Understanding Your Preschooler's Emotions Through Journal Prompts

50 Preschool Journal Prompts

What if you could truly understand your preschooler's inner world and strengthen your bond with them? Join us as we uncover the transformative power of journal prompts to help young children articulate their thoughts and emotions, significantly enhancing their emotional intelligence and self-awareness. Discover how prompts focused on recognizing feelings of pride and understanding social dynamics can offer precious insights into your child's developing mind. Learn about the role of imagination prompts, such as envisioning fantastical scenarios or becoming superheroes, in sparking creativity while also revealing underlying values and anxieties. 

Curiosity fuels a child's world, and we're here to show you how to harness it with simple yet profound questions. From asking which animal your child would talk to and what they would ask, to exploring their thoughts on family and nature, these prompts open up a world of wonder and connection. We emphasize the importance of letting children's voices be heard and understood, focusing on the beauty of their natural curiosity over perfect sentences or writing skills. Tune in and be inspired to ask that next meaningful question, strengthening your relationship with the little ones in your life.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Ever feel like preschoolers?
Like their brains, are theselittle exploding galaxies?

Speaker 2 (00:04):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (00:05):
Just full of like thoughts and feelings.
They don't even know how to.

Speaker 2 (00:09):
They can't quite articulate yet, right.

Speaker 1 (00:11):
Yes, and we are diving deep today into how you
can tap into all that amazingstuff going on in there with get
this preschool journal props.

Speaker 2 (00:22):
Oh, wow.

Speaker 1 (00:22):
Yeah, we've got this blog post here from Listallion

(00:45):
no-transcript.

Speaker 2 (00:48):
but it's connecting those actions to how they're
feeling.
Oh, that's so important andthat's huge at that age.

Speaker 1 (00:53):
Hugely important.
Yeah, and it is.
And like, take, for example,prompt number five from this
list.
It says write about a time whenyou felt really proud of
yourself today.
So it's not just I ate all myveggies, it's like getting them
to recognize that feeling, thatfeeling of pride.

Speaker 2 (01:09):
And understanding what sparked that right, yeah.
Because that self-awareness issuch a crucial, crucial element
of emotional intelligence.

Speaker 1 (01:16):
For true.
And it gets even moreinteresting, I think, when you
look at a prompt like number six, which is all about helping a
friend.

Speaker 2 (01:22):
Oh, interesting.

Speaker 1 (01:25):
Because the answer to that.
Think about it.

Speaker 2 (01:26):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (01:27):
It can actually tell you a lot about their social
dynamics.

Speaker 2 (01:29):
You really can yeah.

Speaker 1 (01:31):
Who do they gravitate towards?
Who are they like?
Who do they see as needing help?
It gives you a little windowinto how they view friendship
and what it means to be therefor someone.

Speaker 2 (01:42):
Right, and at that age their concept of friendship
is like rapidly evolving.

Speaker 1 (01:47):
So interesting?
And what about their innerworld?
You know, like the stories andthe make-believe Prompt, number
nine asks us about theirfavorite part of the story.

Speaker 2 (01:54):
Okay.

Speaker 1 (01:54):
Which seems simple, but it seems simple, but it's
actually could be really telling.

Speaker 2 (01:59):
It is.
It's a goldmine of information.
It is Because it tells you arethey drawn to you know adventure
?
Are they drawn to acts ofkindness, to silly situations?
It's a glimpse into what themesresonate with them and that's
what's so cool about theseprompts.

Speaker 1 (02:13):
It's not about forcing your preschooler to,
like you know, pen a novel.
It's about these tiny littlewindows into their world, and
then it can spark these amazingconversations, you know, like at
your dinner table even oh,absolutely creating that space
for open communication andexploration which is so valuable
at this age it is.
It's so true, okay.

(02:33):
So get ready, because we'reabout to jump into the
imagination and creativityprompts and like buckle up oh
yeah because these are like.

Speaker 2 (02:42):
These are my favorite yeah, this is where those
little preschool brains reallylike take flight.

Speaker 1 (02:47):
They really do, and what I love is that these
prompts go beyond just likenaming something fantastical,
right.

Speaker 2 (02:53):
Right.

Speaker 1 (02:54):
Like they actually make the kids think about the
why behind the imagination.

Speaker 2 (02:58):
It's true.
It's the difference between Iwant a pet dragon and my pet
dragon sleeps in my backyard andwe fly to get ice cream every
night.

Speaker 1 (03:07):
I know.

Speaker 2 (03:07):
You know like it's.

Speaker 1 (03:08):
You get this whole visual.

Speaker 2 (03:09):
Yes, exactly, and that's what these prompts
encourage, you know, is likeTotally let's build those
narrative skills without themeven realizing it.

Speaker 1 (03:16):
It's so true.
And speaking of narratives,you've got your classic
superhero prompt.

Speaker 2 (03:22):
Oh yeah.

Speaker 1 (03:22):
Which is, if you were a superhero, what would your
powers be?

Speaker 2 (03:27):
Classic, but like pay attention to how your kid
answers this one.
I know, I know, because it'snot just about the cool powers,
right.
It's like how do they use thosepowers?
Yeah, do they want to fly andbe invisible?

Speaker 1 (03:42):
Or do they want to like help people and solve
problems?
It's like a little window intotheir values and stuff too
Exactly.

Speaker 2 (03:45):
And maybe even some anxieties or things that they're
grappling with a little bit, oh, totally, totally.

Speaker 1 (03:50):
And then you've got prompts like imagine a world
made entirely of candy, Likecome on.

