Feeling Nervous

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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 the meaning of nervousness and other words related to it Discuss Does everyone feel nervous sometimes What are other words for feeling nervous worried anxious frightened guilty etc What makes you feel nervous AFTER READING Talk to the reader about how feeling nervous can feel different for everyone Discuss When you are nervous how does your body feel Does it always feel this way What are some other things you feel when you are nervous SEL GOAL Studies show children identify feeling anxious most often at school From academic performance to social interactions many situations may cause anxiety Helping students manage emotions in the classroom can help lower anxiety and increase learning Teaching students about the mind emotions and what causes them to feel nervous can help them better understand their emotions and manage them in the future