Feeling Happy

Feeling Happy — page 1
TIPS FOR CAREGIVERS Social and emotional learning SEL helps children manage emotions learn how to feel empathy create and achieve goals and make good decisions Strong lessons and support in SEL will help children establish positive habits in communication cooperation and decision-making By incorporating SEL in early reading children will have the opportunity to explore their own emotions as well as the different ways others manage theirs BEFORE READING Talk to the reader about happiness Discuss What does happiness mean to you What happens to your body when you feel happy What other emotions do you feel when you are happy AFTER READING Talk to the reader about happiness in others Discuss How can you tell when others are happy What is something that makes your friends happy SEL GOAL One of the first emotions children understand in themselves and in others is happiness Yet their pool of words to describe happiness is often limited Help the reader increase his or her emotional vocabulary by making a list of synonyms for the word happy Use the new words in a sentence to help the reader gain context The song I heard this morning made me so cheerful I was delighted to hear my favorite band It brought me joy Increasing emotional vocabulary helps children better describe their emotions