I have been working with Austin on his feelings for the past 8 months and it is safe to say it has worked. Now we will start with the baby. A fun way to teach little kids about feelings is to create these flash card type things.
We have more but these were the first basic ones we did. At first we just talked about what they were and what each of his face expressions represented. After awhile he had them down pat and was using his "emotion words" during everyday life.
Next we started using them during reading time and he would hold up the emotion the character may be feeling during the story. He got really good at this as well.
Now we use them so he can tell me how he thinks his brother feels and also during reading time. These are a great way to teach them because they also see their own expressions.
You may wonder how I got him to make all those faces. Some I just asked, others I read a story and just had the camera ready for his face. You could also do your face if they are too young to make their own faces.
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