Part of behavior management in young children is helping them understand their emotional reactions and how to cope with them. In this lesson, we will examine ways to help children articulate and respond to their emotions. Negative Emotions
Before the age of 5, children aren’t able to manage their emotions alone. They’re still impulsive and have difficulty controlling their reactions. They may break things, hit people, or run around wildly out of anger or excitement. Even past the age of 5, it’s hard for them to unders...
Young children slowly learn to control their emotions as they grow up, and one way to help them out is to talk to them about the different emotions they feel and experience. A good way to do this would be to describe certain situations and ask them how they would feel in that particular...
I want my children to understand that different people feel different emotions at different intensities in different sitiuations. This week’sVirtual Book Club for Kidspick is Sam Mercer’sI Was So Mad. It’s a great book for introducing this idea, and I created a simple printable to extend...
After a day filled with misbehavior, tears, anger, and frustration, however, David finds that his parents' love for him is unwavering--a powerful message for young children (and parents) faced with the daily flurry of toddler emotions and behavioral challenges...
Update: I have now created anEmotions Printables Packthat is a fabulous tool to continue working on emotions and feelings with your young children. This pack includesplentyof activities to identify and match emotions. Feelings charades After sorting the feelings pictures, we then played feelings char...
Teaching kids about feelings can be complicated when you’re working with younger children who have a limited vocabulary. But there are numerous benefits to talking about emotions and how to process them from a very young age. Let’s take a look at some of these below. ...
Teaching emotional intelligence in early childhood is valuable for helping young children learn the skills they need to understand, express, and manage their emotions effectively. This resource supports educators and parents with a practical and structured approach to fostering emotional intelligence (EI)...
Just like adults, children will experience the same emotions of stress, anxiety, worry, sadness, anger, fear, etc. as they go about learning and growing. However, the main difference is that the young developing mind doesn’t always know how to process, release, or properly categorize these...
ve found that these same concepts can be adapted for older kids, like my 5-year-old nephew, Kobi, and my 11-year-old niece, Genevieve and her two younger sisters (7 and 5). Through play, we can help children process emotions, learn self-expression, and, most imp...