Module 5: Teaching About Feelings for Infants and Toddlers

Welcome to the next course in the Infant-Toddler Pyramid Model Training Series, where we are going to learn about developing emotional literacy and teaching about emotions. Emotional literacy is identifying and understanding emotions in appropriate, healthy ways. Emotional literacy skills develop over time and—for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers—are a “work in progress.” In fact, many of the challenging behaviors we see in young children are evidence of their developmental stages.

In this course, we will explore what the development of emotional literacy looks like (i.e., labeling feelings in self and others, recognizing facial and physiological signs, modulating responses, developing coping strategies, etc.,) and share a variety of strategies teachers can use to support and teach the young early learners in our care about feelings.

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