Stories Activity
STORIES
The Grouchy Ladybug - Expressing Emotions Activity
Junior KG / KG1Duration: 15 Minutes
Introduction
Children need to express their feelings and understand what those feelings are.
So, here is one way to do it.
Material Required
- The Grouchy Ladybug - Expressing Emotions- Activity Cutouts
- Safety Scissors
- Glue
Activity Aim
Parts of the body
Parts of the face
Emotional skills
Dramatic skills
Steps
1
Take out the facial expression flashcards & keep them in a small box or a tray.
2
Ask your child to pick up a card and tell you what expression it is showing.
Ask your child to pick up a card and tell you what expression it is showing.
Ask your child to imitate the facial expression as on the card.
3
Teach your child to express his/her feelings.
Teach your child to express his/her feelings.
Pick up a card - HAPPY/SAD - ask your child to express the feeling.
You could say ”I feel happy when I see flowers” ask your child to enact by expressing the ’happy’ feeling or ”I feel Sad when I see people throw stones at a dog”
ask your child to enact by expressing the sad feelings.
4
It is very important that your child learns to express his/her feelings verbally instead of lashing out his/her feelings physically by biting, grabbing, hitting or throwing things.
5
Continue the activity by showing the cards and asking your child to imitate the expressions and also verbally expressing the feelings.
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