Learning module with comprehensive multi-media resources, including assignments, projects, and assessment on motivation and emotion.

There are so many ways to use a set of emotions cards with children, at home and school. These activities are particularly valuable as children are learning to recognize and regulate their own feelings and emotions, as well as learning...

Ten activities are provided that will help young students learn more about their feelings and emotions.

In this article from National Association for the Education of Young Children, information about the importance of teaching emotional intelligence skills is shared.

This lesson focuses on emotional appeals in persuasive speeches including defining emotional appeals, their purpose, examples, components, and production. It also discusses the ethical use of emotional appeals and manipulation.

Read a passage about differences in emotional responses and answer the follow-up questions.

Did you know that learning to identify emotions can help your child build stronger relationships and better manage their emotions? In this video [56 secs.] produced by the Parent Toolkit, you'll learn to build your child's emotional...

Lesson plans are provided for the following social-emotional learning topics: cognitive emotion regulation, acceptance, self-blame, positive refocusing, rumination, refocus of planning, catastrophizing, positive reappraisal, blaming...

In this Second Step instructional activity, 2nd graders will begin learning about how to manage their emotions.

This article from Frontiers for Young Minds explains how emotions work.

This article on emotions looks at the viewpoint of the listener when excuses are given. They dissect the excuse and what emotions are behind it.

A remarkable site about a remarkable matriarch of a family of elephants in Kenya, Echo. Watch the full video here of the life of Echo and her family, as well as her death. Great photos of Echo and her family. Be sure to click on Elephant...

These weekly activities are cross-curricular but emphasize Social-Emotional Learning, Math and Literacy development. This week (December 21st), we're learning how developing new artistic ideas helps us to express our thoughts and feelings.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Problem-solving skills can be practiced and strengthened over time with puzzles such as Tangrams! In the social-emotional learning activity Problem Solved, your child will explore problem-solving...

Early readers will love building their own story book with Elmo, Abby Cadabby, or Cookie Monster! A perfect tool for helping identify feelings and emotions, word and letter recognition, and letter sounds.

Do you know how to get to Sesame Street? This collection is designed to engage preschoolers in everyday learning by teaching core skills in Math, Literacy, STEM, and Social and Emotional Development. Here you'll find hundreds of videos,...

Article reports on the science behind being "hangry" - a term that refers to the grumpiness that often accompanies hunger. Includes video.

This lesson focuses on the manipulative appeals to pathos, trying to unfairly play upon the audience's feelings and emotions through fallacious, misleading, or excessively emotional appeals.

COMPASS uses collaborative game-based learning to teach youth research-backed strategies to manage worries, solve problems, build relationships, and face stressful situations with confidence. This six-lesson plan has shown to improve...

Learn about seeking counseling for a gifted child who is experiencing intense moods, depression, or bi-polar disorder, or has any other type of emotional needs that need to be addressed by a professional.

This lesson outline summarizes the philosophical issues embedded in the book Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst. This is followed by question sets that teachers can use to guide young scholars in...

Article reports on groundbreaking research which looked at brain scans of dogs and discovered that, like humans, their brains have a voice processing center, which helps explain why dogs are so attuned to human emotions.

This lesson focuses on appeals that use both Kairos and Pathos, appeals to emotion (pathos) are more likely to be effective work if they are also timely (kairos).

This site contains a collection of activities to teach students how to identify and express their feelings.