August

This month’s theme is Spirituality and Feelings.

I think as you help your children learn to express their feelings in a positive way it is a great time to do a little check in with you and pay attention to how you manage your feelings. You are after all the biggest role model in their life and some time what is caught is so much more important then what is taught.

The first activity is to journal your feelings. This is something you can do together with your child. Take a few moments every day to talk to your child about how they are feeling and why. Ask leading questions like “tell me more about that”. Give your kid a child a journal where they can write down all their thoughts. Let them know that it is for their eyes only so they can fee free to express what ever they wish. Perhaps you can even set a time and you can write in your journal while they write in theirs. This is of course for older kids but younger ones can draw how they are feeling.

Even younger kids can play the face game with parents. You can make exaggerated faces (i.e. huge smile) and ask how am I feeling? Do I feel happy? I’m smiling because I’m happy and I’m happy because…
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