Teaching Children How to Cope with Their Big Emotions

Recording of a webinar from the Head Start National Center on Quality Teaching and Learning (Jan 17, 2014) which discusses how to communicate to children that all emotions are okay, and how to manage them. Begin with emotional literacy, teaching the words tense, stressed, and relaxed. Use relaxation techniques (thermometer, deep breaths, etc.). Help children manage anger and handle disappointment. Use dragon brain and turtle steps.

[@alexandraliegh]

Thank you so much! So much important skill for any teacher.
And thanks to all teachers who already use these techniques!

[@paulisaez]

Extremely good. Thank you!

[@bridgethegapchildmentalhea3914]

Great video! It's great to see video like this, especially with teachers showing so much passion about this area of development. Thank you!

[@ICONIQPsychology]

Emotional Intelligence MATTERS. Great video! :)

[@leighwebber6001]

Absolutely brilliant thanks with so many great ideas. I work at special needs primary school and am putting together a big lesson plan on feelings. Looking forward to trying some of your ideas 😊🌈

[@paulisaez]

Thank you Gill for the last teaching about our own feelings and the wonderful and very realistic examples about red and green thoughts, feelings and situations. It help me a lot.

[@MsRusty99]

Great video and resources, watching from Melbourne, Australia

[@vanessabayardo9788]

My nephew cries with such desperation every time another toddler leaves. And now that we are on lockdown, it's everytime that he either goes home or my other nephew leaves. Separation anxiety from other children? It breaks my heart.

[@gloriamiller6095]

I'm enjoying the video Lessons and all the participants.

[@juditreble9041]

this is a very important video

[@MsShutterbug777]

My headstart used paths we used TURTLE. Technique ours were Twiggle and the flowers and candle. And we have visuals of kids with different emotions to help with identifying what you r feeling basically point to the picture face of how you r feeling.

[@DembysPlayfulParables]

This is Awesome!

[@violajoshua976]

Class is very interesting, teaching children how to cope with their emotions

[@zakiahafi8730]

Thank u very much. Really helps

[@topbilim4108]

I love the host voice who is on the left hand side 💚

[@A.S_Vlogs]

thankyou for giving ideas

[@blahblahblahblah2837]

I wouldn't use dragon brain. I'm not even close to being a kid anymore, but there's no way you could convince the child version of me that being a dragon isn't awesome. Why would I choose to quieten the dragon when it's so big and powerful and makes me _feel_ big and powerful?
I'm not sure what an appropriate subsitute image would be though

[@salimanurani8188]

Hi, Curious why you didn't mention the PATHS® curriculum, which is an evidenced based curriculum that Head Start used (in 2012)? The curriculum, PATHS® included the story of Twiggle the Turtle and how to calm down, very similar to the strategy you shared here with "Tiny" the Turtle. I hope that you'll reconsider giving credit where credit is due. Thank you!

[@kylienkate]

She stated that it's used in a lot of different curricula... just didn't name them all.

[@medinalawson3441]

Very good. Information

[@juditreble9041]

I like this video

[@13demant]

Yeah it is

[@bukkyadeyokunnu3401]

pls add time stamps so i can get straight to the meat of the video

[@maryanndiggs3210]

50%

[@hajisanaullahmalik8120]

Good thoughts have you three's?

[@rosanadelapena9644]

50% i am working with children McCarthy Development Center.

[@rosanadelapena9644]

my daughter and myself

[@user-dd8vg7xs1x]

What the degree gave to have to be a teacher for ECSE

[@eileenburns2990]

HI

[@joepecora289]

Not helpful at all. Not relevant for kids. The child mind does not think like this.