The present research highlights the importance of emotional knowledge through the evaluation of the effectiveness of a program, with experimental design of pre and post-test. 25 children-participants attended a pre-school class, aged from five and six years old. It was used the Assessment of Children's Emotion Skills Questionnaire for the Portuguese context, which gives a total score for the Correct Emotional Perception. The results show a significant increase in emotional knowledge between the pre-test and post-test, more significant progress in the dimensions of emotional behaviors and emotional situations.
emotions; psychological development; children
