Nursery World - Emotive subjects

The value of books for exploring different emotions is explained in another of our series by Opal Dunn. Learning how to recognise and manage personal emotions is an important part of growing up. Sharing the right picture book can provide a vehicle through which young children can work out how to manage their emotions, because a book provides focal settings beyond that of their daily life. Relevant picture books also provide carers with a casual opportunity to talk around specific emotions from a neutral referral point.

Learning how to recognise and manage personal emotions is an important part of growing up. Sharing the right picture book can provide a vehicle through which young children can work out how to manage their emotions, because a book provides focal settings beyond that of their daily life. Relevant picture books also provide carers with a casual opportunity to talk around specific emotions from a neutral referral point.

Picture books can provide opportunities for children to:

* explore emotions and acquire language needed to express feelings

* share sad and happy emotions in a caring environment

* feel potential emotions through story characters

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