Identifying Emotions - Parent 1

Your student is participating in classroom activities helping them learn how to identify emotions. We would love for you to keep the discussion going at home!

Definition: Emotions are a person’s mood or feelings. You have feelings because of what you see, hear, remember or do.

Here are just a few ideas to help get the conversation started:

• Share what happened during both your day and your child’s day. Model labeling emotions by using “feeling words.” Feeling include; happy, sad, angry etc.
• Use statements that start like this: I felt happy when my friend could sit with me to eat lunch. I felt sad when....
• Think of ways you both can start the day with a positive attitude! Here are some ideas to get you started:
• get a good night’s sleep
• have your favorite breakfast food
• give each other a hug to start your day