Human beings have a lot of feelings. Knowing what to do with those feelings is what helps us become emotionally intelligent, self-compassionate, resilient human beings. And like many things, this starts young. So today we want to share three things we can teach children about their feelings.
Anxious? Overwhelmed? Depressed by the news headlines? Here are three practices to help us deal with uncertainty.
We recently read Eric Jensen's book, "Teaching with Poverty in Mind". Find out more about why we love the concept of the emotional keyboard.
Learn how one teacher overcame the urge to yell when frustrated, and how that impacted her classroom.
Former Momentous Institute therapist shares an art project that helps kids identify their feelings.
This simple art project can help kids build up the brain-body connection and get in touch with their emotions.
“How are you feeling right now? What is the weather inside you like?"
Here's a roundup of some of our favorite videos about feelings, from who else? The brilliant minds at Sesame Street.
The anger is back! Read our review of Steps and Stones, by the author of Anh's Anger.
The book "What to Do When you Worry Too Much" might help the worrier in your life.
Here's a simple strategy you can use to help a child who sometimes becomes consumed with worry.
Here's our book review on Lauren Rubenstein's "Visiting Feelings". This is a great book to read with children to help them understand that feelings come and go!
What do we do when we have strong feelings? Check out this post about controlling our heartbeat in order to control our feelings.
Sometimes children get stuck in a feeling and have a hard time moving on. It’s important to teach kids that feelings can melt away. Here’s a really visual way to drive that lesson home for kids.
When a child is stuck in a feeling, it can be hard for them to even imagine feeling any differently. Enter the feelings thermometer.
We love the idea of the cup a saucer, a simple way to think about managing emotions.
Check out our book review of the children's book "Sometimes I'm Bombaloo" by Rachel Vail.
Help a child release a worry and receive a joy with this simple activity.
Instead of, "You seem really grumpy today," try, "The grumpy seems to be big and in charge right now." Read on to see how to use the idea of externalizing behavior to help kids with their feelings.
Sometimes kids think their emotions are permanent. Use this simple analogy to help them understand that they're not actually going to feel sad FOREVER.
Feelings are a normal part of being human. One of the most important things we can teach children is how to deal with their feelings appropriately.
An important element of social emotional health is kindness. In each interaction, we have the choice to be kind or unkind
Next time your child or student is having a hard time handling their emotions, remember that their cup is still growing!
Non-Directive play can be critical in developing meaningful relationships with children. Clinician, Jeannette Grisales, fills us in!
Life can be full of ups and downs, just like riding a roller-coaster. Visit our blog to download your own sheet so kids can draw out their emotions like a rollercoaster.
Try using Friendly Wishes to have your students practice empathy for their friends and classmates!
Momentous School kindergarten students want us to know that we all have emotions.
Momentous School student Camila wants to teach you a lesson about kindness.
Momentous School second-grader Jared talks about feeings in the Kids Talk series.