[Malcolm]

Help them identify what they are thinking and how that is affecting what they’re feeling. Reframe the situation so it isn’t so impossible. Help them name their feelings. Help them understand the situation from more points of view.

[Corinne]

Listening to the child and what their needs are and what might not be getting met. Also, identifying connections for helping them explain what emotion they’re feeling. For example a TV show or book they might have read where a character is experiencing something similar, that connection will help them put a name to how they are feeling.

[Cat Ortiz]

if a child is disregulated i am sure to keep my body calm and at there level then i ask questions with an empathetic responce

how is your body feeling right now?

i understand it can be realy hard to to abc when you are feeling that

[Minaz Gilani]

talk to them about emotions when they are calm and give them techniques like meditation to help them.

[Haizhen Song]

Some of the best ways are to provide them space to speak out their feelings and reassure them that speaking out their feelings is not a shameful thing to do. At our feelings corner, we have few sensory toys for them to feel, touch and release their emotions. We also provide books that talk about feelings.

[Zoe Johnson]

The best ways o help children recognize their emotions is giving them space to express themselves and then showing that its ok to feel that way, maybe even explaining a time you felt that way. When they are in a calm space I would then ask them to best describe what they felt.

[Theresa Anderson]

Best thing to do is stay calm, wait until you’ re both ready to redirect,

[Kalista McCafferty]

I practice deep breathing with my students. We start by “blowing out candles”, where I hold up my fingers and they try and “blow them out”. After that we take some deep breaths and practice regulating our breath I also have them move their hands and arms up and down as they breath in and out.

[Dana]

By modeling emotional expression and allowing a child to talk about how they feel. Offering them a quiet safe space to talk about their feelings. Implementing positive enforcement.

[edith]

Let them tell you what they need or what you can help them with. Sometimes it helps if you give them options. Or you can simply say it’s not an option right now. It works most of the time. Listening and understanding. Let them express themsleves.

[Molly]

A feeling chart or even just asking “how are you feeling” is important for helping children identify their feelings. The more you do it the easier it is for kids to just do it automatically.

[Alecxix]

set poster with emotions and have them point to the one that they feel. talk about what it feels in the body to have that emotion then help child to change to a more calm emotion

[Eneesha]

By having regularly conversations about feelings and using <em style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; color: var(–bb-body-text-color);”>emotion picture cards to <em style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; color: var(–bb-body-text-color);”>help kids identify what they’re <em style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; color: var(–bb-body-text-color);”>feeling. To control their responses we can use self calming techniques, breathing exercises, listening to stories or music ,reading books.

[Enedina Carmona]

Building emotional intelligence and self-regulation abilities in kids is essential to helping them identify their feelings and manage their reactions. This may be accomplished by teaching kids to recognize and categorize their feelings with basic language. Since toddlers learn a lot by watching, provide an example of appropriate emotional expression and moderation via your own actions. Actively listen to them as they express their emotions, and give them permission to do so.

[Loan Vo]

You can use a feeling chart like an emotional thermometer. When the child is calm, start teaching how emotions often grow in intensity from happy to frustrated to angry. When they are upset, use the feeling chart to identify the emotion. “You seem frustrated –like the picture in our feelings chart.”

Another way to identify emotions is to do a “body check.” When you notice signs of frustration, label it for the child and explain how you know. Over time, the child will learn to identify these signs of frustration without your cues.

It is also useful to provide exercise and play activities that integrate visual information with fine and gross motor movements such as striking, kicking, and catching, and physical activities that involve the exploration of the environment.