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The ability to accurately recognize one's emotions and thoughts and their influence on behaviour. This includes accurately assessing one's strengths and limitations and possessing a well-grounded sense of confidence and optimism (CASEL, 2020).
The ability to accurately recognize one's emotions and thoughts and their influence on behaviour. This includes accurately assessing one's strengths and limitations and possessing a well-grounded sense of confidence and optimism (CASEL, 2020).
Parents/Guardians:
- Activity: How Are You Feeling? Begin each morning and end each evening with a check-in with your child. After the child has identified how they are feeling, invite them to share WHY they are feeling that way, and simply listen without judgement or interrruption. Then, take your turn to share. You may want to use visual prompts to help your child identify what they are feeling like the one on the left.
- As much as we want to help our children immediately when they are feeling unpleasant emotions, we must learn to simply be a 'safe space' for them to identify how they are feeling, sit with the emotion and allow them to open up about why they are feeling this way. From there, we can ask guiding questions to help them move forward, such as: "What do you think would help you feel better?"
STUDENTS: Check out these Resources on the Exploration of FEELINGS from PATHS (Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies):
Journaling Activity: Encourage your child to respond to these writing prompts, or get them to respond verbally:
I feel…
I’m worried about...
I miss...
I don’t miss…
I wonder...
I hope that...
🎶 Get Creative! Express how you feel using Art, Dance, Writing or Music! 🎶
🎶 Get Creative! Express how you feel using Art, Dance, Writing or Music! 🎶
Tools to Help Students Identify Their Strengths and Interests:
Tools to Help Students Identify Their Strengths and Interests:
Check out the resources below, and once you have identified YOUR starring strengths be sure to use them every day! 🌟
For example, if Curiosity is a personal strength try to learn something new every day! It could be a new word, or learning about another culture, or researching about a topic that you always wanted to know more about - maybe space? 🚀✨
Simple student portfolios and career education resources. Empowering students to make informed decisions about their future.Click on the above logo for an introduction to the program, and click right to find out how to log on step-by-step.
myBlueprint - Learn All About You and Careers of Interest Too!
myBlueprint - Learn All About You and Careers of Interest Too!
Pre-set up for Students in Grades 4-6 at Central and Chebucto.
How to Access My Blueprint:
1. To log on, click on School Account Login
2. Next, find and select our school district in the drop down box (Halifax Regional Centre of Education) and then click on the green button that says: Log on Using School Account
3. Log on using your GNSPES account
4. Finally, you must find and click on your name (Chebucto Heights students are listed first in alphabetical order, and then Central Spryfield students).
Then, explore the site, do some activities and learn more about YOU! Login to site: HERE
JA Nova Scotia Interest Explorer - Final Copy.pdf
Celebrate Yourself! 🎉 There is only one YOU in the Entire World! 🌎
Celebrate Yourself! 🎉 There is only one YOU in the Entire World! 🌎
Let's get creative! Create a piece of art that represents YOU. Fill it with the interests, thoughts, and things that make you so special.
For example, if you are someone who feels deeply and is very kind, your piece might contain hearts 💗. Within the hearts, you might write the names of the people you love most.
Check out the examples of what some students in Sir John A MacDonald High School did with this.
I'd LOVE to see what YOU do, too 🥰
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