Feelings
Emotions are powerful for young kids because they may not yet have the tools to deal with them. It's one of the reasons why the separation anxiety is so hard at the beginning of the year. We try to have this theme earlier in the year, because it is important to validate those feelings, by talking about our feelings and demonstrating healthy ways of expressing them. |
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Art Activities | Books | Songs/Fingerplays | Center/Misc Ideas |
Plate Face
Have a paper plate with eyes already cut out ready so that the kids can glue or draw mouths and a nose on. The mouth should be happy on one side and sad on the other. Then just staple a fat popcicle stick to the bottom and you have a switchable feelings face.
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The Way I Feel
Lots Of Feelings
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ARE YOU SMILING
Tune: Are You Sleeping?
Are you smiling? Are You Smiling? Yes I am. Yes I am Cause I am so happy, Cause I am so happy. Smile with me. Smile with me I LOOK IN THE MIRROR
I look in the mirror and what do I see?
I see a happy face smiling at me? Verses: I see a mad face scowling at me? I see a sad face pouting at me? I see a shy face hiding from me? I see a surprised face looking at me? |
Mirror Mimicing
Have the children use their Plate Face in front of a mirror and then see if they can make their own matching faces in the mirror.
You can also play a game of calling out the emotions and have children make that face in the mirror.
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Face Collage
You cut or have the children cut faces with different emotions out of magazines and let the children place them in a collage on a big sheet of paper.
You can expand on this by making a classroom collage or by letting them sort the expressions and put each expression on a different piece of paper.
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Curious George Are You Curious
Today I Feel Silly
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IF YOU'RE HAPPY AND YOU KNOW IT
If you're happy and you know it,
Clap Your Hands, If you're happy and you know it, Clap Your Hands, If you're happy and you know it, Then you're face will surely show it. If you're happy and you know it, Clap Your Hands, Verses:silly-shake your head angry-stamp your feet scared-hide your eyes excited-shout hooray sad-rub your eyes shy-hug yourself |
Feelings Wheel
Use the wheel in the Today I Feel Silly Book or make your own, so that the children can spin it to the emotion they are feeling that day. Let them explain why they feel that way.
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Make a Drum
Use any containers you may usually recycle, hot chocolate or oatmeal is my favorite and cover the outside with paper. Then let the children decorate it with markers or colors or stickers. Then after reading the story, bang your drums.
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If You're Angry And You Know It
he Grouchy Ladybug
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I AM MAD!!
Tune: Are You Sleeping
I am mad, I am mad. Oh so mad, Oh so mad. I'm gonna stomp my feet, I'm gonna stomp my feet,-stomp 3 times I'm so mad. I'm so mad. |
Pound Playdough
Here's a good recipe for Homemade Playdough
Aromatherapy Homemade Playdough
1 cup flour
1/2 cup salt 1 cup water 1-1/2 tablespoons oil 1 teaspoon cream of tartar Few drops of food coloring with coordinating essential oil such as lavendar with purple |
Paint To Music
Play different genres of music so the children can paint how that music makes them feel. I like Peter And The Wolf as it has a happy bird and a scary wolf.
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Feelings -Reading Rainbow Book My Many Colored Days |
EELINGS SONG
tune: Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
I have feelings, you do too, Let's all sing about a few. I am happy, I am sad, I get scared, I get mad. I am proud of being me. That's a feeling too, you see. I have feelings, you do too, We just sang about a few. |
Face Cube
Have one child toss the cube made from the file I have below, and act out that emotion and have the other children guess what that emotion is.
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Expression Stamps
Let the children stamp with the face stamps that can be found at some school supply stores.
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Alexander and The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day Words Are Not For Hurting |
THERE'S NO ONE JUST LIKE ME
tune: Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
There's no one who's just like me. No one who knows how to be, Me when I am mad or sad, Me when I am very glad. There's no one who's just like me. Me is who I'm proud to be! |
Discuss Emotions
Talk about emotions and chart different healthy ways of expressing them.
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