Guest Author - Diane Claus

Guest author Jeanette Norman

Teaching children about different feelings everyone has can help them be more sensitive individuals. One lesson plan activity that can be useful is reading a story about feelings (I have some suggestions at the end of this article), talking about what they read, then doing a creative project to help develop more discussion among them.

The first step in this lesson plan should be reading a story selected by you. Engage the children in a discussion about what was read. For a creative project, collect the following items:

· popsicle sticks
· small paper plates
· markers or crayons
· glue
· magazine pictures of faces expressing emotions

Some children may not be able to draw faces so I suggest cutting pictures of faces from magazines for the children to glue to the paper plates. Depending on the size of your group, let the children make 2 or 3 “faces”. You can do another circle time to discuss their masks. What feeling is their picture? When do they feel this way? Is it good to make someone feel this way?


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