Activities for kids
So many kids suddenly at home being home schooled… Who would have thought! It’s a big change for kids and teens too. They don’t get to see their friends every day, they don’t get to go to their familiar school and they may be missing the structure they had.
On top of that, the whole Coronavirus situation is challenging for us adults to process and we can only imagine what it’s like for kids.
So here are some activities that can entertain your kids and teens whilst guiding them to process and understand their emotions.
Submit an activity
If your teachers, schools, kids have been doing other activities around emotions, we’d love to hear about them.
Send us an email with a description of the activity, which age group it applies to, what school you are from and some photos. Then we can share them with the world here and inspire others.
School initiative
Martha Ross, Head of Primary School, Amadeus International School, Vienna, Austria
Tangible tools for at home
If you want a tangible tool to help you and your family navigate emotions, here are some that might help.
Feeling Magnets are a magnetic game that make feelings tangible, easier to understand and communicate with others.
How do Feeling Magnets work?
It’s simple. You look at the magnets and pick out how you are feeling right now (in this moment). Then you might want to pick how you want to feel, or how you think you might feel or how someone else might feel…
Just finding the words to describe our feelings decreases the power of your unpleasant emotions and anchors the pleasant ones. The thing is, the unknown is more uncomfortable than the known. Once you know what you are feeling, then you can use this information and take action.
Sometimes, just finding the words is all you need. Sometimes, you’ll want to go deeper. But the first step is to know what you are feeling.
Who uses Feeling Magnets?
Everyone. Really, there are young children as of the age of two up to my grandmother. They are used by families on their kitchen fridge, on the whiteboard in classrooms, in councillors offices, next to the couch in a coaches practice, on the desk of managers, in leadership workshops and emotional intelligence trainings… Shall I keep going?
What these people all have in common is they realise feelings are really important. They want to understand their own feelings better. They want to understand other people better. They want better relationships, better quality of life and a smooth ride through life.
Is that you?
EMOTION SUPPORT FOR PARENTS
If you would like to improve your own knowledge and understanding of emotions we have some resources and help for you too.