It's important for children to learn how to identify feelings and how to deal with them in appropriate ways. This is a familiar song where you can change the words to act out different emotions.
If You’re Happy and You Know It
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands.(Clap twice.)
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands.(Clap twice.)
If you’re happy and you know it, then your face will surely show it.
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands.(Clap twice.)
If you’re happy and you know it, hug yourself… (Hug self.)
If you’re happy and you know it, kiss your brain… (Kiss fingers & touch head.)
If you’re happy and you know it, wiggle all over… (Wiggle.)
If you’re happy and you know it, shout, “Hoorah!”.. (Put hand in air & shout.)
If you’re happy and you know it, do them all… (Do all 5 motions.)
*Make puppets to hold up as you sing. Aren't emoji perfect for this?
*Make “Feeling Faces” by cutting 7” circles out of the middle of card stock. Write a different emotion on each page, such as “happy,” “sad,” “angry,” “proud,” Children take turns putting their face in a circle and making appropriate facial expressions. Remind the children that it’s O.K. to have different feelings.
*As you read books, invite children to relate when they’ve felt like the characters in the story.
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