The Comet Of Emotions
The emotion kite is a witty way to help children express what they feel through an origami game. With it, children will learn to name what they experience and to spend quality family time. Feel like exploring how you can help them be more assertive and have fun with them?
The kids and the emotions
Sometimes we ask our children about how their day has gone and the only thing we get is a dry “good” or an ambiguous gesture. It is not so easy for them to name their emotions, much less to explain to us in words what they have experienced at school. To help them, we propose a great solution: the Pacifier of Emotions.
It is the typical origami game that all generations have played, but this time with a variation. It consists of putting in it the basic emotions and an invitation to explain situations in which they feel that way.
The truth is that the emotion kite can be adapted to the taste of each family. If the children are very young, icons can be drawn to represent those emotions. If they are older, they can be named and accompanied by a practical example: the key lies in connecting with what they feel.
How do you play the game of emotions?
It is important to make it clear to them that there are no good or bad emotions, that they are all valid and that as human beings we experience all of them at some point in our lives.
The objective is that with this game children learn to manage their emotions and not reject or evade any of them, hence the importance of knowing them.
If you don’t remember how to do it, we are going to help you a bit. You will only need one sheet of paper. Do it with your children so that they become familiar with the art of origami.
- Cut it out so that it is square.
- Fold the paper so that the right corner meets the left and the left corner meets the right.
- Now, fold each corner to the center and flip the paper over.
- Continue folding the corners back to the center.
- Write the number from 1 to 8 in each triangle and a picture of each emotion on the inside.
- Finally, fold the paper in half, then bring the sides together.
- Stick your fingers in and start playing!
Basic emotions
In Babulinka books you will find the downloadable format for free. With the phrases it includes, help the children to identify each of these emotions and to make a gesture that represents them or to give examples. It is an invaluable material to work with at home or at school.
This material is part of the book Once upon a time a child eats words . In it, a child begins to eat the words. Isn’t it curious to know what would happen if the word joy could be eaten? A funny story that teaches children to identify their feelings and emotions and to learn to express and channel them.
It is essential for the emotional education of our children that they learn to express themselves properly, to accept each of the emotions they have and to know that it is normal to feel them.
It is never too early to work with them on these aspects as long as we know how to adapt them to their maturing age. The emotion kite is just one of the many games that exist to work on emotions with children. Explore and have fun as a family while developing your skills!
