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Emotion Exploration: Feeling Words and Faces

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Lesson Plan

Emotion Exploration Lesson Plan

Help Pre-K and Kindergarten students identify and articulate emotions using interactive activities, visuals, and storybooks, building emotional vocabulary and empathy.

Building early emotional literacy supports social development and self-awareness, crucial for young learners to articulate feelings and understand others.

Audience

Pre-K and Kindergarten

Time

30-45 minutes

Approach

Interactive activities with visuals and storybooks.

Materials

Emotion Exploration Lesson Plan, Emotion Exploration Slide Deck, and Feeling Words Activity

Prep

Preparation

10 minutes

Step 1

Introduction and Warm-up

5-7 minutes

  • Begin with a short discussion on feelings using simple questions like 'How do you feel today?'
  • Show visuals of faces expressing different emotions.
  • Engage students with basic mimicry of facial expressions.

Step 2

Storytime

10 minutes

  • Read a storybook that focuses on emotions and feelings.
  • Pause to ask questions about the emotions characters experience.
  • Use the slide deck to highlight key vocabulary words related to emotions.

Step 3

Interactive Activity

10 minutes

  • Conduct the Feeling Words Activity where students match faces with corresponding emotion words.
  • Encourage group sharing by asking students to describe times they felt similar emotions.
  • Reinforce vocabulary through repetition and visual cues.

Step 4

Closure

5 minutes

  • Recap the lesson by reviewing the emotion words and their associated facial expressions.
  • Ask a few students to share what was their favorite part of the lesson or a new word they learned.
  • Provide positive reinforcement for active participation.
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Slide Deck

Welcome to Emotion Exploration!

Let's learn about different feelings and the pictures that go with them.

Introduce the lesson by welcoming the students and explaining that today they will be learning about different feelings using pictures and fun activities.

Seeing Feelings

Look at these faces. Can you tell which feeling each face is showing?

Show visuals of various faces expressing different emotions. Ask the class to mimic the expressions and name the emotions they think the faces are showing.

Feeling Words

Learn words like Happy, Sad, Angry, and Surprised. Let's say them together!

Highlight simple emotion words such as happy, sad, angry, and surprised. Encourage students to repeat the words after you while you point to the corresponding pictures.

Storytime

Listen to our story about a day full of emotions. Can you hear the happy, sad, or surprised moments?

Explain that the story will highlight these feelings. Use simple language and ask questions during the story reading. Remind students to listen for the feeling words they've just learned.

Let's Review!

Remember our feeling words and faces. Which emotion was your favorite today?

Wrap up the slide deck by reviewing the key points about emotions. Encourage students to share which emotion they liked best and why.

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Activity

Emotion Exploration: Feeling Words Activity

This activity invites Pre-K and Kindergarten students to engage in a fun, interactive matching game, where they will match facial expressions with the corresponding emotion words.

Activity Overview

  • Objective: Help students identify and articulate different emotions by matching pictures of facial expressions to written emotion words.
  • Materials Needed:
    • Printed cards or laminated pictures of different facial expressions (happy, sad, angry, surprised, etc.)
    • Matching word cards with emotion words on them
    • A board or table space to display the cards

Instructions

1. Introduction (2 minutes)

  • Briefly review the emotion words learned during the lesson using the Emotion Exploration Slide Deck as support.
  • Ask students to share how they are feeling using a simple, descriptive word.

2. Setup (3 minutes)

  • Spread the facial expression cards face-up on one side of the table or board.
  • On the other side, place the emotion word cards face-up.

3. Matching Game (5-7 minutes)

  • Invite students one at a time to pick an emotion word card and match it with the correct facial expression card.
  • As each student makes a match, ask them to explain why they think the facial expression corresponds with the emotion word.

4. Group Discussion (3 minutes)

  • After all matches have been made, group the students together.
  • Invite them to share if they saw any similar expressions or if their matches might differ from a friend’s perspective, reinforcing that feelings can be experienced and expressed in various ways.

5. Extension for More Engagement (Optional)

  • Encourage students to take turns creating their own facial expressions, while their peers guess the emotion word.

Follow-Up Questions for Teachers

  • What different facial features (like eyebrows or mouth shape) helped you decide which emotion was being shown?





  • Can you think of another word for the emotion you chose? How might it be used in a sentence?





This hands-on activity balances structured learning with playful exploration, building both vocabulary and social connection through shared experiences.

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