In addition you can ask her to see if she can figure out what sensation goes with what emotion when she notices the emotion.Īsk her about her day and the feelings she noticed during that day, at dinner or before bedtime for the course of your game. Tell her that paying attention to and naming the emotion can take its power away. Tell her to catch anger, anxiety, sadness or something more subtle and elusive like jealousy and boredom-and to name the emotion when she feels it.
She might get angry and say something she later wishes she didn’t. Sometimes it’s easy, at other times she might not notice it until after. Tell your child that the next time she experiences a difficult emotion, she should try to name it. Play emotion detectives with your child for a day or two. When we observe our inner life like this we can more readily prevent coming meltdowns. When we notice emotions we can name the emotion we are experiencing to help take its power away. As we start to become better “emotion detectives,” we can recognize the warning signs of big emotions coming. Most of us have some amount of warning before we experience a big emotion. Purpose: Understanding emotions, Emotional intelligence Mindfulness Activities for Teens and Kids – Emotion Detectives With Emotion Detectives you can learn to nurture …Īnd you can learn to make better choices in difficult situations. It’s a similar activity from my book with 150+ playful mindfulness activities. Okay, but here’s the original activity called Emotion Detectives … You can play the game with any emotion you choose. Tagging each other when we noticed we were joyful. We had so much fun today that we ended up playing happy tag instead! I might pause and do a few mindful breaths ( see Take Five ) to cool down.Īs we play this game we talk more about our emotions. Without mirroring or instantly reacting to my grumpiness.Īnd I get to apply my mindfulness skills … I remind myself to pause before I react. We invented this game together … it’s fun and it teaches us to be mindful of emotions.Īnton notices my emotions without getting pulled into to the situation. He tags me by saying GOTCHA victoriously. When I tell my son to hurry up in a grumpy voice …
The game is simple … you simply tag the grumpy person! Maybe I’m not as mindful as usual … publishing a book about mindfulness … I’m self publishing my first ever book and it’s exciting and wonderful and a bit stressful, too. It’s true … the last few days have been emotional for me … We’ve played it since he told me that I’ve been extra grumpy lately. It’s a variation of another cool mindfulness activity called Emotion Detectives. The last few days we’ve been playing mindful “grumpy tag” with my son Anton.
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