A child's anger, happiness, sadness, etc. It is a normal emotion that everyone will have. Facing up to these emotions will soon help children sort out their emotions. Emotions are everywhere, and there is no distinction between good and bad and right and wrong. Every emotion has the necessity and value of existence: happiness makes us feel satisfied and full of expectations for life; Sadness helps us to vent our grievances and calm our mood; Anger lets us vent our anger and pour out our dissatisfaction; Fear allows us to avoid dangerous situations.
Emotion is also a double-edged sword. If children don't know how to actively store positive emotions, or make destructive behaviors when they are angry, or even refuse to try because of fear, then emotions will become negative emotions that hinder growth. Whether children have the ability to control emotions, that is, the so-called "high emotional intelligence", is very important. At this time, through picture books, we also learned to identify various emotions, be good at managing our emotions and influence children. This is the core of emotional education-although there are positive and negative emotions, there are no right and wrong emotions, and the ups and downs of emotions are normal. Both children and adults should learn to distinguish their emotions. What I want to do is to understand the emotions behind children's behavior, accept their emotions, and then teach them to communicate and express correctly. Over time, while accumulating life experience, children will learn emotional management.
The picture book My Emotional Monster captures the cognitive characteristics of children at this stage and transforms those abstract and invisible emotions into visible and tangible visual experiences. I also learn from the author, pick up the brush, pick up the drawing paper, and draw my feelings with the children!
In our daily life, when we meet an emotional child, we can ask, Oh! What little monster escaped? Or use the migration method to interact with her and mobilize the child's emotional strangeness. Children use games to relieve their emotions. Another example is that children often say that they are afraid of the dark or something. I want them to know that this emotion is called fear. "Baby, mom knows you're scared." This is to name emotions. Then, identify with the child's emotions. "I hide in my mother's room when I'm afraid, and my mother is sometimes afraid." This is to let children show their true feelings. Tell children that when adults are afraid, children will not feel inferior or blame themselves for this emotion. Finally, calm the child-"Baby, what are you afraid of? Can you tell mom and dad? We will always be by your side. " Only in this way can children feel the love from their parents and feel safe and accepted. This is the simplest and most effective way to help children overcome their fears.
My sister also turned the little monster in this book into her friend, jumping around every day and saying, "You want to see the little monster." The little monster seems to be a magical existence like a little doll to accompany her!
How important it is for us to know our emotions and learn to manage them! Sometimes I always hope that children can have more happiness, but when they have emotional problems, we should help them learn to solve them and face them bravely.