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Activities to Practice Social Emotional Skills!
Activities to Practice Social Emotional Skills!
Activity 1: Thinking About Emotions
Activity 1: Thinking About Emotions
Think:
Which emotion are you feeling right now?
What can you do when you are feeling grumpy?
What can you do when you are feeling sad?
Activity: Make a list of all the things that make you happy.
Activity 2: Guessing the Feelings
Activity 2: Guessing the Feelings
Think:
How does a person's face change based on their emotion?
How does a person's body change based on their emotion?
Which of these emotions are you feeling the most right now?
Activity:
Fold a piece of paper in half 2 times. Write one of the following emotions in each square: happy, sad, worried, angry. Draw a picture of yourself showing each emotion.
Activity 3 : Why Do We Get Mad?
Activity 3 : Why Do We Get Mad?
Activity: Try taking some selfies of different faces that you make when you feel different emotions! You can make your own feelings book, and if you want, you can send us your best MAD face! Post it on Facebook or email it to miranda.treacy@haverhill-ps.org.
Think:
Watch this 5 minute video on feelings. Then talk with a grown up or sibling about what happens to you when you feel angry.
Activity 4: Controlling Anger
Activity 4: Controlling Anger
Activity: Draw an outline of your body when it feels angry. Mark the parts where you feel the anger in red.
Think:
Have you ever felt like Howard?
How did Howard learn to listen to his body when it was angry?
What were some of the things Howard learned to do when his body felt angry?
What lesson can you learn from Howard?
Activity 5: What Makes You Happy
Activity 5: What Makes You Happy
Think : Watch this video of the book, "Taking a Bath with the Dog" and begin to think about the things that make you happy!
Activity: Write a list or draw 10 things that make YOU happy!!
Activity 6: How to be a Bucket Filler
Activity 6: How to be a Bucket Filler
Think:
What is a bucket filler? What is a bucket dipper?
What can you do to fill someone's bucket at school? At home? At the grocery store? Right now?
How do you feel when you fill someone's bucket?
How do you feel when someone fills your bucket?
Why is it important to be kind?
Activity: Watch this video, then talk through the "think" questions with a parent/family member!
Book Readings to Watch!
Book Readings to Watch!
Ideas for Social Emotional Learning at Home!
Ideas for Social Emotional Learning at Home!
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