“But feelings can’t be ignored, no matter how unjust or ungrateful they seem.”
― Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
Children experience rich and complex emotions in their lives, just like adults. They need to be taught about different emotions before they learn to manage them. A paper published in 2014, in the journal of Development and Psychopathology, states that emotion knowledge is essential for developing socio-emotional competence.
In this article, we will talk about a method that will help children understand emotions better.
Most parents and teachers will agree that children learn abstract concepts like emotions better when it’s broken down into smaller relatable pieces. The ‘Sounds Like, Looks Like, Feels Like’ chart is one such method where bigger concepts are broken down into three categories for easier understanding.
For example: Peace looks like people being kind to each other. Peace sounds like no mean words. Peace feels like a warm hug.
Now that we have familiarised ourselves with the ‘Looks Like, Sounds Like, Feels Like’ method, let’s get into a seven-day challenge to teach children about different emotions.
Requirements: Papers and colour pens
Parental Involvement: High
Instructions:
Emotion of the Day:
Here are a few emotions that children can learn to recognise through the ‘Looks Like, Sounds Like, Feels Like’ method. These emotions have been picked from Plutchik’s Wheel of Emotions.
Day 1: Fear. Fear tells that something that you care about is at risk and needs to be protected.
Day 2: Anger. Anger indicates that something is in your way and energizes you to deal with the barrier.
Day 3: Sadness. Sadness means that something you love is going away and that you need to pay attention.
Day 4: Joy. Joy shows you that life is going well. It gives you energy and fosters creativity.
Day 5: Disgust. Disgust tells you that some rules have been broken. It helps you notice unsafe or wrong things around you.
Day 6: Surprise. Surprise means that something new has happened and to pay attention to what is happening.
Day 7: Anticipation. Anticipation indicates that something is changing and that you need to look ahead to see what is coming.
Bonus: Trust. Trust tells you that something is safe, and you can be open and build an alliance.
This seven-day challenge is about familiarising children with different emotions and helping them recognise different ways in which they surface. It will help understand different facets of the emotion and allow them to build on their emotional literacy. Parents can revisit this activity every couple of months to check if the children want to add something to the existing charts that they missed before.
Do you think that this challenge will help your children? Are you excited to take this up? Do let us know in the comments below.
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Naveen Kumar
May 27, 2021
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