Speaker 2 (03:56):
Oh, my goodness.

Speaker 1 (03:56):
This is like pure sensory overload in the best way
possible.

Speaker 2 (04:00):
I know what would a four-year-old come up with for
that.

Speaker 1 (04:03):
I know Chocolate way possible.

Speaker 2 (04:07):
I know what would a four-year-old come up with for
that?
I know.

Speaker 1 (04:08):
Chocolate rivers, gummy bear trees, I don't know
but it sounds delicious.
Right, it's about tacking intothose senses it is.
What would it look like, smelllike, feel?

Speaker 2 (04:15):
like yeah, and it's an invitation to explore the
world through just a totallydifferent lens.

Speaker 1 (04:20):
Yes, and you know what's so great about all of
these?

Speaker 2 (04:23):
What's that?

Speaker 1 (04:24):
Even if your child isn't writing yet oh, good point
you can still use these pumpsabsolutely.

Speaker 2 (04:29):
You can adapt them for games.
You can, you know, do them atthe dinner table, car ride rides
yeah it's about just sparkingthose imaginative fires.
However, you can so true.

Speaker 1 (04:40):
so we've talked about reflecting on the day right,
letting imaginations run wild,but this blog post also has
prompts about like family andnature, which might seem a
little less exciting, but holdon.
They're actually reallyinteresting because they give
you, I think, a reallyinteresting look into how a
child's understanding of theworld around them develops.

Speaker 2 (05:05):
Because at that age their concept of family, their
place in it, is still very muchevolving right, it's so true.
So a prompt like what's yourfavorite family tradition can be
very telling.

Speaker 1 (05:16):
Oh, absolutely.
And it's not always about thebig holidays either.

Speaker 2 (05:20):
Right.

Speaker 1 (05:20):
You know, it could be something small, like maybe
they love when you guys I don'tknow like make pancakes on
Sunday morning or something.

Speaker 2 (05:26):
Totally.
It's something that you mightnot even realize is important to
them Exactly.

Speaker 1 (05:34):
And it really highlights what they value in
those family connections.
Yes, and then you've got promptnumber 10, which says describe
a family member you look up toand like their answer might
surprise you.
Oh yeah, it really might.

Speaker 2 (05:43):
It might not be who you expect.

Speaker 1 (05:45):
Exactly.

Speaker 2 (05:45):
It's fascinating because it reveals who they see
as that role model, who embodiesthose qualities that they
admire.
It's a glimpse into theirdeveloping value system, which
is really neat to see.

Speaker 1 (05:58):
It is.
It's so true.
All right, so let's likeventure out into nature now.

Speaker 2 (06:01):
Okay.

Speaker 1 (06:02):
Prompt number five in the section asks if you could
talk to animals, which animalwould you talk to first and what
would you ask it?
And that sounds simple, butSimple, but it's really not.
It's really not.
It's actually quite profound,it is.

Speaker 2 (06:16):
Think about it, the animal they pick, the question
they ask.
It tells you so much about whatthey're curious about in the
world.

Speaker 1 (06:22):
It really does.
Yeah, are they fascinated byhow birds fly?
Do they want to know what dogsare thinking Like?
It's real.

Speaker 2 (06:28):
Like a secret code into their brain.

Speaker 1 (06:30):
It is.

Speaker 2 (06:31):
A way to tap into those questions that they maybe
don't even know how to ask yet.

Speaker 1 (06:35):
Totally.

Speaker 2 (06:35):
And it just opens the door for some really incredible
conversations about the worldaround us.

Speaker 1 (06:40):
So true.
So we've gone through a ton ofthese journal prompts.
We have, you know, reflectingon the day, those wild
imaginations.

Speaker 2 (06:48):
Yeah, yeah.

Speaker 1 (06:48):
But like, what's the big takeaway here?
What does it all mean for youand your little one?

Speaker 2 (06:53):
It really all boils down to, you know, the power of
just asking a question.

Speaker 1 (06:58):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (06:58):
Even something as simple as you know what was the
best part of your day can openup, like this whole world of
conversation and connection thatmaybe you didn't have before.

Speaker 1 (07:08):
And it's not about perfect sentences or even
writing at all at this age.

Speaker 2 (07:12):
No, not at all.

Speaker 1 (07:13):
It's about letting those little voices be heard.
Absolutely and understood, youknow which I think is so
important.

Speaker 2 (07:20):
It is and it's about nurturing their curiosity, their
creativity.

Speaker 1 (07:24):
Right.

Speaker 2 (07:24):
That sense of wonder that they have about the world
around them.

Speaker 1 (07:27):
It's true.
And you know what, sometimes Ithink as adults we forget to ask
those questions we do.
We get so caught up in the dayto day we forget to like, tap
into that that childlike senseof like awe and wonder that they
have.

Speaker 2 (07:41):
These prompts are a good reminder, though.

Speaker 1 (07:42):
They are.

Speaker 2 (07:43):
That sometimes the simplest questions lead to the
most profound discoveries.

Speaker 1 (07:49):
It's so true.
So, as we're wrapping up thisdeep dive into these preschool
journal prompts, we want toleave you with this what will
you ask today?

Speaker 2 (07:56):
Ooh, go on.

Speaker 1 (07:57):
You know what question will you ask the little
one in your life?
To spark a conversation, tospark that connection.

Speaker 2 (08:04):
Keep those questions coming, stay curious and never
stop listening to those amazinglittle voices.

Speaker 1 (08:10):
Couldn't have said it better myself.