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Festive Feeling Faces

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Lesson Plan

Festive Feeling Faces

Improve emotional literacy

In this lesson, kindergarten students will engage in a storytelling session featuring holiday-themed stories. After listening, they will express their emotions by drawing on emotion faces. This activity is designed to enhance emotional literacy and help students connect with stories on a personal level, interpreting emotions creatively.

Audience

Kindergarten Students

Time

20 minutes

Approach

Improve emotional literacy

Materials

Holiday-themed storybook, Printable emotion face templates, and Crayons or colored pencils

Step 1

Introduction to Emotions

3 minutes

  • Begin by discussing different emotions with the students (happy, sad, excited, etc.).
  • Show examples of facial expressions that match these emotions.

Step 2

Storytelling Session

10 minutes

  • Read a holiday-themed story to the class.
  • Encourage students to pay attention to how the story makes them feel.

Step 3

Drawing Emotion Faces

5 minutes

  • Distribute the printable emotion face templates to each student.
  • Ask students to draw how the story made them feel on the emotion face.
  • Provide crayons or colored pencils for coloring.

Step 4

Closure

2 minutes

  • Invite a few students to share their drawings and explain their emotions.
  • Reinforce the idea that it's okay to feel different emotions.
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Worksheet

Emotion Face Templates

Printable templates for students to draw their emotions on. Each card features a blank face for students to express how the story made them feel.




Happy Face







Sad Face







Excited Face







Scared Face







Surprised Face




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