When Your Friend Is Excited

When Your Friend Is Excited — page 1
TIPS FOR CAREGIVERS Social and emotional learning SEL helps children grow their self and social awareness They will learn how to manage their emotions and foster empathy toward others Lessons and support in SEL help children build relationship skills establish positive habits in communication and cooperation and make better decisions By incorporating SEL in early reading children will have the opportunity to explore different emotions as well as learn ways to cope with theirs and those of others BEFORE READING Tell the reader that excitement is an emotion everyone experiences Discuss What causes you to get excited How does your mind and body feel when you are excited AFTER READING Talk to the reader about how to recognize when someone else is excited Discuss How can you tell when a friend is excited What can you do and say to support that friend and join in his or her excitement How can you help calm down a friend who is overexcited SEL GOAL Young students struggle to understand their own emotions and it’s even more difficult for them to recognize how someone else is feeling Being able to spot clues in a friend’s body language and actions will help improve their social awareness skills Lead a discussion about how students feel when excited and what helps them calm down if they become too excited By sharing this information with each other students will learn how to communicate with a friend who is feeling excited