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Talking About Feelings: Tips & Tools for Providers
We can incorporate social-emotional skills, such as learning and talking about feelings, into our everyday activities.
You can use these resources to host a workshop for parents and Family Friend and Neighbor caregivers in your setting. Consider the following ideas and facilitation tips to provide a high-quality, informative, and playful experience!
- Begin by watching the “Social Chat: Talking About Feelings” video together with parents and/or FFNs. Invite participants to share what they find challenging about introducing social-emotional skills during their daily routines, and what’s helped them in the past. Talk about the strategies mentioned in the video. What might they try?
- Print and share the Talking with Kids About Feelings article and reference it for more ideas and discussion prompts.
- Finally, if you have more time, introduce more resources from SSIC.org that support the theme, such as:
For even more learning on this topic, check out our Circles of Care course!
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Social Chat: Talking About Feelings
We can incorporate social-emotional skills, such as learning and talking about feelings, into our everyday activities.
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Feeling Faces
Understanding and expressing feelings is another important coping skill for children and adults.
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Talking with Kids About Feelings
Social-emotional learning can be part of your everyday activities!