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Blog PostsChildrenFeelings
May 6, 2026 by Admin

How to Grow Kids’ Heart Skills

Sparkler has thousands of activities that families can use to support the development of their children’s social and emotional skills — starting before babies and born and through age five. All of the activities focused on social and emotional skills are grouped within the Sparkler domain called “heart.” Families can discover these activities in “Play” in their Sparkler app, or you can suggest activities to families using Sparkler’s library. Learn more about all the skills within “heart” and find some fun activities to get started:

  • Social: Empathy, Trust

  • Emotional: Feelings, Self-Regulation, Identity

  • Outlook: Curiosity, Persistence, Independence

Social Activities: 
  • Helping Hand
  • Animal Lineup 
  • Mirror Mirror
  • Read to a Stuffed Friend
  • Back and Forth
  • Arm Swing
Emotional Activities: 
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Outlook Activities: 

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