MSU ExtensionBuilding Early Emotional Skills in Young Children

Resources

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  Heads In, Hearts In: Full Early Childhood Activity Book

  Published on October 18, 2018

  The Heads In, Hearts In family enrichment program encourages families to use their minds as a tool to expand their knowledge around a variety of topic areas. This packet contains all 15 early childhood activities.

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  Heads In, Hearts In: Feelings Mask

  Published on October 18, 2018

  In this activity, you will explore emotions with the child by creating a mask that represents a feeling or emotion.

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  Heads In, Hearts In: Feather Color Match

  Published on October 18, 2018

  In this activity, adults will encourage and support children as they practice their fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination by matching the colors of feathers to dots on a piece of plastic foam.

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  Heads In, Hearts In: Cupcake Counting

  Published on October 18, 2018

  In this activity, adults will encourage and support children as they practice their fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination and counting by placing the correct number of pompoms in the cupcake liner.

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  Heads In, Hearts In: Alphabet Sand Writing

  Published on October 18, 2018

  In this activity, children will practice recognizing and writing letters in sand.

• Children & Youth Programming: Supporting Child and Family Development

  Published on April 24, 2017

  With a goal of ensuring every Michigan child is prepared with the knowledge, tools and skills to lead a healthy and productive life, MSU Extension’s children and youth programming uses the experiential learning model through which children learn best.

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  Fight Lead Effects with Learning and Play

  Published on February 11, 2016

  Positive early childhood experiences can help limit the effects of lead on kids.

• Family Book Sheets

  Published on September 18, 2013

  Using books in early childhood is a great way to link new concepts to ideas that children already understand.