Express Yourself!
To learn to be more verbally expressive
This lesson aims to enhance verbal expression in kindergarten students through engaging activities and games. By incorporating a video, reading, discussion, and interactive activities, students will learn to express themselves more clearly and confidently. This lesson is important as it helps young learners develop essential communication skills that are foundational for their academic and social success.
Game-Based Learning, Active Learning
Video: Sesame Street: Name That Emotion, Worksheet: Expressive Faces, Reading: The Feelings Book, Discussion: Sharing Our Feelings, and Activity: Emotion Charades
- Begin with a brief introduction about the importance of expressing our feelings and emotions.
- Show the video Sesame Street: Name That Emotion to introduce different emotions.
Step 2
Reading Activity
5 mins
- Read "The Feelings Book" to the class, emphasizing different emotions and expressions.
- Ask students to mimic the expressions shown in the book.
- Facilitate a discussion using the "Sharing Our Feelings" questions.
- Encourage students to share a time when they felt a certain emotion and how they expressed it.
Step 4
Worksheet Activity
5 mins
- Distribute the "Expressive Faces" worksheet.
- Have students draw faces that show different emotions and label them.
Step 5
Interactive Activity
8 mins
- Play "Emotion Charades" where students act out different emotions and others guess what they are.
- Encourage students to use words to describe the emotions they are acting out.
- Recap the lesson by asking students what new words or expressions they learned.
- Encourage them to practice expressing their feelings at home.
