Teach kids about the different human feelings and emotions with this fun Thanksgiving themed feelings and emotions activity for preschoolers.
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Emotions are reactions that human beings have from the environment stimuli or our own body; thoughts, sensations, physiological reactions characterize them. Emotions are personal experiences that can determine our behavior in future situations.
We must help children to recognize and manifest their feelings and to know how to react when facing each one of these feelings. We shouldn't try to avoid them because they protect us. I'll give you an example, if we don't feel fear, we don't know when we could be in danger.
There are many emotions we can feel, but I will mention a few of them.
Joy, which is a pleasant sensation that a person or object can produce.
Sadness, which is a sensation related to the loss, real or imaginary.
Fear, which is a feeling that indicates we are in danger.
Anger, which is a feeling related to not achieving something desired.
Surprise, related to amazement or bewilderment in an unexpected moment,
Disgust, a dislike for something or someone.
These are the basic emotions that children must know and learn to handle, known as emotional intelligence. This ability is developed through learning and experience in everyday situations. Children often do not verbally express what they feel, so we must look for activities that allow them to express their feelings.
THEME: FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS ACTIVITY FOR PRESCHOOLERS
HOW DO WE DO THIS ACTIVITY?
Topic: Emotions/Feelings
Age: 2-4 years old children
Goal: Help children to identify emotions.
Difficulty level: Basic. This thanksgiving feelings and emotions activity is designed to be done autonomously by following adult instructions.
Skills:
- Identification of emotions
- Accuracy in hand and finger movements
- Following instructions
MATERIALS
- Black foamy
- Markers
- Cardboard
- Paint
- Paint brush
ACTIVITY DEVELOPMENT
Step 1:
Draw a PECAN PIE on cardboard and Paint it.
Step 2:
Use the foamy to cut out mouths, eyes, and eyebrows that represent emotions.
Step 3:
Draw in the cardboard some images representing situations that can create emotions as a gift or a syringe, and cut them out.
Step 4:
Finally, show the children those images and make them choose what they feel and put those emotions in the pecan pie , as shown in the image.
ACTIVITY RESULT
Feelings and emotions activity for preschoolers. A changing faces PECAN PIE following different emotions.
HOW TO CARRY OUT THIS FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS ACTIVITY WITH CHILDREN OF OTHER AGES?
CHANGES FOR CHILDREN UNDER 2 YEARS OLD
You can do this thanksgiving feelings and emotions activity with younger children. It is possible, at this age, they can't identify emotions with images, but we can stimulate the sense of touch when playing to paste and remove images. We can also explain and imitate faces to show emotions we want to work with them.
CHANGES FOR CHILDREN OLDER THAN 4
It is necessary to increase the difficulty level to do this thanksgiving feelings and emotions activity with older children. For example, we will not consider those cards with emotions we made; children should represent different emotions using the foamy faces and tell us when they felt like that.
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VIDEO DESCRIPTION - THE PECAN PIE FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS ACTIVITY
In this feelings and emotions activity video, you will see a step-by-step explanation of the "THE PECAN PIE EMOTIONS" activity. This thanksgiving activity was designed for 2-4 years old children where they draw a PECAN PIE and add faces to the cake, indicating emotions they felt in some situations. This activity will develop skills such as identifying emotions, accuracy in hand and finger movements, and following instructions. They will need cardboard, foamy, scissors, markers,paint and paint brush.
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