Lesson by Caitlin Jones
Learning Intentions:
- To be able to discuss different feelings and emotions
- To be able to create faces using natural objects.
Step 1: Activity overview for parent, carers and pupils
In this activity there are emotion cards to view online and discuss.
Resources:
Natural objects such as sticks, leaves, flowers, grass, conkers, pebbles etc. or paper and pencils, crayons.
You may also wish to use a paper plate as the ‘face’, but this is not essential.
Step 2: Introduction to the activity and additional information
Start by discussing that we all have different emotions and that is okay.
What emotions do you know already?
- pull a happy face,
- a sad face and
- an angry face.
Explain that we feel emotions in different parts of our body, for example sometimes we feel worry in our tummy.
Look at the photo cards below showing different emotions and discuss what they think the person in the photo is feeling and why they think that. For example, the child might say ‘I think that person is nervous because she is biting her nails’.
Step 3: Tasks to carry out for this activity
Activity 1
The activity can be completed independently but it is better to together. This activity can also be done by drawing faces on to paper if you do not have access to the natural resources suggested.
- Create your face using the natural objects, or you can draw your face.
- Share how you are feeling in their piece of art with someone in the family.
- Explore different emotions by creating different faces using all of the natural objects or drawing.
Once you have completed the task you can email anything you create (photos, documents, screenshots etc.) directly to your teacher or directly upload it to any of the available places in Step 6.
Step 4: Look over the success criteria for this activity:
Success criteria #1: I can recognise different feelings and emotions.
Success criteria #2: I can create faces using natural objects or drawing.
Look at the learning intentions ‘how well do you think you have done?’
Step 5: Extension and follow on activities/challenges (optional)
Activity 2
As an extension, your child could create their own emotion cards to help them to communicate their feelings. They could draw a face of each emotion on a piece of paper or card.
Step 6: Upload your work
Click on the relevant link below if you have any work to upload to your online areas J2e Google Drive OneDrive Seesaw