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Investigating our Feelings and Emotions
As we are supporting our young and growing minds to understand, flourish, and grow in the knowledge of the world around them. One of our focuses has been exploring the world of feelings and emotions. With so many big emotions in our tamariki, we have decided to take a closer look at identifying and expressing our different emotions, as well as providing our tamariki with the tools and strategies to help manage and positively work through them.
We have set up our classroom environment and a range of different provocations for our tamariki to investigate how they are feeling and why they are feeling that way, embracing the concept of Whatumanawa (openly expressing one's emotions). We want to ensure our tamariki have a safe space to feel the way they do and to know that it is ok to feel different emotions and to even feel more than one thing at a time. To ultimately nurture their emotional and Holistic development | Kotahitanga.
Our tamariki’s understanding of feelings:
“Feelings are when your feeling happy or sad”
“It’s when you are tired or happy”
“Feeling sad or angry, like strong”
“They happen in our head”
“Feelings are what we do sometimes”
Our investigations into our feelings and emotions have paved a path towards showing empathy and kindness towards others as our tamariki are beginning to understand that they are capable of helping others deal with their emotions and feelings.