Feelings and Faces

Danielle Johnson

Tier 3

Lesson Plan

Feelings and Faces

coping skills

This lesson helps students with severe disabilities identify and understand different emotions through visual aids and interactive activities. By recognizing their own feelings and others', they can learn and practice appropriate coping strategies for each emotion, contributing to their emotional and social development.

Audience

students with severe disabilities

Time

30 mins

Approach

coping skills

Materials

Emotion faces visual aids, Markers/Crayons, Blank emotion cards, and Scissors

Step 1

Introduction

5 mins

Begin with a warm welcome and explain that today, we'll be learning about different feelings and how to manage them.
Show visual aids with different faces expressing various emotions (happy, sad, angry, scared).

Step 2

Interactive Activity

10 mins

Distribute emotion faces visual aids to each student.
Ask the students to identify the emotions on the cards.
Engage in a discussion about what might cause those feelings (e.g., "What makes you happy?").

Step 3

Discussion on Coping Strategies

10 mins

Talk about different ways to cope with each emotion (e.g., deep breathing for anger, talking to a friend when sad).
Allow students to share their own ways of dealing with emotions.

Step 4

Hands-On Activity

5 mins

Provide blank emotion cards and markers/crayons.
Encourage students to create their own emotion cards, drawing faces and labeling the emotions.
Walk around and assist students as needed.

Step 5

Closure

5 mins

Recap what we've learned about different emotions and coping strategies.
Let students share their own emotion cards with the class.
Thank everyone for participating and remind them to use these coping skills whenever they need to.

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Discussion

Emotion Faces Discussion

A guided discussion to help students identify and understand different emotions using visual aids.

Can you show me a happy face?

Encourage students to mimic the happy faces and explain why they feel happy.

What makes you feel sad?

Allow students to express situations that make them sad and discuss ways to feel better.

How do you feel when you are angry?

Guide the students to recognize physical signs of anger and discuss calming strategies.

Have you ever felt scared?

Encourage students to talk about their fears and how they can seek comfort.

Worksheet

Emotion Cards Worksheet

A creative activity where students draw different emotional faces and label them.

Draw a happy face on the card.

Think about what makes you smile.

Draw a sad face on the card.

Think about a time when you felt sad.

Draw an angry face on the card.

Remember a time when you were mad.

Draw a scared face on the card.

Think of something that made you scared.