Toys for Emotion Coaching
One of the most important things that we can help our children do is understand and accept their emotions. This is the basis of social emotional intelligence, which more and more research is pointing to being at the very heart of raising happy and caring kids.
In fact, Dr. Christine Carter of the Greater Good Science Center at Berkeley says that "Emotion coaching is one of the most important parenting practices in the history of the universe."
In fact, Dr. Christine Carter of the Greater Good Science Center at Berkeley says that "Emotion coaching is one of the most important parenting practices in the history of the universe."
Wouldn't it be great if there were fun and cute toys that could help you teach these lessons?
Well, there are: Kimochis!
There are a variety of Kimochi dolls, each of which has their own personalities and come with their own feelings - small plush pillows that fit in the larger Kimochi's front pouch. There are also additional feeling packs available. We like the Cloud Kimochi, because it comes with the basic happy, sad, and mad pillows, but all the characters are adorable.
The Kimochi website also has a lot of information on how to use the toys and how to connect with children about emotions.
The toys themselves are cute, but the video below, showing them really working in a classroom setting is pretty amazing.
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