![]() ![]() Ask students if they have ever had any feelings where it was hard to decide if the feeling made them feel good or not so good on the inside. Go back to the start of your feelings list, and have the students give you a thumbs-up for feelings that make people feel good on the inside and a thumbs-down for feelings that make people feel not so good on the inside. Identify feelings as good or not so good.Ask students to generate other feelings, add them to the list, and display the list for students on chart paper or with a projector. Give a second example, using a more complex feeling such as excited or surprised. Start with a basic feeling, such as happy or sad, and explain that this is a feeling. This activity is a great starting point for teaching young children about emotions. ![]() What’s your favorite way to get young children talking about emotions? Add your idea in the comments below! Adapted from some new and classic Brookes resources on social-emotional development, these activities are ideal for use in early childhood programs (and parents can easily adapt them for home, too!). ![]() In today’s post, we’re sharing a few simple games and activities you can use to teach young children about emotions: how to recognize and name them, how to talk about them, and how to pick up on the feelings of others. Having the vocabulary to talk about emotions is an important part of healthy social-emotional development. ![]()
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