Happy Pumpkin Emotions Glutinous Wall
December 07, 2018
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My kids accept a lot of big emotions thence nosotros accept been talking nearly them a lot lately! In Oct for Virtual Book Club for Kids nosotros are reading Llama Llama Red Pajama past times Anne Dewdney too babe Llama gets actually mad at his mama... thence we've been talking nearly that!
Using a pumpkin subject nosotros made a pumpkin emotions pasty wall to aid us utter nearly a few unlike emotions.
The emotions nosotros accept been focusing on are super simple: sad, mad, happy, scared, too surprised.
MATERIALS TO MAKE Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 PUMPKIN EMOTIONS STICKY WALL:
Here are a few materials you lot volition need...
- foam pumpkins
- black sharpie
- painters tape
- contact paper
HOW TO SET UP Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 PUMPKIN EMOTIONS STICKY WALL:
To acquire started you lot demand to stick some contact paper, pasty side out, onto a apartment surface (wall, tabular array , or floor) too thence record the exterior of the contact newspaper inwards house using painter's tape.
Next depict some faces on your foam pumpkins using a sharpie. Try too brand the faces portray unlike emotions- happy, sad, surprised, mad, too scared.
Next accept your modest stick the faces onto the pasty wall piece trying to position the unlike emotions on each face. Move them the faces around every bit you lot play amongst them.
We had fun singing, "If You Are Happy too You Know It" piece playing this game too adding inwards additional emotions likewise happy.
Jean Warren over at Preschool Express has some great songs nearly Feelings if you lot demand additional ideas. I peculiarly honey the feelings vocal to the melody of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.
Talking nearly emotions is of import for footling ones because every bit they acquire to position feelings inwards others too themselves it helps them acquire to regulate themselves a flake to a greater extent than too helps you lot know how to aid them better.
When my toddler is able to state, "I'm mad" it volition oft calm him downward a flake because he is able to limited how he feels too I am able to aid scope him option suggestions for showing his mad feelings... likewise beingness physical or throwing a tantrum. It is a win, win!
AHA Parenting shares some additional non bad ideas for Helping Toddlers Learn About Emotion HERE.
Do you lot accept whatever additional fun activities or strategies you lot purpose to learn kids nearly emotions?
We honey this collection of ideas for teaching kids nearly feelings from One Time Through.
If you lot missed whatever of our other pumpkin calendar week activities, you lot tin banking corporation fit them out below...
Pumpkin Sun catcher craft
Pumpkin tic-tac-toe game
Roll a Dice Pumpkin Game
Find to a greater extent than of our favorite pumpkin activities on our Halloween Pinterest board.