[emily]

calmly talk children through their emotions and let them speak about it without interruption and with active listening

[natalie]

What are some of the best ways to help children recognize their emotions and control their responses?

A great way to help children recognize their emotions and control their responses, would be to pull them aside and ask them directly. Then, to listen thoroughly and comfort them through what they are feeling and saying. A child wants to feel understood and respected. It is important to not belittle what they are saying and feeling, no matter how small it might feel to you. If a child seems bothered, anxious, nervous, upset, sad, mad, then those feelings are HUGE to them- so it is important to make sure that they feel heard, as they look up to you as the adult and want to feel like they have someone to vent to in times of stress/anger/sadness.

[Annalise]

Let them express themselves and try to find healthy solutions to help them cope.

[Abigail Stidham]

I like to teach children to take deep breaths and have a calm body if i see them struggling to follow directions/rules. Also allowing the child to talk when they need to and you listening can help you figure out where their head is at.

[Hanan]

1. Teach them emotion words: Help them learn words like happy, sad, and mad.
2. Show them how to handle emotions: Stay calm and use positive ways to cope with your own feelings.
3. Try mindfulness: Practice deep breathing or calming exercises together.
4. Read stories: Share books about characters dealing with different emotions.
5. Problem-solve: Help them figure out what’s causing their feelings and find solutions.

[Jodi Lacer]

I have found that having the child take a few big breathes helps to focus on what is main problem. Once they have calmed down we can then talk about the emotions that they are feeling and how I can help.

[Julissa Fernandez]

Some of the best ways to help a child identify what it is that they are feeling is by helping them label their emotions. Helping them label their emotions by creating a mood chart or other visualizations. Helping them label their emotions also creates a stronger connection between child and caregiver because the child now knows how to label their emotions therefore being able to communicate those emotions to caregiver helping caregiver understand the child and their needs. It’s a very helpful tool that as caregivers is very important we teach in early development stage since those are the foundations on how the child will react to different situations and emotions. Demonstrating proper ways to react situations and show your emotion without harming anyone physically or emotionally is very important and helpful. Over all the best way to help a child identify and react appropriately is by showing attention and understanding to the child and most importantly creating a safe environment for positive and negative behavior to be identified and reflected on, always hear the little ones out they just want to be heard and understood.

[Rena Mateja]

Help them realize there emotions and name them. From there I would talk them through how to handle them

[Storay Hedayat]

What are some of the best ways to help children recognize their emotions and control their responses?

[Maggie Hanson]

wait for the child to calm down, ask them what happened and help them understand how theyre feeling and why they are feeling that way

[Gabrielle Hedgemon]

some ways to help children control their emotions and responses is by asking them questions and giving another option so they can identify the emotions at certain times by them selves . if a friend is being mean that could be for many different reasons to a certain group a age groups. it could be verbal, physically or them not wanting to play together but helping the child identify and telling them how and what they can say in the situation will help overall.

[Raghanivedha]

What are some of the best ways to help children recognize their emotions and control their responses?

I would use feeling chart as 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. We will try Self-regulation Techniques like exercise and play, movement to music techniques, taking few deep breaths would help calm down the child. Overall the care provider must be empathetic when child is emotionally distressed.

[Ethan Winstead]

I think that listening to them first and foremost so you establish a safe space and trust is important, but also one technique i like to use is related to mindfulness, and recognizing where in your body you feel your emotions, such as feeling a deep sadness or stress in your stomach/chest, or anger in your shoulders/fists, and having them recognize where they are feeling their emotions, so that they can recognize how they are feeling, and deal with those emotions accordingly. I also like to use breathing/meditation techniques to calm the mind, and body, as well as yoga, and stretching since those are more interactive, and enjoyable.

[Tiffany]

Having pictures of emotions that they can point out and relate to. Letting them release their emotions and having a conversation afterwards to find out why and what they’re feeling.

[Kelli]

By letting them speak and communicate while you listen! You can also turn breathing exercises into games, like imagine your smelling a flower, deep breath in !