? In my heart it is a book by Jo Witek that expresses the emotions and feelings of children. His beautiful illustrations and the simplicity of his words form a beautiful cocktail for children to recognize their feelings in different ways and in many colors.
Joy, sadness, calmness, anger, fear . . . All the emotions that children from the age of 3 already recognize and can express are included in this beautiful work. Taking advantage of the depth of the message, the story becomes even more tender and exciting when told by the children of the house.
- In this book.
- We can see how colorful and intense the world of children is.
- We can read phrases like.
- “My heart is like a little house.
- Do a lot of things happen inside? And they’re all messy.
- Laughter and rainy days.
- A lot of trouble and a desire to jump a foot.
- Today I will open the door of my heart to invite you in.
- When I’m happy.
- My heart looks like a big bright star still smiling.
As we see, it is a very close language that, with the wonderful idea that it is the children who say this, is a great tool to teach our children to communicate their emotions and feelings.
Letting children play expressing and verbalizing their emotions and feelings is the first and most important task in developing their intra- and interpersonal skills. Although at first glance it seems very complicated, perhaps because we are not able to deal with our own emotions, the thing is that working with children we will also have the opportunity to improve ourselves.
The first step is to become aware of emotions. For example, we can take pictures of several children, show them, and ask our children what they think the children feel in the photo. They may also be asked to draw faces that represent a person who feels some emotion or who tells stories related to different emotions.
Once children realize the timing and how they and others express their emotions, we can help them find different ways to express them correctly to avoid more serious conflicts. We can help them keep a diary of emotions, identify with a balloon when angry, relax with their breathing, think positively, stop their negative thoughts, etc.
There are other essential skills that allow them to connect with others and build their self-esteem. Children need to know that they have the right to say no?When they don’t like something, it’s not good to spread rumors, they should always try to put themselves in each other’s place and try to show others the need to put themselves in our place, etc.
With this in mind, we cannot forget the skills of personal autonomy, because that is what will allow you to manage your life. A child needs to know who he is, how to highlight his good side, and identify what he needs to improve. Plus, she needs to know how to take care of herself and love herself.
That’s why newspapers, scrapbooks, health games and books like “In My Little Heart” are vitally important. In this way, they can represent themselves with respect and understand that friendship is a flower that must be fed by both parties.
This will allow them to grow in total self-comprehension, with a proactive attitude towards tasks, with a list of pleasant events in mind, with the guarantee of living surrounded by great people that will help them enjoy life. And it all starts when they understand what’s going on in their hearts.