Paula Kearney

In this 30-minute kindergarten lesson, students will learn to recognize and name four basic emotions—happy, sad, mad, and scared—through facial and body cues. By building self-awareness and emotion vocabulary, students gain tools for understanding their own feelings and those of others, strengthening social-emotional skills early on.

In this interactive 30-minute kindergarten lesson, students learn to connect physical sensations with emotions — boosting self-awareness and understanding their mind-body connection. Through breathing, discussion, movement games, and drawing, kids will identify at least two body signals for each core emotion. Session includes warm-up, slide discussion, game, journaling, and partner sharing.