[Ghiralia roncancio]

Label and validate the emotion.Use a feelings chart or a quick “body check.”Co-regulate: get to their eye level, use few words, model breathing/pausing.Practice calming skills when the child is calm.After they’re calm, problem-solve and support repair.

[Trainer]

Great insights, Ghiralia! Your strategies for emotional recognition and co-regulation are practical and effective for children’s understanding.

[Shanthini Saravanan]

The best ways to help children recognize emotions and control responses include:Teach feeling words when children are calm using charts or booksUse body checks to help children notice physical signs of emotions (clenched fists, tense shoulders)Model self-regulation by verbalizing your own feelings and calming strategies out loudPractice daily calm-down techniques like deep breathing with a stuffed animal on the bellyRole-play in the actual space where children will use calming skills, such as a cozy cornerUse visuals like feeling charts and strategy posters for independent usePraise effort when children try to self-regulate, even if imperfectDaily practice and adult modeling help children build the skills they need to manage big feelings independently.

[Trainer]

Great insights, Shanthini! Your strategies effectively combine teaching, modeling, and practice for emotional awareness and self-regulation.

[Alexandra Salas]

Naming the emotion that they are feeling and validating that it is okay to feel like that is important. Along with reinforcing positive behavior

[Trainer]

Great insights, Alexandra! Naming emotions and validation are crucial for emotional awareness and healthy expression. Keep it up!

[Isabella Duling]

We can practice naming the feeling using a feeling chart and we can talk more about the signals our bodies give us when we are feeling certain emotions.

[Lailah mae]

have a calm-down corner so they can calm down the feeling they have and then when they are calm and ready to talk, we can communicate to each other and hear what they have to say. And validating the child’s experience/ feeling in the moment.

[Trainer]

Great suggestions, Lailah! A calm-down corner fosters emotional regulation and open communication, essential for children’s emotional development.

[Cindy Ruiz]

You can incorporate a mini-lesson where we are going over the different emotions we may come across. Such as, being mad, sad, happy, excited and more. Reading a book about emotions using puppets would be a great way to teach them how to understand their emotions. You can also do a game where we practice using different self-regulating strategies to control our different emotions.

[Trainer]

Great ideas, Cindy! Incorporating lessons, puppets, and games makes learning about emotions engaging and effective for children.

[Sproutlings Daycare]

At Sproutlings Daycare & Preschool, we help kids to recognize their emotions by doing an emotions lesson everyday. We have them tell us how they are feeling and why they are feeling those emotions. Since doing this they have been able to recognize what they are feeling in the moment and why they are feeling those emotions and in doing so they are able to calm themselves down.

[Trainer]

Great approach, Sproutlings! Daily emotion lessons empower children to understand and manage their feelings effectively. Keep it up!

[Alma Hernandez]

show children what appropriate emotional control looks like. when adults stay calm during stress, children learn to do the same.help children explore emotions safely and understand how characters handle fallings.teaches children that emotions are okay, even if certain behaviors are not(it’s okay to be angry, but its not okay to hit)