Inside: Tap into the emoji craze as a tool to explore feelings and emotions with your children with this fun, printable emoji emotions matching cards set. The card pack (download instructions at the bottom of this post) includes 18 different emoji emotions matching cards, including the emotions of happy, sad, scared, hurt, worried, angry, embarrassed, […]
10 Strategies for Supporting the Emotional Wellbeing of Students
Let’s take a quiz. These situations have one main commonality. What would you say it is? FYI – names are purely fictional. The situation? Not so much. Timmy is a ninth grader who appears generally happy, but then he missed a few days of school and, when he returned, kept his head on his desk, […]
No More Excuses. It’s Not Okay for Kids to be Mean: 9 Things We All Need to Be Doing to Help Kids Develop Empathy
“Kids can be so mean.” “It’s just the age.” “Girls are just mean.” “It’s just boys.” To be honest, I am tired of hearing excuses for mean or exclusionary behaviour. What age are we talking about? When do children supposedly out grow mean behaviour? – 5? 8? 10? 13? I’ve heard people say “It’s just […]
Emotional Regulation: Are We Overlooking An Essential Key to School Success?
Practical ideas for helping children learn emotional regulation strategies. Emotional regulation is an art. Let’s be honest, not all adults are capable of consistently demonstrating it. Road rage, harassment, work place conflict, adult bullying, domestic violence – are all the unfortunate and explosive consequences of adults who have never mastered the art of self-regulation. Staying […]
16 Awesome Kids Books Exploring Feelings and Emotions
I am a huge fan of using books as a resource to open discussion with kids about all manner of situations and problems. This collection of books about emotions was sparked by the popularity of the Managing Big Emotions emotional awareness series, and the picture books featured here are great for helping children learn to […]
