The Way I Feel

Activity Name: The Way I Feel

Age group: 3 to 5 years old
Number of children: 10
Length of Time: 15 to 20 minutes

Area of Development: Emotional & Cognitive Development

Goal of the Activity: Promoting emotional and cognitive development.

Objective of the activity: The children will be able to identify, imitate, understand and express feelings of happy, angry, sad, sleepy, scared and surprised.

Materials required: Chart that contains different faces of emotions

Introduction: Ask the children how are they feels today

My role: Facilitator and will participate during imitation of the emotion through action song, “If you’re happy”

Detailed Progression of the Activity: 

1.               Ask the children how they feel when they first woke up this morning and when their mother and or father dropped them off the daycare.

2.               Recognize the children's feelings and let them know that it is important how you feel and to accept the different ways we feel. It is good others how we feel. How to express feelings safely and in acceptable manner.

3.               Show the chart of different faces of emotions to the children and let them identify the emotions.

4.               Sing an action song If you're happy, happy, happy Clap your hands

Transition: If You're Happy and you know it

Extension: Use the same procedure in a small group time later in the day asking questions about feelings.
Ex. You need to go to clean up the centers. Are you happy or sad? You find your favorite toy that you thought was lost. Are you happy or sad?

Example Lesson Plan form

Lesson plan emotion craft