Emotional Intelligence is now widely accepted as a fundamental life skill which can be nurtured even in young children. Identifying, labelling and talking about emotions not only helps them regulate their own emotions but also tune in to how people are feeling around them. The following article provide strategies on teaching children about emotions.

Creating a supportive environment where children feel safe to express their emotions is crucial for their emotional and social development. The following article provides information for Strategies To Encourage Children To Express Emotions Activities For Toddlers and Preschoolers, Emotion Vocabulary, Activities to Build Emotion Vocabulary, Activities to Build Emotion Vocabulary, What To Do When A Child Is Angry, What To Do When A Child Is Being Violent/Aggressive, What To Do If A Child Hits You, Alternative Behaviours and more. 

This feelings rhyme is sung in the tune of "I'm A Little Teapot" and is simple for both toddlers and preschoolers. It describes facial features when someone is happy and sad.

This song is a fun way for kids to learn how to identify and regulate their emotions.

This action song names feelings that children may have. It also includes actions for children to do during the song. This is great for children to name feelings that they may experience. 

This is an easy song, especially for young children, that enables them to identify different emotions and how we respond to those emotions. This song enables children to act out different feelings throughout the song.

These sets of feelings flashcards provides a visual representation of a specific feeling. They can be used as a tool to teach children to recognise and identify feelings and can be helpful in supporting a child to express and share their feelings.