How to Regulate Difficult Emotions

Build Your Toddler's Emotional Toolkit for Life's Big Feelings

Social-emotional learning is a lifelong journey, and you can lay the strongest foundation right now. Designed for open-ended discovery, this flashcard set equips you with the tools to guide your child through understanding and managing their emotions, teaching them to regulate their thoughts and behaviors in any situation.

HOW THIS TOOLKIT WORKS This set uses a two-part method to turn everyday challenges into powerful teaching moments:

1. Identify the Feeling with Scenario Cards:

Use these relatable, everyday scenes as the perfect starting point for discussion and helps your child recognize difficult emotions like frustration, disappointment, and anger in a safe context. Example Scenario: "You're asked to stop playing. How does that make you feel?"

2. Choose a Coping Strategy with Behavior Cards:

Introduce healthy coping mechanisms sorted into 5 intuitive categories and empowers your child to make a positive choice about how to manage their big feelings:

❤️ Connection: Strategies to seek comfort and support (e.g., "Ask for a hug").
🎈 Distraction: Techniques to reset and shift focus (e.g., "Count to 10").
💪 Action: Physical ways to release energy (e.g., "Stretch").
🌟 Expression: Healthy outlets for feelings (e.g., "Draw how you feel").
🛌 Relaxation: Methods to calm the body and mind (e.g., "Take a break and drink some water").

Key Features & Benefits

Proactive Emotional Coaching: Goes beyond naming emotions to actively teaching what to do with them, building self-regulation skills that last a lifetime.

Encourages Open-Ended Dialogue: The Scenario Cards are designed to spark meaningful conversations, strengthening your bond and understanding of your child's inner world.

Equips with a "Coping Menu": The 5 categories of Behavior Cards give children a sense of agency and control, allowing them to choose a strategy that feels right for them.

Developed for Toddlers: Based on core SEL principles, with simple language and clear, engaging visuals that are perfect for young children.

Each card: 5*7 inches, 30 double side printed cards