Your children will understand the physical responses that strong feelings can produce, that the emotions that we experience -- whether strong or not -- are normal, and that there are strategies that we can employ at any time we identify a strong emotion that feels unmanageable.

As a kindergarten teacher of 15 years who deeply values social-emotional learning and well-being, I have found that children benefit greatly from developing a sense of efficacy when it comes to emotional self-regulation, and song, story, discussion and practice are the tools to bring this efficacy to life.