“Listening to My Body” by Gabi Garcia

This children’s book helps young students understand how sensations in our body are related to feelings. If we can assess how our body is feeling, we can determine what we need and how to approach these needs. It provides different examples of what automatically happens to our bodies in different circumstances (i.e. yawning when we

Emotion-Related Self-Regulation in Children

This article provides an overview of several studies that portray the differences between theories of emotion regulation. It discusses definitions and how some believe that external factors (such as parents providing regulation support to their child) should not be categorized with intrinsic regulation. Some say that these skills are due to the temperament of a

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Understanding Self-Regulation Skills

This blog on Healthline identifies what self-regulation is, and what it might look like in a young child, such as having a “temper tantrum” in response to disappointment or frustration. It talks about how a child can develop these responses over time as they experience circumstances that test and improve these skills. This learning happens

Understanding My Own Emotional Regulation

After learning about the various ways that affect our emotional regulation development, whether it be innate or due to the strategies one might learn to use while coping with events in the past, I realized that I might have a deeper understanding of this content if I learned about my own emotion regulation progress. I

Going Beyond “How Are You Feeling?”

This blog post from Edutopia discusses the importance of students having deeper discussions about how they feel. Instead of the typical “how are you feeling” check, students need to know that emotions are complicated, and ever changing. It mentions research that has shown If a student dives into their individual well-being they become more aware

The Marshmallow Test: Why Self Control is The Engine of Success

https://www.easel.ly/infographic/3gimtz Mischel, Walter. Marshmallow Test – Why Self-Control Is the Engine of Success. Little, Brown And Company, 2019.

The Social and Emotional Competence Game

The Social Emotional Competence game was developed by a child Psychologist, Gary Yorke, Ph.D. It is age appropriate for children 6 to 14. It is used to teach students various social and emotional skills such as identifying what emotions are, how to manage emotions, solve problems in an efficient manner, and sustain relationships.  The different

The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog

The Book “The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog” is written by Psychiatrist Bruce D. Perry, who has worked with many children who have dealt with severe trauma at different stages of their lives. In every chapter he writes about the unique traumatic experience that happens to each child and how it has greatly

Sesame Street: Alvin Ailey Dance – Emotions

This Sesame Street clip has Elmo narrating while professional dancers express distinct emotions through movement. The dancers move differently to portray emotions such as happy, sad, and excited and Elmo guesses which emotion they are displaying. It provides a visual example for children by showing the body language of someone who might be feeling a