Emotions just happen. There isn’t any way to stop them from happening, but you can control how you deal with emotions you are having. However, this comes only with a lot of experience and practice that small children simply haven’t had yet. One of the biggest challenges for youngsters when it comes to dealing with feelings is that they are still learning what they are and how to identify them. They are also trying to learn a new set of words to label and describe emotions. Here are a few things you can do throughout your day to help your child recognize a variety of emotions in himself as well as others.
Be sure to include less common emotions, instead of just “happy”, “sad”, and “mad”. Children are able to understand labels such as, delighted, ecstatic, and gloomy if they are used repeatedly. This also helps to expand their vocabularies and realize that there is more than one way to describe an emotion.
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Written by Laura on June 22, 2011
I have two little boys; a five-year-old and a three-year-old. At times, they get along wonderfully. At others, however, you would think that World War III has broken out in our home. Although they don’t typically fight physically with each other, the arguing, screaming, and yelling is enough for any parent to command a cease-fire.
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Written by Laura on April 13, 2011
Part of being able to read with expression, is identifying the feelings of the characters. Young children who are not yet able to read are still able to understand character emotions based on what is happening in the story. As the adult reading the story, you can help your child make a connection between how a character feels and how you read the words.
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Written by BRWI Staff on April 4, 2011
It can be difficult for adults, let alone, children to identify feelings they are experiencing. It is also challenging for people of all ages to understand that having those feelings is okay. We are often taught that you are not allowed to be angry or you shouldn’t be sad. Although the people telling us these things have the best of intentions, the fact of the matter is that it is alright
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Written by BRWI Staff on February 18, 2011
Have you ever had one of those days where your mood seems to swing all over the place? One moment you are happy as a lark, and a few minutes later you angrier than you’ve ever been before. Sometimes, we adults forget that we are not the only ones who may experience this wild pendulum ride from time to time. And, even when our moods are not swinging wildly, they will likely fluctuate to so
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Written by BRWI Staff on April 15, 2010
Young children often have a difficult identifying specific emotions in themselves and in others. However, this is a skill that can practiced in many ways. One is to simply ask your child how he is feeling when you can see that he is visibly angry, sad, excited, bored or any other feeling. Another activity you can try is to create masks which your child (and you) can put on to help illustrate an
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Written by Laura on June 19, 2009
Have you ever listened to a beginning reader reading a book with which they are not very familiar? It is often choppy and monotone as the child struggles to sound out each word. Although it is obviously important that children learn how to use phonetics and context to read a selection, it is also vital that they learn how to read fluently and with expression. Part of this can be taught through
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Written by BRWI Staff on June 5, 2009
You often see little kids dressed up in outfits that look like miniature versions of adult clothing. Although this can be cute, the effect is not the same when we actually expect our dwarf-sized counterparts to act as though they were our equals. It is tough, sometimes, to remember that our children are not simply little adults. They do not have the same reasoning and communication skills that
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Written by Laura on May 5, 2009
Emotions and feelings are a difficult concept for young children, and even adults, to understand. They are a natural part of being human, and feelings are never wrong to have. However, it is very important for children to learn that we must be able to control our feelings.
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Written by BRWI Staff on April 1, 2009
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