I like to introduce feelings by sharing various books with children.
One of the books I love is “The Way I Feel” by Janan Cain. After one or two readings of the book, I will relate to the child’s experience and ask child/parent what makes their child feel ____ (feeling).
Afterwards, it helps to use a variety of picture to compare and contrast how different feelings may look like, and even build a feeling with the eyebrows, eyes, mouth, etc.
playTOK Feelings is a Boom CardsSM set with various activities to target emotions. They can be shared virtually through telepractice, or used in-centre on a tablet or whiteboard.
In addition to Feelings, there are silly sets “Mr. Pineapple & Friends” or “Mr. Pumpkin & Friends” that also include an emotions component to the face building.
In Mr. Pineapple & Friends, you can make simple faces with various fruits! There are also vocabulary and syllable awareness activities.
In Mr. Pumpkin Friends, you can make simple faces with common produce! There are also vocabulary and syllable awareness activities.
In addition to the above activities, I like to use repetitive flap books such as “Mama? Baby?” to talk about Sad and happy.
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