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Feeling Faces Fun!

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Lesson Plan

Feeling Faces Fun!

Students will be able to identify and name basic emotions (happy, sad, angry, surprised) by observing facial expressions and body language in others.

Understanding others' emotions is a foundational social-emotional skill that helps children build empathy, develop healthy relationships, and navigate social situations more effectively. This lesson provides a safe space to explore these important concepts.

Audience

Pre-K Students

Time

15 minutes

Approach

Interactive discussion and activity with emotion cards.

Materials

Printed Emotion Cards, Feeling Faces Activity sheet, and Crayons or markers

Prep

Prepare Materials

10 minutes

Step 1

Warm-Up: How Are We Feeling?

2 minutes

  • Greet students and ask them to show with their faces how they are feeling right now. (e.g., "Show me your happy face! Show me your sleepy face!").
    * Briefly acknowledge a few responses, reinforcing the idea that everyone has feelings.

Step 2

Introduction: What Are Feelings?

3 minutes

  • Introduce the idea that feelings are things we all experience and we can often tell how someone is feeling by looking at their face and body.
    * Show the first slide of the Feeling Faces Fun! Slide Deck and ask students to identify the emotion. Briefly discuss why they think that person feels that way.
    * Introduce the Emotion Cards and explain that each card shows a different feeling.

Step 3

Activity: Guess the Feeling!

6 minutes

  • Hold up one Emotion Card at a time.
    * Ask students: "What feeling do you see? How can you tell?" (e.g., "Her mouth is smiling, her eyes are crinkly!").
    * Encourage students to mimic the expression.
    * Distribute the Feeling Faces Activity sheets and crayons/markers. Instruct students to draw a face showing a specific emotion (e.g., "Draw a happy face!"). Circulate to provide support and engage with students individually.

Step 4

Discussion: Sharing Feelings

3 minutes

  • Have each student share their drawing from the Feeling Faces Activity and name the emotion they drew.
    * Facilitate a brief discussion about how different people might feel in the same situation.
    * Reinforce that all feelings are okay and important.

Step 5

Cool-Down: Wiggle Your Feelings Out

1 minute

  • End by doing a quick
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Slide Deck

What Are Feelings?

We all have feelings!
Sometimes we can tell how someone is feeling by looking at their face.
Can you show me a happy face?
A sad face?
An angry face?

Welcome students and introduce the topic of feelings. Explain that we all have feelings and sometimes we can tell how someone feels by looking at their face. Ask students to show you a happy face, a sad face, etc.

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Activity

Emotion Cards

Cut out these cards to help identify different emotions!

Happy

Happy Face

  • Look For: A big smile, bright eyes, sometimes laughter lines.
  • How it feels: Joyful, excited, good.

Sad

Sad Face

  • Look For: Downturned mouth, watery eyes, furrowed brow.
  • How it feels: Unhappy, gloomy, disappointed.

Angry

Angry Face

  • Look For: Frowning, tight lips, furrowed brow, sometimes red face.
  • How it feels: Frustrated, mad, upset.

Surprised

Surprised Face

  • Look For: Wide eyes, open mouth, raised eyebrows.
  • How it feels: Startled, amazed, unexpected.
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Worksheet

Feeling Faces Activity

Draw a face that shows how someone is feeling!

1. Draw a Happy Face!













2. Draw a Sad Face!













3. Draw an Angry Face!













4. Draw a Surprised Face!













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Cool Down

Wiggle Your Feelings Out!

Let's end our lesson by wiggling out our feelings!

Instructions:

  1. Happy Wiggles: Wiggle your body like you're super happy!
  2. Sad Wiggles: Wiggle your body slowly and gently, like you're a little sad.
  3. Angry Stomps: Stomp your feet a few times to show angry energy (but not at anyone!).
  4. Surprise Jumps: Jump up quickly like something surprised you!

This helps us understand that we can move our bodies to express our feelings!





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