Unmixed Emotions: Matching Faces to Bodies
Without realizing it
kids know how to read emotions through facial expressions and body postures.
(And if they can't, this is good practice!)
Objectives
Children participating will be able to verbally express cause
and effect relationships between feelings and behavior SE V
ages 4-5 can make analogies Lang. IIA
ages 3-4 can tell what action is going on in picture Lang. IB
ages 2-2 ½ years can demonstrate simple action words Lang. IIIB
and they can also recognize fine detail and given a choice of two, points to
correct picture Lang. IB
Materials
Emotion pictures: face
cards, 4x4" card showing happy, sad, mad, afraid, surprise, etc. and body
cards, 4x4", showing simple bodies that express the facial emotions. Game
board: 8x12", divided into 6 spaces -- 3 above and 3 below.
SEE ILLUSTRATION
Procedures
1. Show the happy face card and have that emotion identified.
Ask each child, "What things make you happy? Show me how you look when
you're happy. Stand up and show me with your whole body." Put the body
cards on the table. "Find a body that matches the happy face." Repeat
this procedure with each emotion face card.
2. Place the game board on the table. "Now we are going to play a game
with these pictures. Watch carefully!" Put three face cards on the top row
and two body cards below their matching faces. Leave one body space blank.
Place the other emotion cards on the table. "Find the missing body."
Allow time for one of the children to notice the analogy and explain, perhaps
with prompting, to the other children.
3. Always using the top row for face cards and the bottom row for body cards,
continue the procedure until each child has had a turn. Either a face or body
card could be matched. To simplify the game, show a child one emotion picture.
Give a choice of two grossly different facial expressions or body postures to
choose from for his "missing" picture.
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