Great Kids!

URL: http://www.greatschools.org/gk/

This educational website, supported by several well-respected organizations and foundations, provides educational resources for parents and educators aimed at preschool through high school. It addresses learning issues, parenting, academics and “the whole child” that includes emotional smarts, early learning, and the child’s brain.

• Books that explore feelings for preK to 1st grade July 2018
  Did you know building your child’s vocabulary can help academically as well as socially? Use these books to explore a range of feeling words with your preschooler, kindergartner and first grader. Discover more books about emotions for second to third grade and fourth to fifth grade.
• Do You Feel Me? Feeling Words Game July 2018
  Build emotional smarts, one word at a time! Here’s how to play: Each of these kids has a story to tell about a time they felt something deeply. Watch these videos with your child and see if you can guess which emotions they’re describing.
• Tools for Families, developed by the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, will help your family resolve conflicts, foster positive relationships, and build your children’s emotional intelligence. Check out “Do You Feel Me?” video, the feeling words game to play with your kids or your students.
• Why It’s Better for My Daughter to Feel Sad Than Fine