😊 😔 😠 😦 MAKING emotion faces with my youngest today to use at school. Validating children’s feelings even when you can’t change the situation helps to make them feel understood and builds trust – but first we have to teach them. 😊😔😦😠

😊THOSE of you that know me will know I’m just a BIT of a geek (my phone never made the drawer!), one course just seems to raise more interest and LEAD to another … SOOO (for my interest & personal development) I’ve just finished a short course on Coping with Changes: social-emotional learning through play (FutureLearn) … looking at ADVERSITY and CHALLENGE and HOW these may affect a child, RECOGNISING the signs of distress in children and the PROMOTIVE and PROTECTIVE factors that can be put in place … 😊

😊THERE was a LOT of content from early years to 4-9 years and up with some great self care strategies for the adults too – as how WE feel projects to the children in our care 😊

💚Emotion coaching here I come! 💚