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The material explains why helping children name feelings matters and provides parent strategies to support emotional understanding and acceptable expression. It outlines step-by-step approaches: explain feelings with simple language and visuals, teach coping responses using real-life moments and books, praise efforts to talk, and practice new strategies throughout daily routines.","eachindengt YoifC hild toand:  Express Emotions  \nDoes This Sound Familiar?  \nMaggie is playing with her four-year-old  \nson. He selects a truck puzzle and begins  \nmatching and placing the pieces in the holes. He has a difficult time turning a piece around so that it will match the hole and fit. Maggie tells him,“Let me help you turn it the right way.” Her son pushes her hand away and says in an agitated voice,“Let me do it.” He tries to fit the piece in again, but is unsuccessful. He screams and throws the piece across the room and then throws the puzzle at Maggie.  \nWhat would you do if this happened in your home? Would you throw in the towel and quit for the night, maybe try again tomorrow? OR would you turn it around and create a brand new lesson, about helping your child understand and talk about his emotions?  \nThe Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning Vanderbilt University [vanderbilt.edu/csefel](vanderbilt.edu/csefel)  \nThe Focus  \nYoung children deal with many of the same emotions adults do. Children get angry, sad, frustrated, nervous, happy, or embarrassed, but they often do not have the words to talk about how they are feeling. Instead, they sometimes act out these emotions in very physical and inappropriate ways. For example, when Maggie’s son was frustrated, he threw the puzzle piece and the puzzle.  \nThe Solution  \nParents can help their children understand and express their emotions. The following strategies are some of the ways you can help your child express his feelings:  \n• Help your children understand their emotions by first giving the feelings names and then encouraging them to talk about how they are feeling. For example, you might say to your child,“Daddy left on a trip, you are sad. You said you want your Daddy.” By giving your child a label for her emotions, you enable your child to develop a vocabulary for talking about feelings.  \n• Give children lots of opportunities to identify feelings in themselves and others. For example, you might say to your child,“Riding your bike is so much fun. I see you smiling. Are you happy?” Or you might point out a situation and ask your child to reflect on what someone else may be feeling:“Joey bumped his head on the slide. How do you think Joey feels?”  \n• Teach your children the different ways they can respond to specific feelings, conflicts, or problems. Talk about your own feelings with your children.“Remember yesterday when the water in the bathtub would not go down the drain? Mommy got so mad and do  \nyou remember what my face looked like when I got mad? Can you make a mad face like Mommy’s?”Talk with your children about different ways you deal with specific feelings.“When I get mad I take a deep breath, count to three, and then try to think of the best way to deal with my problem.”  \n• Teach your child to identify and express their emotions in ways that your family and friends find acceptable. For example, you might tell your child “Sometimes Grandfather is angry when things don’t go well at work. What does he do? He sits on the porch until he figures out what he wants to say about it. You should sit and think when you get angry.”  \nThe Steps  \n1. Explain the feeling by using words your child can easily understand. Try to use pictures, books, or videos to help get your point across.“Look at Little Red Riding Hood’s face; she is so scared when she sees the wolf in her Grandma’s bed!”  \n2. Teach your child the different ways we can deal with feelings. Let your child come up with ways she can deal with her feelings. Talk about positive and not so positive ways to express feelings. There are many strategies you can use to teach new ways to appropriately express feelings:  \n• Use real-life examples or teach in the moment. For example,“You are having a difficult time putting your trike in the carport. You look frustrated. What can you do? I think you could ask for help or take a deep breath and try again. 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