Feeling Charts

Feeling charts are a great way to teach and examine how you or your child are feeling. If a child can identify how they feel very early on in their life and express themselves properly, its always a great thing especially if you as a parent promote it. For children under 5 print off pictures of different faces so they can choose which one their most feeling like. The magnet words are my favorite for children 6-12 so they can make funny sentences of how they feel. 12 and up are ready for verbal clues from body language communication. You can point out how they might feel when you learn how to read your teen.

I feel statements!

For face to face communication use "I feel" statements.

I feel _______(feeling), when ___________because _________.

Body Communication

Eyes 82% Ears 11% Other senses 7% Retention Verbal 10% Retention Verbal – Visual 51%

Albert H Mehrabian experimented in the late 60’s and early 70’s and came up with this calculation in terms of how important the non-verbal movements, signals and gestures are when it comes to the overall effectiveness of our communication in relaying our message to others.

Words account for only 7% Tone of voice accounts for 38% Body language accounts for 55%

(http://personalpowerinformation.blogspot.com/2008/08/body-language-facts-and-statistics.html)