July 1, 2006 3:22 PM
How Are You Feeling Today?
I love this poster by Jim Borgman:
I bought mine 17 years ago and had it laminated. It's been giving us a more objective perspective ever since.
A great resource for developing emotional intelligence in your kids. Kids do better when they have a label to put on their feelings: "Oh, are you angry about Susie sitting on your sandwich?"
This poster helps them not take themselves so seriously. Also, if you go through the feelings - naming them and making the appropriate faces together in the mirror - it really can show children that they are to some extent in control of how they express their feelings.
Also very helpful for kids with special needs like autism and Down syndrome, which I found out years after buying it when my son with Down syndrome was born :)
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I got one of these for free as a 5x7 magnet in college a few years ago with a square frame that says, "Today I Feel" and you place it over the emotion & face. I still use it!
Posted by: Bonnie | July 1, 2006 11:09 PM
I've also used that poster with my kids (and myself!)
And we used it when we were in Ukraine and Hubby taught English. Our lessons on emotion words were some of the most popular.
Posted by: TulipGirl | July 3, 2006 8:39 PM
