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My Interaction Journal
TARGET:
6-8 years
INTENSITY:
10 min / 3x per week
LEARNING GOAL
Developing Emotional Awareness When Interacting with Others
PEDAGOGICAL INTENTION
Identifying My Emotions When Interacting with Others
Target SKILLS
Socio-emotional Intelligence
Co-Intelligence Human-Human
Learning How to Learn
Metacognition
MATERIALS
Personal journal
Emotion vocabulary word wall
DETAILED PROCEDURE
Set up this activity in pairs. After a significant social moment (conflict, success, exclusion, collaboration), child writes or draws in their journal.
Step 1
Provide the prompt: "What happened? How did you feel? What did your body do?"
Step 2
Invite the child to identify at least 2 emotions - including any contradictions: "I was happy we won AND I felt bad for the other team."
Step 3
Say gently to the children: "Your feelings don't have to agree with each other. Two can be true at the same time."
Step 4
Optional: share one sentence with a partner (never mandatory).
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PROGRESS INDICATORS
The child identifies 2+ co-occurring emotions in a social situation.
The child uses precise vocabulary beyond 'good/bad/mad'
The child references past situations to understand present ones.
Research Foundations
Harter (1999); Brackett (2019); Pennebaker (1997)
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