Feelings in a Jar: A Fun Game for All Ages for Endless Play & Interaction (In a Jar Series)

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Using an already thought of, named activity in a jar helps your child through the process of identifying that they need help from you and then practising asking for it.

I'd say it's a great abstract look at how to deal with unwanted emotions, especially for 4-5 year olds with big feelings.

The ratings/reviews displayed here may not be representative of every listing on this page, or of every review for these listings. It's also great in building social skills because it allows children to tap into their creative side in acting out feelings. It helps younger children to relate them to colours, and referring back to their colourful jar full of wonderful emotions! All you need for this family activity is a mason jar and an assortment of pom poms of various colors and sizes! When you wake up feeling overwhelmed with emotion and unsure what you need, you can grab your Feelings Jar and take a moment to look through the squares of paper.

It seems like a small thing, but when you are already trying to manage your big feelings, having other messages as simply laid out for you as possible can be really helpful. My daughter clapped for the end of this book, she was so happy for the bunny feeling better and having friends. It isn't long before he finds that he needs to hide not only the bad feelings, but also he has to hide feelings of excitement and joy, too. It was clear that the time he was too excited that he got in trouble he might consider putting that into a jar, but why the joy? If a child is too angry to place the pom poms in the jar in the first place have them throw the pom poms into the jar; it will help them work off some frustration.Favourite activities like reading a book or listening to your favourite song redirect negative feelings and give your child a chance to calm down and breathe. We then go to the jar, take out all the pictures, and he can choose the thing he thinks may help him feel better. Children can think about how they've felt each day and place the shape into the jar which best describes their emotions. I may read this with my young human to see how he responds, but I'm a little bit worried that he will infer that it is "normal" to bottle up your feelings.

If you don’t have pom poms at home you can use different color strips of paper, beads, or you can send kiddos on a scavenger hunt to find things of like colors around the house. Each jar holds 101 little cards printed with “feelings words”—gleeful, insecure, grateful, angry, cranky, courageous, hopeful, and many more. This activity is one we use in our Hands on Healing group to support families in communicating regularly about feelings. Think of a challenging situation that has happened in your life and fairly present for you every day – could be a tough dynamic at work, something happening in the larger world, a loss, etc.We can easily talk ourselves right out of the thing that scared us, even if there was not real danger in the first place. Having an whole suite of tools at your disposal as a parent is the only way to avoid the knee jerk, reactive responses we often give our little ones. This can facilitate a discussion around what has prompted particular feelings and what children could do if they are experiencing an uncomfortable emotion, such as sadness, to help themselves feel better. Explaining feelings and emotions to young children can be complicated; especially so for children on the Autism Spectrum. To enable personalized advertising (like interest-based ads), we may share your data with our marketing and advertising partners using cookies and other technologies.