Mood Unit

Helping Kids Manage Feelings and Emotions

Use this unit to teach students to recognize their feelings and emotions and learn to manage their moods.

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Introduction

This unit includes five lessons to teach students about feelings and emotions. These lessons will help you to create a caring classroom environment filled with thoughtful students who support and encourage each other. Featured within the unit are videos, printables, and slideshows to share with your students as well as several helpful teacher tips to guide your instruction.


Lesson 1: Helping Kids Understand the Connection Between Feelings and Moods

Help kids identify feelings and emotions and how they determine someone's mood.

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Lesson 2: Ways That Feelings Affect Kids' Moods

Teach kids not only to understand how their feelings and emotions affect their mood, but also how to manage that mood!

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Lesson 3: Techniques Kids Can Use to Take Charge of Their Moods

Here’s how to help kids recognize their mood more quickly and identify ways to manage their mood.

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Lesson 4: Implications of Moods on the Choices Kids Make

Now that your kids have learned to take charge of their moods, they are ready to find out how to make better choices as well.

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Lesson 5: How fit Choices Affect Kids' Moods

Give your students opportunities to evaluate choices and discuss how choices affect mood.

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Introduction

This unit includes five lessons to teach students about feelings and emotions. These lessons will help you to create a caring classroom environment filled with thoughtful students who support and encourage each other. Featured within the unit are videos, printables, and slideshows to share with your students as well as several helpful teacher tips to guide your instruction.


Lesson 1: Helping Kids Understand the Connection Between Feelings and Moods

Help kids identify and learn how feelings and emotions determine a mood.

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Lesson 2: Ways That Feelings Affect Kids' Moods

Teach kids not only to understand how their feelings and emotions affect their mood, but also how to mange that mood!

Go to Lesson

Lesson 3: Techniques Kids Can Use to Take Charge of Their Moods

Here's how to help kids recognize their mood more quickly and identify ways to manage their mood.

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Lesson 4: Implications of Moods on the Choices Kids Make

Now that your kids have learned to take charge of their moods, they are ready to find out how to make better choices as well.

Go to Lesson

Lesson 5: How fit Choices Affect Kids' Moods

Give your students opportunities to evaluate choices and discuss how choices affect mood.

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