Emotional Development
Helping children learn to identify and manage their feelings is an important part of their emotional development. Children learn to label, understand, and manage their feelings by learning strategies such as taking deep breaths to calm down and resisting impulsive behavior like taking a sibling’s toy without asking.
Plays: 3442
I Need a Word w/ Dave Matthews and Grover
Dave & Grover sing a song to find a word for how they're feeling
3:44 Runtime
1:11 Runtime
Close
Inflate a ball! Take the air out of a beach ball, and with your child, talk about what it looks and feels like. Blow air into the ball to inflate it and make new observations about the ball.
0:58 Runtime
Close
Talk about different ways you can show people you love them, such as giving hugs or making them a picture. Help your child make a picture or card for someone she loves.
1:0 Runtime
1:47 Runtime
Close
Help your child brainstorm five positive words to describe himself and write them on index cards. Use the What I Am song as inspiration. Hang them up to remind him of his great qualities!
1:37 Runtime
