Cantonese Journal on Emotions for Parents and Kids

 When I was at a professional development for English as Additional Language, we were encouraged to encourage the parents to keep talking with their children in their home language.  That's because once you know a concept and the word for that concept in one language, it is easier to learn that word in another language.  It activates the background knowledge for the learner.  

Many students usually end up speaking English once they start school.  I think that's because they are learning all these concepts and ideas and they can now talk about it in English to describe their experience but they don't have that vocabulary in Cantonese.  There are not a lot of Cantonese books to help bridge the gap of what they are learning in elementary school to the language / vocabulary spoken at home.  I would love Cantonese resources that parents can use to help discuss what students are learning in school.

Social emotional learning has been taught in elementary school in the last 10 or so years.  Students are learning about the different kinds of emotions and learning about strategies for the moments when the emotions take over.  

Think back, many of us growing up did not have parents that are receptive to talking about emotions or difficulties. So how many of us are able to voice our inner thoughts in Cantonese?

Remember how I would love to have Cantonese resources for the things taught in elementary schools?  Becca has created that already with her book/journal, "The Story of Us" https://www.cantonese4parents.com/cantonesejournal.

It starts of with the mood meter in Cantonese and English.  Then each emotion has a section for parents, child and parents and child to work on questions together.  There are some parenting guidelines and best of all physical strategies for the child to help regulate their emotions.    I highly recommend this book to everyone and anyone who speaks Cantonese.  Especially those who need to heal from their inner childhood.