Identifying and managing emotions is a tricky thing to do, but with practice and encouragement, even young children can make it. These links provide resources for children and families to help them learn about identifying emotions and strategies to support emotional regulation in stressful situations.
Structure and features
These links provide a combination of videos and activities that can be used at home to help children learn about their bodies and emotions:
- Garden yoga for kids – poses that reflect nature
- Mindfulness activities for kids
- Getting to know your emotions – ‘Inside Out’ movie clip
- Guided relaxation
- Calm down with take 5 breathing.
Links and files
Teacher notes
Early Years Learning Framework:
- Outcome 1: Children have a strong sense of identity
- Outcome 3: Children have a strong sense of wellbeing.
