Tiny Humans, Big Emotions
Bonus Resources
Chapter 2 Your Role in Your Child’s Emotions
- Traumatic childhood events relate to adult health risk behaviors. The toxic stress factors that were researched are called Adverse Childhood Experiences, or ACES.
How many ACES have you or a child in your life experienced? Click here to take the ACES quiz.
Chapter 3 What’s Happening in the Brain and the Body When You Have Big Emotions?
Chapter 6 How to Set and Hold Boundaries
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Check out these Voices of Your Village podcast episodes on teaching consent, including how to use big-body, rough-and-tumble play as an opportunity for teaching consensual touch boundaries.
Chapter 8 Consequences, Punishments, and Rewards
Chapter 9 Ending Meltdowns Before They Start
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Effectively using a calendar with children
- My favorite children's books that tell stories of children expressing emotions, utilizing coping strategies, or illustrate emotion vocabulary.
- Visual aids we live by:
Chapter 10 When There’s More Than One Child
Chapter 11 Developing Empathy
Chapter 12 Changes and Transitions
- Click here to download our resource about what recharging the brain's "battery" can look like.
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Check out these Voices of Your Village Podcast episodes:
- Episode 150, Talking to Kids About Death
- Episode 241, How to Talk to Kids About Death with Ali Waltien - Download our recommended list of children's books about death and dying.Â
Tiny Humans,
Big Emotions
Bonus Resources
Chapter 2 Your Role in Your Child’s Emotions
- Traumatic childhood events relate to adult health risk behaviors. The toxic stress factors that were researched are called Adverse Childhood Experiences, or ACES.
How many ACES have you or a child in your life experienced? Click here to take the ACES quiz.
Chapter 3 What’s Happening in the Brain and the Body When You Have Big Emotions?
Chapter 6 How to Set and Hold Boundaries
-
Check out these Voices of Your Village podcast episodes on teaching consent, including how to use big-body, rough-and-tumble play as an opportunity for teaching consensual touch boundaries.
Chapter 8 Consequences, Punishments, and Rewards
Chapter 9 Ending Meltdowns Before They Start
-
Effectively using a calendar with children
- Our favorite books about emotions
- Visual aids we live by:
Chapter 10 When There’s More Than One Child
Chapter 11 Developing Empathy
Chapter 12 Changes and Transitions
- Click here to download our resource about what recharging the brain's "battery" can look like.
-
Check out these Voices of Your Village Podcast episodes:
- Episode 150, Talking to Kids About Death
- Episode 241, How to Talk to Kids About Death with Ali Waltien - Download our recommended list of children's books about death and dying.Â
