[Mandy Hung]

We have a feeling chart, emotional pictures, and books that talk about our feelings to help our students identify their feelings. Sharing circle to listen to each student how they are feeling today. I also learned and taught some sign language about emotions. Use colors associated with emotions to help our students express and identify their feelings.

[Stephanie]

At my previous job, we used feeling charts and coping skills visuals. We would practice strategies when students are in a good mood. We would also describe what is happening in the moment (e.g. “you are crying because your friend took your toy. You might be feeling sad.”) and model strategies.

[Morgan]

role plays, identifying emotions, practice

[Shailaja]

There are multiple ways by which you can help children. By being there for them during their emotional outburts. Talking and listening to them at their eye level and comforting them by saying it’s okay to show their emotions. I also love to show the emotions emoji chart on felt board each time when they have certain emotion. I also encourage my children to use the mirror when they go through extreme emotions which will help them regulate their different emotions.

[Shoshana]

At my job we used a feelings charts and coping skills visuals. We practice strategies when children are not in crisis. We also say out loud what is happening in the moment and model coping strategies.

[Maria Bernal]

One of the best ways to help children recognize their emotions and monitor their responses is to use a feelings chart as an emotional thermometer and when a child is upset, showing him the chart so he can identify his emotion by choosing the image with which he feels more identified at that moment.

[Kaydence Meikle]

ask them questions about how they are feeling and guide them to do body scans and identify where they feel uncomfortable.

[Karen Henderson]

It is important to let the child talk about what they are feeling and just as important to listen to what they are saying and acknowledging that you hear them. Ask them calmly what they think they can do to help themselves with their feelings. Slow down and listen. Practice breathing or stretching or use quiet calming music.

[Sara F.]

To help children recognize their emotions and control their responses, a caregiver may point out signs of an emotion with the body and connect them with the feeling. For example, the caregiver may say, “I see that your breathing is fast and that your fists are clenched. Are you feeling angry or frustrated?” Emotions can also be paired with various processing techniques, such as going for a short walk when sleepy or squeezing a toy when frustrated. Most importantly, meet children at their level and give them a safe space to communicate and express their feelings.

[Kahyun Jung]

I would make a visual chart of different faces with different emotions. let them choose how they feel according to different pictures.

[Jessica]

By listening and communicating. Children want to feel heard and when we take the time to talk with them and get to know them they are better prepared to regulate emotions.

[Olivia]

The best ways to help children regulate their emotions is by allowing them to release their stress by crying and then helping them by identifying how their feeling, this could be through a game or an exercise. It is important to wait until the child is calm to do this.

[H]

I think it is helpful to ask lots of questions to help them talk about how they feel without necessarily needing to know the specific word for the feeling. For example, if they don’t know how to express that they feel overwhelmed I can ask them if there is something that happened that changed their mood. Then, if they list multiple things or even just start telling me about a situation or conflict it will help me better understand what they mean, and maybe we can define that feeling together. I also think it’s helpful to talk about how we are all sitting next to a big pretty stream in the forest, and there are leaves floating down the stream. These leaves are thoughts and feelings; sometimes we pick up a leaf and look at it for a while and then we can set it back down on the stream and let it float away- we can let challenging feelings or thoughts that might hurt us continue to pass and we can move through difficult times together.

[joslyn]

BY giving the child a calming environment where they can sit alone for a few minutes, they can sit with their feeling. After letting them calm down, get to eye level and reflect with them. Find the cause of their melt down and agree with the child a good solution so you can prevent this next time.

[Sutharya Dunfee]

show them pictures of emotions like emojis and ask which one they feel and then validate that by oh yeah that would make mad to if someone took my toy. ask them how can resolve these issues because it allows them to think and respond and then if they respond different then redirect that and say well if we take the toy way then your friend is going to get mad. sometimes changing the Scene or Environment might help so putting them in another room.