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Temper Tantrums and Whining Printable
Emotions Cards
Whining and Temper Tantrums are both normal
behaviors displayed by preschool age children. There are many
reasons children react with extreme emotions, but the one
commonality is that these feisty kids haven't quite figured out how
to use words to express their feelings. Sometimes they don't
even know the correct word that goes along with the emotions that
they feel. It's up to the parents to teach them the words for
how they're feeling. As a parent, it's your job to teach your
youngster about feelings and how to express them and the Emotion
Cards are just what you need. There are several ways you can
use these cards to teach about feelings.
1. Play the Emotions Matching Game: print out two copies of
the cards on card stock paper. Cut out the cards. Turn
the cards, picture down. Take turns, with your child, turning
over two cards to try and find the emotion matches. If you
find a match you get to keep the cards and take another turn.
If you don't find a match, the next player takes a turn. Every time
someone finds a match, explain the emotion shown on the cards.
If a player turns over an emotions card, along with the Talk
about a time when you felt this emotion card, then that player
must tell about a time that he felt that emotion. The person
with the most pairs in the end is the winner.
2. Talk about Emotions: Sit down with your
child and place the cards face up on the table. Sort the cards
so there's only one card, per each emotion, facing up. Tell
your child that you know that he gets upset sometimes and that you'd
like to teach him how to use words to express his feelings, rather
than his using whines or cries. Tell him you are going to
explain a situation and ask him to tell you how he would feel if
that happened. If he can't tell you the word, ask him to point
at one of the emotion cards that he thinks shows the emotion he
would feel. Guide him to the correct emotion and tell him the
word and discuss how he could share that emotion with you in words
instead of whines. Continue this exercise by giving examples
that cover all of the emotions expressed on the cards.
Example: Ask your child how he feels when someone grabs a toy away
from him. Let him look at the cards and make a choice, if he
doesn't choose the Angry card then you can explain what angry
is and ask him if that might be the emotion he would feel and show
him that card.
3. Taming Tantrums: When your child is
whining or in the middle of a tantrum you can pull out the emotion
cards and ask your child to look at them and pull out the card that
describes how he's feeling. This will take his mind off the
problem and make him focus on a task and will help to calm him down
enough so he can discuss his feelings with you using words instead
of whines.
Peaceful Restaurant Dining
Printable Restaurant Rules
Coloring sheet
The number one important thing to remember is that
all kids need to know the rules. Before entering a restaurant
it is essential for you, as the parent, to tell your child how he is
expected to behave in the restaurant. When telling him the
rules make sure that he understands that these are the rules that
the restaurant has put in place. Let him know that all
children and adults who eat out must behave by these rules or the
restaurant manager can ask them to leave.
Children tend to disobey when they feel that their
parents are making the rules, but if it's someone else that they
don't know they are more likely to listen. You can bring the
Restaurant Rules coloring sheet with you to the restaurant along
with some crayons. The link to the printable coloring sheet is
above. Have your child color while waiting to get his
food. Make sure that you discuss each rule listed on the sheet
with your child as he begins to color.
As he colors and looks at the rule sheet he will be
constantly reminded of how he is expected to behave. If he
misbehaves and breaks one of the rules listed on his coloring sheet,
you can quickly ask him to tell you which rule it is that he is
breaking. This will take his attention off of his bad behavior
and make him focus on something else and allow you to gain
control. Then you can calmly remind him that he must obey the
restaurant's rules or the manager will ask him to leave.
Calm Grocery Shopping Printable
Grocery List Coloring Sheet
Lets face it, grocery shopping isn't
fun for anyone including your child. This is part of the
reason that your child gets a little antsy when food shopping.
Shopping can become a fun activity for you and your child to do
together. Have your child participate in the entire shopping
process, from creating the list to finding the items.
Print out the printable grocery list
coloring sheet at the link above. Give this to your child as
you create your list. Have your child color in any items that
are also on your list and leave items that aren't on your list
blank. Go over the coloring sheet list with your child and let
him know that he will be responsible for helping you locate the
items that he has colored. When you go to the store, make sure
your child brings his coloring sheet and a pen or pencil. When
your child locates one of the items on his list he should get it and
put it in the cart. He should then put an X in the box next to
the item on his coloring sheet.
Let your child know that if he helps
you find the items and behaves in the store you will let him pick
one small item for himself. After you're done shopping, thank
him for his help and congratulate him on a job well done!
No More "I Want! I
want!" Over and Over Again while Shopping
Printable
Happy Birthday List Printable
Merry Christmas List
If you're tired of hearing your child
say, "I want that and I want this!" over and over again
while you're shopping, fret no more, we have something that will
help.
Print out our Happy Birthday List the
next time you and your child go shopping. Bring a pen as
well. When your child says, "I want, I want!" say,
"We can't get it now, but we'll put it on your birthday
list." Then write down the item and the store on the
Happy Birthday list. If your child is old enough to write, you
can let him write down the information. Bring this list to
every store you visit and let him build his birthday list. You could
even keep this list is a special spot and have your child get his
list every time you go to the store. He'll be excited
and you won't need to worry about the "I Want, I Want!"
anymore. When it's close to Christmas you can print out the
Christmas List and do the same thing. Keep both lists and when
it is birthday or Christmas time you'll also have a list of items
your child wants. This will make that shopping trip easier as
well.
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