Title:
Express Yourself
Lesson Theme:
Emotions Charades
Materials:
Emotion Charades Cards (attached)
Basket
Books:
“The Way I Feel” Janan Cain
Objectives/Goals:
Shows progress in
expressing feelings, needs
and opinions in difficult
situations and conflicts
without harming
themselves, others or
property.
Ohio Learning and Development Standards:
Sub-Domain: Social – Emotional Pre-K
Strand: Self
Topic: Awareness and Expression of Emotion
Strand: Self
Topic: Self-Regulation
Strand: Relationships
Topic: Peer Interactions and Relationships
Strand: Relationships
Topic: Empathy
Instructional Procedures:
1) Define emotions as a way you might feel. Ask students to name some emotions.
2) Ask students how they may show an emotion: for example, When I’m happy I smile.
3) Read “The Way I feel” by Janan Cain.
4) After reading, ask students about some ways in which the characters showed emotions in the
story; on their facial expressions and in their posture.
5) Play emotions charades with the students. Have them take turns picking an emotion out of the hat
then acting it out for their peers to guess.
6) After all emotions have been acted out/students have had a turn. Ask students how easy or hard it
was to guess some emotions and why.