRING IMPULSE INTELLIGENCE™ TO YOUR STUDENTS
Bee & Peacock is seeking schools, libraries, educators, counselors, and youth organizations interested in bringing the Impulse Intelligence™ program to children and participating in pilot opportunities.
To learn more about Impulse Intelligence™ or inquire about program access, workshops, classroom sessions, or pilot opportunities:
info@bee-peacock.com
Bee & Peacock Publishing
Impulse Intelligence™
The Flickerling-Based Emotional-Reaction Training Program
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