The Children in the Chickadees class watched in awe as Ms. Paris poured baking soda into red colored vinegar. It began to bubble and boil.
This was not your typical volcano science experiment; this was a demonstration to help the children understand their feelings, in this case, what it feels like to be angry.
They used the blue color to represent feeling sad and yellow for happiness. The children are asked often: what are you feeling today? We teach them to recognize their emotions, which is the first step to emotional regulation. This is a skill that in previous generations was often missing in our education system.
Social emotional learning has become a vital piece of Early Childhood education with it often taking precedence over the other important parts of the curriculum.