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Games and Activities for Social-Emotional Learning

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  • Watch Inside Out to talk about different emotions and why they are all important

  • Watch Turning Red to start a conversation about anger, how we can tell when we are mad, and how we can cope with emotions

  • Watch Zootopia to talk about accepting differences

  • Blow bubbles together to practice taking deep breaths. See who can blow the biggest bubble!

  • Practice deep breathing by making a pinwheel and seeing how fast you can spin it!

  • Watch Daniel Tiger and visit their website play themed games to identify emotions

  • Play charades and act out different emotions and have your child guess the emotion

  • Play "Simon Says" to practice listening skills

  • Play "Move like a Turtle" to practice slowing down and controlling your body

  • Play "I Spy" to practice mindfulness skills

  • Play "Red Light, Green Light" to practice listening skills

  • Play Pictionary and draw different emotions and have your child guess the emotion

  • Read "All About Feelings" by Felicity Brooks

  • Keep an Emotion Chart in the home and practice pointing to it to talk about how you are feeling

  • Read "Tucker Turtle Takes Time to Tuck and Think" to teach strategies for managing impulses

  • Sing the "Tucker Turtle" song

  • Read the "Our Feelings" poem together and post it in your home

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