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Anger Management Fun

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Lesson Plan

Anger Management Fun

Understanding Anger

This lesson introduces kindergarten students to the concept of anger and how to manage it through a fun and interactive game. By engaging in a simple game, students will learn to identify feelings of anger and appropriate ways to express them. This lesson is important as it helps young children develop emotional awareness and self-regulation skills, which are crucial for their social and emotional development.

Audience

Kindergarten

Time

10 minutes

Approach

Game-Based Learning

Materials

Emotion Cards, and Anger Management Worksheet

Step 1

Introduction

2 minutes

  • Gather students in a circle.
  • Briefly explain that today they will learn about a feeling called 'anger' and how to handle it.

Step 2

Game: Emotion Charades

5 minutes

  • Use Emotion Cards to show different emotions, including anger.
  • Ask students to act out the emotion on the card without speaking.
  • Encourage classmates to guess the emotion being acted out.
  • Discuss how each emotion feels and what might cause it.

Step 3

Worksheet Activity

2 minutes

  • Distribute the Anger Management Worksheet.
  • Guide students to draw a face showing anger and a way to calm down.
  • Encourage them to share their drawings with a partner.

Step 4

Closure

1 minute

  • Recap the importance of recognizing and expressing anger in a healthy way.
  • Praise students for their participation and creativity.
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Worksheet

Anger Management Worksheet

This worksheet helps students identify and express anger through drawing. It reinforces the lesson by allowing students to visualize and share their understanding of anger and calming strategies.

Draw a face showing anger.

Think about what your face looks like when you're angry.







Draw something that helps you calm down.

What makes you feel better when you're upset?







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