Resources for Teaching Greek Kids EFT Tapping
WHAT’S THE ISSUE: While most children in Greece are learning English, the fact that we didn’t have culturally sensitive resources for teaching Greek kids EFT Tapping has been a challenge for Greek teachers, parents and school psychologists. Fortunately, in the last two years, two great resources have been ‘born’ that can be included in an introduction to EFT Tapping for kids ages 4-7.
TEACHING GREEK KIDS EFT TAPPING
1. ERTFLIX “HAHANA KIDS” CARTOON SERIES
This resource for teaching Greek kids aged 4-7 years old EFT Tapping is part of a Greek-produced cartoon show created by Tasos Ioannidis.
I think the genius thing about this resource is how seamlessly the ERTFlix production team has merged Greek kids’ cultural references as a ‘way in’ to teaching EFT Tapping in several ways. For example, the singing and clapping in between tapping points that the actor uses to demonstrate a round of EFT Tapping is based on a popular children’s song that is well-established in Greek culture.
Resources like this merge the familiar (in this case, a well-known Greek children’s song) with the unfamiliar (a new stress management technique) to help boost accessibility to EFT for non-English speaking school populations.
2. TAPPING POINTS VIDEO FOR TEACHING CHILDREN UP TO 10 YEARS OLD
This is how I taught a Grade 1 class tapping for self awareness and emotional self management. Even though the students could not speak English, and I could not speak Spanish or German, they were able to learn the tapping points by copying me and listening to their teacher’s translating and explaining what we were doing.
The video has no words, only music, because I created it as a teaching resource that can be used in the classroom to assist school staff who want to teach tapping to their kids.
The points I use are the ones recommended by world-renowned Clinical Psychologist, Dr. Peta Stapleton, for tapping with children under 10 in school settings and beyond.
Curious to learn how I applied this tapping activity into my work teaching Grade 1 in Barcelona? Read “Grade 1 Tapping into Learning in Zurich Schule Barcelona” and see if you want to try something this lesson out with your class!
Meanwhile, if you are the English teacher in your school and you like teaching through play, this freelu available YouTube video resource may be just what you need to help you try to teach basic EFT to your students.
3. TAPPING BOOK FOR CHILDREN UP TO 10 YEARS OLD
Primary school teacher and EFT Practitioner, Marina Koutra, has written and illustrated a book for Greek children called ‘The reds and the greens”. Marina’s intention was to create a resource that we can use to help children become more aware of the impact that their own behaviours in conflicts can have on others. Sometimes children aren’t aware that their behaviours and unconscious beliefs of seeing the world in a divisive ‘us’ versus ‘them’ way can be passed on from generation to generation.Yet at are core, we are all the same – we are all humans.
Κούτρα Μαρίνα, 2023, Οι πράσινοι και οι κόκκινοι (Εκδ. Αλφάβητο Ζωής)
My review of this children’s book:
- Η Μαρίνα προσφέρει στους εκπαιδευτικούς ένα βιβλίο που μπορεί να χρησιμοποιηθεί για να καλλιεργηθεί η περιέργεια και τη γνώση των μαθητών στις κοινωνικές και συναισθηματικές δεξιότητες. Καθώς η αλληγορία της Μαρίνας για τα παιδιά ξετυλίγεται, οι μαθητές έχουν ευκαιρίες να σκεφτούν πώς τα ανεπεξέργαστα συναισθήματά μας μπορεί να επηρεάσουν τις συμπεριφορές μας απέναντι σε άλλους ανθρώπους. Μέσα από τον ενσυναίσθητο χαρακτήρα, τον Θοδωρή, γίνεται εισαγωγή ορισμένων σημείων του EFT, με τρόπο που μοντελοποιεί την αυτοπαρατήρηση που απαιτείται για μεγαλύτερη συνοχή στην τάξη. Το βιβλίο αποτελεί ένα πολύτιμο εργαλείο για να υποστηριχθεί η καλή ψυχοσυναισθηματική κατάσταση των ατόμων στο σχολείο.
- Ελένη Βαρδάκη, Educational Consultant, EFT Practitioner
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Eleni Vardaki is an experienced teacher and EFT Tapping Coach who specialises in stress, anxiety, and academic success. She works with school and university level level students online who want to work with her on clearing inner blocks to achieving their personal, career-related, or academic goals. She also leads online and in-person group sessions for staff, parent, and student well-being.
