Developing emotional intelligence is key for social and emotional development. For young children, this becomes the foundation for effective social interaction, resilience and empathy. Emotional intelligence is a term used to describe the ability to understand your own emotions and use them to guide your thinking and actions.
Simply put, it is our ability to recognise and manage our emotions, while also understanding and influencing the feelings of others.
For young children, this becomes the foundation for effective social interaction, resilience, and empathy.
hildren need the experience of feeling emotions and practice tolerating them to develop self-control and emotional intelligence.