Teach Emotions with Songs

Many of you probably have heard about this technique. There are many rhymes available on YouTube. Play and sing along with your kid. It is the best way to teach them emotions. For example, the rhyme “if you happy and you know it, clap your hands” is the best rhyme to express and teach emotions. It is a wonderful experience to teach your kid about emotions in this way. The sounds are always attractive and long last in the memory. It is a fun activity with great learning. You can also search for rhymes that teach about other emotions such as anger and sadness. The cute and attractive tones are memorable for the kids. Kids also learn a behavior and start expressing them.

Communicate about Other’s Feeling with Your Kid

It is a very good habit to talk to your kid. It is the best way to teach your kid. It is an indirect learning process that is more effective and long-lasting. It is the best time to express the everyday activities. When it becomes a family ritual to share the feeling and expression and discuss other’s feelings and emotions. When the kid sees such trends, they started to learn everything and respond accordingly. When everyone talks at their turn, they learn to wait until the first person completes the talk and the second continued it. Understanding the emotions of others is important but respecting other’s feelings is far more important.

Label the Feelings

Make your habit to label your feelings. For example, if you feel grieved, find meaning in your grief and came out from your bad mental condition. But if you feel sad express your feeling, because your kid learns to express the feeling from you. If you want to cry, cry out so the kid also learns how to react in such conditions.

Explain Other’s Emotions

It is a common belief of the parents that kids are ego-centric. They think that everything happens according to their desire and willingness. Egoistic kids start relating the events happening in their surroundings. Kids are not able to understand the multiple perspectives. They only think about themselves. Their minds are not so sharp as to think on multiple levels. Also, kids could not understand others. Being a parent it is your responsibility to teach your kids about a different perspective. When they react on any matter, tell them the other side of the story. In this way, their brain is trained accordingly. With the help of incidents around you start explaining to your kid about the feelings of others.

Teach Kids with Help of Pictures

Do all the efforts to teach your kid. Take the help from pictures and teach them about feelings and emoji. Pictures are the best way to convey a message. It is the reason signs and pictures are used in hospitals, roads, buildings everywhere. Use this technique to teach your kid. When your kid is feeling something then show them the picture of the emotions in form of emoji or any poster. There are also several educational videos about feelings and emotions. In this way, your bonding will also be strong with your kid. An Emoji card written with the name can be placed in a kid’s room for better learning.