An important part of developing emotional literacy is about helping your child to understand that all feelings are valid. We should never...

As I have said in previous posts, part of emotional literacy is about having some 'control' over (or 'good management of') the behaviour...

I put together the following five A4 emotion posters for use with my pupils at school. The emotions are straightforward on sheet 1 and...

Some of the messages our boys receive from a very young age.... Suicide is still the biggest killer of males under 45. And when males...

For children to develop better emotion regulation, it can help them to think about the 'gap' between the trigger that caused them to feel...

This is an an fun way to explore coping strategies for worrying, with your child. The idea is you're going to create a machine that you...

Something useful that children can learn about emotions is that they have different strengths. Much of the time our emotions are so mild...

Some children worry more than others and you will know if your child is prone to feeling anxious or not. A way you can explain worrying...

I love this little book of mine because it is a simple (and therefore easy to use) way of helping children become more emotionally...

In a world where we are bombarded with smiley faces in TV adverts, shop windows, magazines and social media, it would be easy to...

Emotional literacy is an incredible key to opening up self-awareness. Our emotional responses in many cases can give us clues about...

Now this might sound daft but teaching children about the symptoms of anger is extremely helpful. The symptoms of anger seem really...

This simple little tip can help children develop their emotional literacy as it helps them to 'own' their feelings. You see when someone...