Category: Social Emotional Learning

  • The Solution Game

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to identify solutions to problems

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Tell your child you’re going to play “The Solution Game.”
    2. Describe some problems for your child. Here are some to try, or make up your own!
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  • Frustrated Freeze!

    Your Child Will Learn

    What it feels like to be frustrated and how to respond 

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Ask your child about frustration:
      • Ask if they know what “frustrated” means. 
      • Talk with them about how it makes their body
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  • Joining in with Play

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to begin playing with a friend

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Ask your child what they usually do when they want to start playing with a friend.
    2. Share three steps they can try:
      • Step 1: Wait
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  • Naming My Feelings

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to identify the emotions they feel

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Ask your child to talk about different kinds of feelings they know about. Examples:
      • Happy
      • Sad
      • Scared
      • Mad
      • Surprised
      • Excited
      • Worried
      • Frustrated
    2. Invite your child
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  • Uh Oh! It Was An Accident!

    Your Child Will Learn

    • How their actions affect others and how to apologize

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Talk with your child about what an accident means, and some examples of recent accidents (like: this morning I spilled the milk on
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  • Caring and Helping

    Your Child Will Learn

    Ways to show kindness to others

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Play a game of pretend to practice showing kindness. First, ask your child to pretend they have a hurt foot, and show ways you can help
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  • Making Friends

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to make a friend

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Choose two stuffed animals (or dolls or action figures).
    2. Use the animals to play pretend, with your child being the voice for one animal and you being
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  • Belly Breathe

    Your Child Will Learn

    A breathing technique to help calm down before bedtime (or anytime!)

    Here’s What to Do

    1. At the end of your child’s bedtime routine, ask them to take a deep breath while lying down in their bed. 
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