Hestia Homeschool for Young Wild Women

Sometimes we are engaged in an informal unit study before I connect the disparate threads and realize that we are looking closely at a subject!  Ever since the girls decided they wanted to learn "Super spy" skills, I have been emphasizing that spies need to be acutely aware of other people's non-verbal communication. This was particularly apparent when I learned that the MeterMan from Hell was surprised he upset me so much.

He apparently is lousy at  reading non-verbal communication (or else he prefers not to ).

Shelby also needs to be able to express how she is feeling, so this all ties in well together. I spent a very happy evening a few nights ago studying "micro-emotions", which you will be hearing a lot about in the next few weeks.  :-)

I do believe that one of the keys to harmony in the world is not only being able to accurately read how other humans are feeling, but to understand how we ourselves are feeling!

Click here: Elements of a Story Language Arts Lesson Plan, Thematic Unit, Activity, Worksheet, or Reading or Writing Teaching     Language Arts Elements of a Story "Where the Wild Things Are" by Deborah Szabo St. Joseph College Modification of a Reading lesson plan by Shelley Yamnitz Grade

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• #5 Comment from hestiahomeschoolEntry Author 
  6/21/05 8:05 PM | Permalink

  Thank you for your wise comment. The little boy who just moved in with us seems to be helpless in identifying his feelings, which is not surprise after meeting his grandfather. :-)  Of course, I realize males are different from us, but my husband can articulate his feelings pretty well when he chooses to.  I will have to focus on this a bit more with Darren, poor little guy.  He has basically been exposed to anger and a lot of condemnation.
  
  love, Kas
  
• #4 Comment from debbted 
  6/21/05 9:27 AM | Permalink

  As a teacher, I can second the vote for teaching children to know their own feelings and to understand others. I taught this in Headstart classes starting with photos of the very basic emotions such as: fear, anger, happy, sad...It's so important and would make for a better planet of adults with less work for therapists and anti-depressants needed~Peace, Deb
• #3 Comment from joolsinwa 
  4/10/05 2:58 PM | Permalink

  It was ok to take my graphic a new journaler friend gave it to me,no problem!!!thanks fir stopping by  my humble journal!
  ~Julie~
  http://journals.aol.com/joolsinwa/randommusingsofmymind
• #2 Comment from artloner 
  4/10/05 3:09 AM | Permalink

  you work so hard...I'm proud of you.
• #1 Comment from my78novata 
  4/9/05 10:07 PM | Permalink

  Thanks for the study