feelings Archives

Meaningful Ways to Help Kids with Anxiety

Some kids struggle with anxiety starting even as a young child…and for us as parents, our deepest desire it to help them. As a parent

Poignant Middle Grade Books About Feelings, Friendship, & Growing Up

I’m out of my reading slump — hooray! And have some books to tell you about. Books that are worth reading, sharing with your classrooms,

New Picture Books that Develop Emotional Literacy

Did you know that in order to feel empathy and have intuition, we need to feel our emotions? And that while these books are really

Activities for Teaching Emotional Intelligence to Kids

Emotional Intelligence Activities for Kids

(updated: 1/5/19) I’ve been reading aloud Emotional Intelligence 2.0 by Travis Bradberry and Jean Greaves to my 13-year-old daughter. It was a school assignment. She didn’t want to read

Emotional Intelligence Activity for Kids: Pooh Sticks

As you know, we’re talking a lot about emotional intelligence and mindfulness this summer. Emotional awareness is the first step to being mindful, in order to develop emotional intelligence,

MySELF Social Emotional Learning Books

MySELF (Social Emotional Learning Foundations) books help children in PreK – 1st grade build both their early literacy skills and social and emotional intelligence skills. When