Have you ever felt angry?
We all have felt angry somewhere in our life. Sometimes so angry that we want to run away, cry or... Well, whatever your outlet is. It will always differ. I have to walk away and usual
Children doesn't know how to manage their anger, and when they are little they most likely can't comprehend that they are feeling angry. They don't always understand what they are feeling.
Teaching children what is anger.
Anger is when someone is very upset or mad at something, someone or a situation they experienced.
For the older children you can use a variety of words to explain anger with:
What makes me angry
It is important for children (and adults) to identify what makes them angry.
Here is a list of possible situations that can "push your buttons" the wrong way:
What do you do when you feel angry
Here is a little bit of a catch, and this is where we as teachers (and parents) come in. We have to teach our children the difference between feelings and behavior. Because they need to identify that they are feeling angry but they cannot behave in an angry manner by hitting someone
New kids centre also has three rules that they let children do when they feel angry
(This is the rules you can teach the learners they have to follow regarding how they behave when feeling angry,)
- Don't hurt others.
- Don't hurt yourself.
- Don't ruin things
http://www.newkidscenter.com/Anger-Management-for-Children.html
Take a time-out
When children are feeling angry it is imporant for them to learn to step back, calm down and refocus. Yes, it isn't always easy but here is how they can manage is.
- Remind yourself that it is not ok to hurt someone.
- Take 3 deep breaths, count t slowly to 10.
- Say how you feel and what you wish will happen. (How should the situation resolve itself)
This can be said to an adult. - Ask an adult to help you resolve your problem.
- Take time to calm down.
Helpful classroom tips.
1. Make an emotion meter for your class. Put all the children's names on clothes pegs. They put the pegs at the emotion that they are feeling. NOTE: They are free to change the emotion througout the day, just like there emotions change.
2. Have empty faces where children can draw their emotion.
3. Make this "I can cool off" flower(Found on pinterest)
4. Have these anger management cards at hand so learners can use it when they feel they need it.
You can download it free here: http://www.lizs-early-learning-spot.com/anger-management-23-calming-strategy-cards/
5. You can do these "Calm down yoga exercises" - Do it with your whole class and don't single out a learner.
6. Print out this poster for activities that children can do when they feel angry.
You can find it here: http://childhood101.com/9-calm-down-ideas-for-kids/
There are so many ways you can help learners manage there anger. These are only a few I have tried and tested with my classes.
Remember that sometimes their will be a deeper reason why children feel angry
- Something that happened at home.
- Something that happened at break time.
- Something that happened a long time ago.
If you ever think or have a gut feeling that there is a more serious reason for the child's anger, act on it. A parent and teacher's gut feelings are there for a reason. Almost 99% of the time you will be right.
when my child gets angry I hug her and told her not to get angry, she calm down.
I believe that getting angry is a habit that grows in our childhood. We have to make them understand that -"We Get Angry When We Lose Control of Ourselves".
So true -"We get angry when we loose control of ourselves."
and we lost the judgement of right and wrong.
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Anger management for adults and children needs to be practiced daily thanks for listing and ideas @tanyaschutte
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