How to Help Your 2 Year Old Name Their Feelings Is your 2 year old having big tantrums? Crying, hitting, or going quiet when they are upset? It is not bad behavior. At 2 years old, most toddlers feel big emotions but don't have the words yet. They feel angry, sad, or scared inside, but they can't say it. So they show it with their body. The good news? You can teach them gently with tracing. What is emotion tracing? Emotion tracing is a calm, hands-on way to help toddlers connect feelings to words. Instead of just telling them "say you are sad," you let them trace the word with a crayon while looking at a simple face. For example, when you show a sheet that says "I FEEL HAPPY" with a smiley face and dotted letters "happy" to trace, your child is learning 3 things at once: 1. What happy looks like (the face) 2. What happy is called (the word) 3. How to say it calmly (tracing while you talk) This works especially well for autistic toddlers, sensory k...