Can you guess what we have been working on at home? Feelings, of course. Why we feel angry or jealous or happy, etc. and how we should behave when our feelings are not positive. One of the books we read is The Way I Feel by Janan Cain. I like that this book addresses feelings that are not typically in books for young children. For example, there are pages devoted to disappointment and frustration. Both of these feelings are common for young children, yet they are often left out of books for this age group.
While reading the book, C and R used their teddy bear emotions puzzles to create a teddy bear with the expression that matched the feeling on the page we were discussing. This was a great way to explore the different emotions. Stay tuned for more posts on this subject.
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I hope they have this at our library. Thanks so much for sharing it.
I LOVE the picture of C in this post too!!
Off to search for this at the library:-).
Stopping by via Orange juice and glad i did. We love that book. I just ordered a few more books on feelings.
Great pictures too.
cute picture!
love the teddy bear puzzles! :)
I think I'm going to have to search that one out. We're studying all about us in the next few weeks.
"How Are You Peeling" is a cute book about feelings.
This book sounds very interesting. I'll make sure to see if our library has it. But I am curious - how do you teach your children appropriate ways to deal with their feelings?
What a great book...I'll be checking my library for it!
Raising a Happy Child: We do a lot of role playing. Also, with some of the books we read, we talked about how the characters acted and whether their actions were positive or negative.
I love feelings books. I am going to look for that!
We have that book, and another great one (I like it even better), called "Today I Feel Silly - and other Moods that Make my Day") by Jamie Lee Curtis. Check it out! :)
We did a lot of emotion-type projects while Emily was enrolled in a drama workshop. She loved acting out all the different emotions. I've never seen that teddy bear set, but it looks adorable! Very cute!
Where did you find the teddy bear puzzle? Very cute!
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