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Exploring Emotions

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Lesson Plan

Exploring Emotions

Recognize and express basic emotions

This lesson helps preschool students recognize and express basic emotions through interactive activities. By using emotion cards and simple discussions, students will learn to identify feelings like happiness, sadness, and anger, and practice expressing them in healthy ways. This foundational lesson supports emotional development and communication skills.

Audience

Preschool Students

Time

20 minutes

Approach

Active Learning

Materials

Emotion Cards, and Simple Emotion Faces Worksheet

Step 1

Introduction

3 minutes

  • Greet the children with a smile and explain that today they will learn about feelings.
  • Show them a happy face and ask if they know what it means.

Step 2

Emotion Cards Activity

7 minutes

  • Show Emotion Cards one by one and ask the children to mimic the faces.
  • Encourage them to say the emotion out loud, like 'happy' or 'sad.'

Step 3

Simple Emotion Faces Worksheet

7 minutes

  • Distribute the Simple Emotion Faces Worksheet.
  • Guide the children to color the faces that match the emotions they feel today.
  • Discuss with them what makes them feel each emotion.

Step 4

Closure

3 minutes

  • Recap the emotions learned and ask the children to show their favorite emotion face.
  • Thank them for participating and remind them it's okay to feel different emotions.
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Worksheet

Emotion Cards

Cards depicting basic emotions to help preschoolers identify and express their feelings.




Happy







Sad







Angry







Surprised







Scared




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Worksheet

Simple Emotion Faces Worksheet

A coloring worksheet to help preschoolers match and express emotions.

Color the happy face.








Color the sad face.








Color the angry face.








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