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Today's 2-minute activity
Today's 2-minute activity
If you only have 2 minutes to spare, please consider trying the following:
Complete the "Talk About Emotions" activities. You can fit this into any of your daily routines.
Talking About Emotions At Home
There are many ways you can talk about feelings and emotions through the day to help your child learn 'feeling' words/vocabulary:
Label your emotions: During daily routines (i.e, meal time), label your own emotions (e.g., “I feel frustrated because I cannot open this can of beans!”/ "I'm sad that daddy is going to work").
Name the feeling: Help your child label their own emotions (e.g., "It looks like you are feeling upset that we can't go outside. Let's take some deep breaths to help us feel better").
Snack Time: Give your child raisins or cheerios and have them make as many faces as they can with their food. Ask them which emotion they made and see if they can tell you a time they felt that way.
Model new vocabulary: As your child gets more familiar with glad/sad/mad, add more complicated feeling words to your everyday talk to help expand their vocabulary (e.g., proud, surprised, disappointed, frustrated, pleased).
New Word!
This word has 4 letters. Try to sound each letter out: /g/.../l/.../a/.../d/ You're right! The word is GLAD.
Glad is a happy feeling. Can you think of something that makes you feel glad? I feel glad when I get ice cream for dessert. I feel glad when I get a big hug. I feel glad when my mom says thank you for helping.
What makes you feel glad?
Story Time
Story Time
Listen to the story "In My Heart" by Jo Witek .
Do you remember some of the feelings that were in the book?
What makes you feel happy? sad? nervous? excited?
I feel happy when.....
I feel sad when .....
I feel nervous when......
How does your heart feel today?
Guess that Emotion
Guess that Emotion
Play along with this fun Sesame Street game and see how many you can get right.
Talking About Emotions At Home
There are many ways you can talk about feelings and emotions through the day to help your child learn 'feeling' words/vocabulary:
Label your emotions: During daily routines (i.e, meal time), label your own emotions (e.g., “I feel frustrated because I cannot open this can of beans!”/ "I'm sad that daddy is going to work").
Name the feeling: Help your child label their own emotions (e.g., "It looks like you are feeling upset that we can't go outside. Let's take some deep breaths to help us feel better").
Snack Time: Give your child raisins or cheerios and have them make as many faces as they can with their food. Ask them which emotion they made and see if they can tell you a time they felt that way.
Model new vocabulary: As your child gets more familiar with glad/sad/mad, add more complicated feeling words to your everyday talk to help expand their vocabulary (e.g., proud, surprised, disappointed, frustrated, pleased).
Map of Your Heart
What fills up your heart and makes you feel glad? Make a map of your heart and fill it with pictures and words of everything you love. Think about your friends, family, favourite food, games, books, and places. You can print and use the template provided or you can get creative and make your own using any materials you have. I have included some examples for you.
heart map 2.pdfPage updated
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