Feelings in a Jar: A Fun Game for All Ages for Endless Play & Interaction (In a Jar Series)

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Support your child to cut out the worry slips provided in the worksheet. Ask your child to write down or draw their worries on the slips. Encourage them to be as specific as possible. An Emotions Toolkit is the perfect idea for little ones who need help expressing their emotions. Additionally, this will help teach them what emotions look and feel like. This kit includes a free printable! 6. Emoji Paper Plates by Natural Beach Living Move around the table. When it’s a player’s turn, they can ask one question about their card—but they can’t use actual emotion names (worried, nervous, surprised, etc.) Instead, they should ask a question with a yes or no answer, related to the emotion. For instance: “ Would I feel like this if I bumped my head?” “ Would I feel this if I was opening a present?” The other players will then give a yes or no answer.

Encourage your child to talk to you about their worries and emotions, and remind them that it’s okay to feel anxious or upset sometimes (see worry time instructions below). And, one other great thing about teaching Emotional Intelligence to kids is that there’s just so much we can learn ourselves while doing so. Just like we’re never too young to start learning, we’re never too old or adult to stop developing our EQ. Recognizing, identifying, or perceiving emotions – as well as understanding what a feeling is, they’ll learn to grasp what facial expressions mean, body language, tone of voice, and so forth. They can attribute these to others, and eventually label these as “happy”, “angry”, “sad”; Children will learn about EI vicariously and through reinforcement (Bandura, 1963) – i.e. by watching parents and siblings;If a child is too angry to place the pom poms in the jar in the first place have them throw the pom poms into the jar; it will help them work off some frustration. Start by explaining to your child what a worry jar is and how it can help them manage their worries and strong emotions. Why not? Everybody is going to have different views on school curricula, but to be completely honest, you’re probably already teaching Emotional Intelligence. Not only is this emotions slider a fun way for kids to express their feelings, it's Inside Out themed! Get the free printable and make this right away! 9. Visual Cards for Managing Feelings by Natural Beach Living

While watching the mindfulness jar in motion, focus only on the glitter in motion. Don't allow yourself to get distracted by any surrounding sounds or movement. This will help teach focus skills and encourage children to live in the present moment. 3. Help regulate emotions.Hopefully, they will. If not, try to entice them by making a game of throwing or “exploding” the pom poms. These activities are easy to do at home and are designed to help young children understand and express their feelings.

Families create emotional climates – this encompasses how (or when, or even if) they express emotions. These emotional climates can be conducive or otherwise to kids’ ER development. Another great resource from Childhood 101, this is a printable poster that highlights 5 steps which kids can use to regulate their emotions (Childhood101.com, 2019):Through this step, kids can begin to appreciate the value of not reacting instantly. In the time that they’re giving themselves to relax, they can come up with a better response to whatever has made them feel a certain way. Through TATF Lucy is passionate about giving practical, manageable strategies to parents and children who may otherwise struggle to find the support they need.

By participating in these emotions activities for toddlers & preschoolers, you’re setting them up for possible situations. Typically, and depending on the kid’s age, it’s a work in progress. But what does this actually mean? According to scientific evidence, and along with other skills, this lays a framework for developing social competence. Typically, this also occurs at the kindergarten age, but slightly later, once the basics are in place (Denham et al., 2003). And so, the kind of Emotional Intelligence teaching that goes on at the kindergarten level can cover quite a wide gambit. Because emojis are life, these balloons are another easy and cheap way for kids to get their feelings out.Each of the sections in the wheel represents a different emotion. You and your child can go through the wheel together, doing different Emotional Intelligence activities together. As a start, and at lower levels, EI activities and lesson plans will often focus on the more ‘basic’ Emotional Intelligence competencies. Such as self-awareness, emotional recognition, and expression.