promoting social emotional competence promoting children’s success: enhancing emotional literacy
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Promoting Social Emotional Competence
Adapted for Kindergarten-Grade 1 from the Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning by Genetta Gross, Margret Thorstenson, Melissa Binkley & Elizabeth Vorhaus
PROMOTING CHILDREN’S SUCCESS: ENHANCING EMOTIONAL LITERACY
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What is Emotional Literacy?
Emotional literacy is the ability to identify,
understand, and express emotions in a
healthy way.
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Emotional Literacy Skills
• Labeling feelings in self and others
• Understanding gradations of feelings
• Recognizing facial and physiological signs
• Modulating response
• Understanding that feelings can change
• Developing coping strategies
• Demonstrating empathy
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Children with a Strong Foundationin Emotional Literacy:
• tolerate frustration better• get into fewer fights• engage in less destructive behavior
• are healthier• are less lonely• are less impulsive• are more focused• have greater academic achievement
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Activity: Emotion Words
What emotion or feeling words are important to teach young children?
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How Can I Teach Emotional Literacy?
Indirect Teaching
Direct Teaching• Songs & Games• Discussion• Checking in…• Feelings Dice/Wheel• Creative Play Activities• Children’s Literature• Writing prompts or journals
Handout 1
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Indirect Teaching
• Provide emotional labels as children experience various affective states
• “Tamika and Tanya seem really happy to be playing together! They keep hugging each other!”
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Direct Teaching of Feeling Vocabulary
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Activity: Direct Teaching PracticeHow could you use these pictures to teach emotional literacy?
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Classroom Examples
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Checking In• Teachers and children
can “check in” each morning
• Children can be encouraged to change their feeling faces throughout the day as their feelings change.
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How do you feel today?
Use as a writing prompt
or
journal activity!
Songs
Use existing song and have children create new “feelings” lyrics and motions to go along with the new song:
“If you’re happy and you know it”• If you’re sad & you know it, cry a tear: “Boo-hoo”• If you’re mad & you know it, use your words: “I’m mad”• If you’re scared & you know it ask for help: “Help me”• If you’re happy & you know it,
hug a friend• If you’re tired and you know it,
give a yawn
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Games
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Make a _____ face.
Emotion Charades
Use as a writing promptorjournal activity!
On Monday When
it Rained
Glad MonsterSad Monster
Hands Are Not for Hitting
Book Nookshttp://www.csefel.uiuc.edu/practical-ideas.html
Discussion: There’s No Time!
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“I don’t have time to teach all of these things. I’m already
busy teaching literacy, science, health, math and completing portfolios, and
other assessments!”
Activity: Action Planning
Consider the following ideas when developing this month’s action plan:
• Explain how you will introduce these emotions during large group time.
• How will you teach children to recognize these emotions in themselves? In others?
• What books will you use to help teach about these emotions?
• How will you help children explore these emotions in center time?
• Design an art activity around these emotions.
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Questions?
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