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The 411: An Emotional Atlas for Children to Build Empathy and Mindfulness In and Out of the Classroom
Found on: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/help-create-an-atlas-of-emotions-for-children#/
We are looking for your help to build an online Atlas of Emotions for Children. This free educational tool would focus on giving our most precious generation the language and skills necessary to understand and work with their emotions. We feel that in a time where school violence and cyberbullying has become a norm, bringing emotional tools to children that increase empathy and build understanding is more important than ever. Please join us in supporting children everywhere with this atlas.
Extending the wishes of H. H. the Dalai Lama, we would now like to create an Atlas of Emotions for Children! The goal of this project would be to create a free, online interactive tool to educate children and parents about their emotions and how to work with them. We feel confident that this atlas of emotions will be effective in helping children (and the young at heart) feel more understood and capable of expressing themselves in peaceful, constructive ways.
The Children's Atlas of Emotions will focus primarily on the social and emotional learning needs of children from ages 8-12 years old. This age range is a precious time in development of connection and relationships - where the fundamentals of emotional communication can be formed for a lifetime.
Our current Atlas of Emotions has reached hundreds of thousands of people and we hope our Children's Atlas will exceed even these numbers. To maximize our impact, we are developing partnerships with universities and educational institutions to provide the greatest reach and breadth for this project.
This Atlas for Kids will be fundamentally different from the adult Atlas in two ways.
1. This Atlas will be an interactive and engaging platform where in addition to learning new emotion vocabulary kids can safely share emotional experiences to build empathy and connection. For example, if a kid using the Atlas is feeling worried about starting a new school year or excited about a family trip they can share this and see how many others are feeling the same this day or week or month represented in visually engaging info maps.
2. The Atlas of Emotion for Kids will include relational activities for kids to use with peers, and parents. This pair activity will show us the differences in how we share and interpret the emotions of those around us. Sometimes we misread emotion signals, or are missing them all together, the atlas provides a language for expressing emotions and activities to decode what they mean.
Our Atlas for Children will feature the same taxonomy of emotion words from the current atlas but will add in new content specific to the social and emotional learning goals of children ages 8-12.
Here's what we are looking forward to:
Examples of Emotional Episodes on topics common for kids such as bullying/ harassment, feeling pride/ accomplishment, unfairness
An Emotion-O-Meter which uses different colors and textures to explore our internal emotional state
A parent- child relational tool that allows kids to describe how they witness their parents emotions and vice-versa
Global mapping tool that allows kids to report their emotions that day and see what other children are feeling all over the world
Media offering simple ways for children to work with hard emotions based in mindfulness
Our team for this project has a proven track record in developing impactful educational content.
1) Dr. Paul Ekman is best known for his work studying facial expressions and emotion. In 2009, Dr. Ekman was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by TIME Magazine. In 2014, Dr. Ekman ranked fifteenth among the most influential psychologists of the 21st century. Dr. Ekman has written more than 14 books and 170 published articles. He as well worked as a key advisor for Pixar's "Inside Out".
2) Dr. Eve Ekman is a researcher at UCSF and emotional trainer among her multitude of experiences designing and developing live and online trainings in mindfulness for health care and the private sector. Eve is also a founding teacher trainer for Cultivating Emotional Balance, an evidenced-based program drawing on Western Scientific and Eastern Contemplative teachings to develop constructive emotional behaviors for a meaningful life.
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