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.
Role-Play
Demonstrate various alternatives for dealing with emotions and let children role-play what they could do. For example, what can you do when someone bullies you? What can you do when you are embarrassed?
Journals
Let children write their names and draw “feeling faces” as they enter the classroom each day.
*As you read books, invite children to relate when they’ve felt like the characters in the story.
*Extend vocabulary by brainstorming different ways to say “happy,” “sad,” “angry,” “surprised,” etc.
*As you read books, invite children to relate when they’ve felt like the characters in the story.
*Extend vocabulary by brainstorming different ways to say “happy,” “sad,” “angry,” “surprised,” etc.
