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SEL Friendship Activities
Friendship
Emotion Regulation
Problem Identification:
There are so many issues and problems that we experience every single day! Sometimes it is helpful to understand the size of the problem to better select a response in dealing with the problem. Have your child(ren) discuss a problem that they have experienced. Use this visual to ask where they would place their problem and how they will deal with the problem.
3 Step Emotion Regulation:
Many times we do not take the time to stop ourselves and think about the consequences of our actions. Use this as a visual in talking with your child(ren) regarding steps to control their emotions. Discuss different strategies to help when faced with an emotionally challenging situation!
Knowing My Triggers:
Everyone has something that triggers an emotional response, whether it be anger, sadness, or excitement. Understanding triggers and being prepared to react to these triggers is an important skill to have! Have your students write/draw a trigger that causes a strong emotional response and discuss with them strategies to use when faced with these triggers.
Zones of Regulation:
The Zones of regulation is an awesome curriculum to place emotions into different categories to visualize behavioral responses to different experiences. Show and discuss the zones of regulation with your child(ren) and use examples of feelings that are placed within each category!
Self-Regulation:
Coping and responding to strong emotions may take some extra help from different self-regulating strategies. Discuss with your child(ren) regarding the above self-regulation tools and practice with them! You can also have them come up
with some strategies that they can use to help when faced with strong emotions!
Emotions Wheel:
Have your child(ren) draw a wheel and split up into 6 sections like a pie! Have them label each pie piece with the above emotions. Have them draw/write experiences in which they have had the different types of emotions. Identifying feelings can help with emotion regulation as well as with empathy for others.
Character Education
Empathy:
Empathy means caring about other people's feelings and thoughts. It means trying to think and feel how another person would when experiencing strong emotions. Above is the three steps to show empathy towards another person. Brainstorm situations and ideas with your child(ren) in showing empathy towards others!
