Since Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences revolutionized psychology until today, educating in emotional intelligence has become a pillar of learning. It is essential to first understand how a child's brain works and what developmental skills it has at each stage to begin with the main components of emotional intelligence: self-knowledge, control, motivation, empathy and social skills.

The basic emotions (fear, joy, sadness, surprise and disgust) and the social ones (guilt, shame, pride, jealousy, envy and love) are treated separately and the development of this emotional intelligence is worked on in fundamental areas: the family and school, without forgetting the universe of new technologies. Each chapter is completed with practices in the form of a self-awareness task for adults and games or activities to work with children.

Emotions are the true engine of our lives, since they entail a physiological, cognitive and behavioral reaction to stimuli. There are essential emotions to survive avoiding dangers; others help us adapt and make decisions; there are some that release tension, that motivate us or that fill us with energy, but all of them are basic tools for life and if we want to live better and happier, we have to learn to master them.

Emotional education is a path in which we teach children –and we learn together with them– to recognize and name each emotion in a constant game of self-knowledge that leads to better emotional management. With it, they will be able to take inner control and develop empathy with others, improving their future social and work life.

DALIA DÍEZ ROMERO (Granada, 1987)
is an educational psychologist specializing in child and adolescent intervention. She has a degree in Psychology from the University of Salamanca and a degree in Teaching from the Pontifical University of Salamanca.
His professional field focuses on advising and guiding families in terms of child development, upbringing, conflict resolution and accompaniment and intervention with children and adolescents for an integral development of the person, both in the affective and family sphere, as well as in academic and in leisure and free time.
With Libsa publishing house, she has collaborated on the Learn to be happy collection, with the advice of the educational guidelines for two storybooks to develop children's emotional intelligence.