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Category: emotional literacy

Emotion management: the ‘gap’

As I have said in previous posts, part of emotional literacy is about having some ‘control’ over (or ‘good management…

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Published February 22, 2019
Categorized as emotional literacy

Emotion Posters

I put together the following six, A4 emotion posters for use with my pupils at school. The emotions are straightforward…

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Published February 20, 2019
Categorized as emotional literacy

Talk to your boys about feelings

Some of the messages our boys receive from a very young age Suicide is still the biggest killer of males…

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Published February 15, 2019
Categorized as emotional literacy

Regulating emotional responses

For children to develop better emotion regulation, it can help them to think about the ‘gap’ between the trigger that…

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Published February 14, 2019
Categorized as emotional literacy

Make a Worry Mashing Machine

This is an an fun way to explore coping strategies for worrying, with your child. The idea is you’re going…

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Published February 11, 2019
Categorized as A look at one emotion, emotional literacy, Worry

Spectrum of happiness

Something useful that children can learn about emotions is that they have different strengths. Much of the time our emotions…

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Published February 8, 2019
Categorized as emotional literacy, Happiness, vocabulary

Kids and Worrying

Some children worry more than others and you will know if your child is prone to feeling anxious or not.…

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Published February 6, 2019
Categorized as emotional literacy, Worry

How are you feeling today? by Molly Potter

I love this little book of mine because it is a simple (and therefore easy to use) way of helping…

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Published February 4, 2019
Categorized as emotional literacy

Face the negative emotions

In a world where we are bombarded with smiley faces in TV adverts, shop windows, magazines and social media, it…

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Published February 3, 2019
Categorized as emotional literacy

Emotional Literacy

Emotional literacy is an incredible key to opening up self-awareness. Our emotional responses in many cases can give us clues…

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Published February 2, 2019
Categorized as emotional literacy

The symptoms of anger

SOME OF THE MORE COMMON SYMPTOMS OF ANGER Now this might sound daft but teaching children about the symptoms of…

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Published January 28, 2019
Categorized as A look at one emotion, Anger, emotional literacy

‘I’ messages

This simple little tip can help children develop their emotional literacy as it helps them to ‘own’ their feelings. You…

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Published January 27, 2019
Categorized as emotional literacy

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