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Activity of the Week June 17

Today's 2-minute activity

If you only have 2 minutes to spare, please consider trying the following:

Review the social-emotional weather learning activity (bottom of the page) from April 27 and/or discuss the following with your child:

Different emotions can feel like different weather patterns inside. For example, happiness can feel like warm sun; sadness can feel like rain; anger can feel like a storm. In this social emotional learning activity, children will learn and reflect on how emotions change and practice mindfulness of emotions. You can also help your child learn the names of different emotions they might be feeling.

Ask, "What are some emotions or feelings you have had today?"
Explain that emotions come and go all the time and that this is completely natural.
Help your child with some strategies that they could use when their emotions overwhelm them (e.g., stop, take a breath, go to a quiet space, snuggle a stuffy, etc)

Our word today is mad.

There are three sounds and three letters in the word mad.

Try sounding out the word and try to write it all by yourself.

Can you make a mad face? Mad is a big strong feeling.

Thomas' Snowsuit - read by Mrs. Whillier

Storytime

Today, Mrs. Whillier is going to read you the book "Thomas' Snowsuit." There are lots of emotions in this book! See if you can figure some of the feelings out.

At the end of the story, Mrs. Whillier's friend asks the question, "Why is Thomas happy now?" Do you know why?

We've talked about several emotions so far.

Think back to this time during the COVID lockdown.

What has made you feel glad?

What has made you feel sad?

What has made you feel mad?

Try to use a long sentence. "I feel glad that I got to spend more time at home. I feel sad that I don't get to see my friends. I feel mad that I can't play on the playground."

Draw a picture about any feeling you want (e.g., mad, sad, glad, pleased, embarrassed, excited, furious, confused). Try to write down a sentence about your feeling. Try to write down (at least) the first sound you hear in each word. So, for example, for, "I feel mad when..." you might write down "I f m w..." Upload your work to the Google Classroom if you would like to share it with your teachers.

Let's Pretend

Have you ever felt really mad? What makes you feel mad? Have your parents help you to think of things that make you mad. Maybe you feel mad when your parents turn the cartoons off. Maybe you feel mad when someone at school is mean to you. Maybe you feel mad when you're trying your best to tie your shoelaces, but it just isn't working. Maybe you feel mad when your sister knocks over your block tower.

Now, it's time to pretend!

Let's pretend that someone at school is bugging you. Think of a situation like that. Maybe they keep bumping you with a ball. Maybe they are saying mean or rude things to you, like calling you names. Now, act it out! Take turns with your mom/dad/sibling/stuffy to be the bully and the person being picked on. What can you do when someone is bugging you? Are there words you can say? Should you go tell a teacher? Just walk away and ask someone else to play? What can you do?

Parents: It is important to take turns acting out the different roles during this activity so your child gets a better understanding of the situation.

Intro feelings culminating activity revised for website.pdf

This handout has some parent tips and strategies for talking about feelings with your child.

In the KLP, we have worked on using our words to tell others how we are feeling.

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