We’ve been trying to teach the girls to use their words instead of their fists/hands when they are feeling strong emotions. I found this website and made flashcards for the girls to use for practice. They’re doing a great job learning the English words for these 8 basic emotions and I caught it on tape the day after introducing them. I was so proud of Kelly yesterday because I witnessed first hand how she used her words instead of hitting. Monica had walked to the couch and pulled a book right out of Kelly’s hands. Kelly turned to Monica and stomped her foot and said, “ANGRRRY!” (rolling her Rs) Wow, good job using your words Kelly!
Great idea-they are so bright! Too bad they have many emotions connected to physical responses that were undoubtedly negative. Grabbing, yelling, flinching, pulling hair, among other things, were either prior ways for them to cope, or ways that their role models coped, huh?
March 6, 2010 at 2:57 amGames like this will eventually replace many knee jerk reactions on their parts, and fill their repetoire’ with more fun (verbal or behavioral)responses.
That is the cutest video! I love the acting out of emotions. That is definitely a great job for Kelly! That is a hard lesson to learn for a lot of people, including some adults, so that’s fantastic progress.
March 7, 2010 at 8:49 pm