Charleston County
Early Head Start & Head Start 

Mental Health Consultants

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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