With emotional literacy being a combination of recognising your own emotions, noticing emotions in others and having the words to express those feelings, there are many ways reading can help.
Recognising your own emotions Use books that mirror how the children in your class may be feeling at key times to allow them to find a better way to express how they feel.
Noticing emotions in others Make time for discussion about the feelings and emotions of the characters in books. This could be as a class or with the children talking amongst themselves.
Language for expressing emotions Reading is one of the best places to start. From an early age, we need to introduce books that use a wide range of emotional language. When you’re reading with children, ask open-ended questions that help them step into the shoes of a character or person. Say, ‘How do you think that made him feel?’ or, ‘How would you feel if that happened to you?’.
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