Dealing with emotions and accepting how we are feeling about a situation is sometimes difficult for most of us. Knowing why we are feeling this way is important for our mental health. Each day we experience emotions that are positive and negative due to our daily life experiences. So, how can we identify how we are feeling about a particular situation? Here are three ways you can identify your feelings. 1. What is your voice level? When we are angry, we tend to raise our voice, and even say mean things we may not mean. Sometimes we yell and scream to express we are angry. 2. What actions are you showing others? Each emotion creates a feeling within you. Your body reacts to how you feel. For example, if you are sad, your eyes may become wet causing you to cry. If you are angry you may feel a warm, heated sensation throughout your body, increase heart rate, or tension in your shoulders. 3. How is the person responding to you? Being angry, sad, or excited can sometimes evoke feelings in others that may cause them to cry, speak with compassion, or result in aggression. Therefore, learning how to manage your emotions can help. How can you manage your emotion? Follow these steps: Step 1: Identify the problem. What happened to cause the emotion? Did someone say or do something to you or someone else? Step 2: What were your thoughts about the event? Did you believe someone was trying to help or hurt you. Step 3: What action did you take? Did you become angry, happy, sad, or walked away from the situation? Step 4: What could you have done differently? Do you feel good about how you reacted to the situation? If not, what would you have done differently? It's never too late to do the right thing. The following video is geared toward kindergarten through third grade students. It's a fun video that all can enjoy. Can you guess the feelings of the characters from "Inside Out?" Now that you know how to identify how you are feeling, complete this activity. https://www.winona.edu/resilience/Media/Managing-Emotions-Worksheet.pdf
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Helping your child with schoolwork can be a difficult and stressful task. You may become easily frustrated and impatient, but the rewards can out way the impact it has on you. Here are 5 tips that can help you navigate the process: 1. Set a Daily Schedule/Routine Create a schedule for doing class assignments. Your schedule should include the expected time designated for each assignment. Include 15-30 minute breaks between each assignment to prevent academic frustration or meltdowns. Additionally, add the times to eat breakfast, lunch, and snacks. 2. Materials Needed Gather all materials needed so there are no interruptions. For example, worksheets, pencils, pens, crayons, coloring pencils, markers, laptops, line paper, graph paper (if needed for math), a timer, etc. Class assignments may require the use of textbook(s) or even a list of resources provided by the teacher to help or better explain the assignments. 3. Work Environment Choose a quiet area in your home that will promote a great learning environment. Make sure you have enough lighting, a chair and table that provides enough work space. Make sure there are no distractions. Turn the television off and video games. This would help with focusing on completing assignments. 4. How to Support Encourage your child to do their work by giving direction, explaining or paraphrasing directions, offering examples, and answering any questions they may have. Time spent supporting your child with their work will pay off. 5. Celebrate Success Children love to be rewarded for their hard work. Find out what they are willing to work for and give treats and reward for completing assignments. You may even want to negotiate rewards to get the desired results. This will motivate them to stay on task and complete their work. But most of all, reward yourself for putting in the time to help your child be successful. Additional Resources Tips on Making Distance Learning Successful for your Child. Click here Parent's Guide to Home Distance Learning. Click here Tips and Resources for Parents to Support Learning at Home. Click here Our lives has changed in a short period of time. Last month we were attending school, playing with friends on the playground, visiting family members, and even going to social events. Today, these activities have been discouraged and social distancing enforced due to the coronavirus pandemic. We have been home for 5 weeks with minimum contact with the outside world. This has been tough for many of us. So what can we do to help keep us sane and not anxious or scared about our current situation? We can think of some coping skills that we can do to help us manage our fears. Here is a fun choice board with links to websites that can get you started on coping skills you can use while home during quarantine. Leave a comment and share your favorite coping skill(s). |
Quarantine Journal CLICK FOR RESOURCE Compile 10 sheets of paper. Staple them together to create your journal. Label your journal and personalize the cover. Each day write in your thoughts about how you feel being home instead of at school. Write about what you miss doing, where would you go, the people you would spend time with, club and sports activities you participated in. Write the feelings (ie. happy, sad, mad, excited) connected to the activities. |
Daily Exercise Log CLICK FOR RESOURCE Draw or take a picture of the type of exercise you do daily. Exercises you may consider: Walking with a family member, Play ball outside, Jump on a trampoline, Ride a bike, Play dodge ball, Play jump rope, use or even play on a scooter. Moving around and taking time out from watching T.V. or sitting all day in the house is important. Write how you feel after you exercise. What did you enjoy most/least. |
The Interviewer CLICK FOR RESOURCE Interview a family member (parent, grandmother, aunt, uncle, family friend, etc.) about their thoughts about social distancing. Some questions to consider asking are: What do you like most about social distancing (being at home)? What do you like least about social distancing? Have you ever been so sick that no one was allowed to visit you? Did the doctors know what was wrong? |
Challenge Day CLICK FOR RESOURCE Do one thing that your parent always ask you to do but you don’t do it. For example, clean your room, pick your clothes off the floor, no electronic devices for at least one hour, do your chores, and /or no arguments with your siblings. |
Game Day CLICK FOR RESOURCE Write about the game(s) you play each day. What is the name of the game? Wy did you do you like most/least about the game? Did you win? Did you play fair? Did you argue? Etc. |
Teacher Appreciation CLICK FOR RESOURCE Write a note to each of your teachers. Tell them what you appreciate about them. Write about a time they helped you achieve a goal or did something special for you. |
Teens spend a lot of time connected to their tech devices. If they are not on their cell phones, they are on their computers or tablets. Did you know that the average teen age 8-12 years old spend more than 4 hours a day on their devices? According to Pew Researchers, 65% of parents are concerned about their children’s screen time. YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok has become favorite sites where children watch videos, upload their own videos, and communicate with family, friend, and even strangers. To learn more about what you can do to monitor your child’s digital footprint check out the parent friendly lesson below by Common Sense Media. They are grade appropriate and will teach your child how to be safe on the internet.
1st Grade Lesson: Pause & Think Online.
How can we be safe, responsible, and respectful online?
https://www.commonsense.org/education/digital-citizenship/lesson/pause-think-online
2nd Grade Lesson: We the Digital Citizens
How can we be good digital citizens?
https://www.commonsense.org/education/digital-citizenship/lesson/we-the-digital-citizens
3rd Grade: Your Rings of Responsibility
How do digital citizens take responsibility for themselves, their communities, and their world?
https://www.commonsense.org/education/digital-citizenship/lesson/your-rings-of-responsibility
4th Grade: My Media Choices
What makes a healthy media choice?
https://www.commonsense.org/education/digital-citizenship/lesson/my-media-choices
5th Grade: Finding My Media Balance
What does media balance mean for me?
https://www.commonsense.org/education/digital-citizenship/lesson/finding-my-media-balance
Resources
Smart Social (2/2020). Teen Social Media Statistics 2020 (What Parents Need to Know).https://smartsocial.com/social-media-statistics/
Monica Anderson (March 22, 2019). How parents feel about and manage their teens’ online behavior and screen time. https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/03/22/how-parents-feel-about-and-manage-their-teens-online-behavior-and-screen-time/
Common Sense Media (2019). https://www.commonsensemedia.org/research/the-common-sense-census-media-use-by-tweens-and-teens-2019
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