Simple steps to notice what someone is feeling (Grade 1 lesson).

📚 Understanding Feelings: A Grade 1 Guide

Welcome, young learners! Today, we're going to explore how to understand what others are feeling. Recognizing emotions is a superpower that helps us be good friends and understand the world around us.

🎯 Objectives

• 😊 Identify basic emotions like happy, sad, angry, and scared.
• 👁️ Recognize facial expressions and body language associated with different emotions.
• 👂 Listen to how someone is talking to understand their feelings.

🖍️ Materials

• 🖼️ Emotion flashcards (happy, sad, angry, scared)
• 🎭 A mirror
• 📖 Storybooks about feelings
• 🎵 Music with different moods

☀️ Warm-up (5 mins)

Emotion Charades: Act out different emotions without talking, and have the students guess the emotion.

📝 Main Instruction

1. 😊 Happy

   • 😄 Facial Expression: Smiling, bright eyes
   • 🤸 Body Language: Energetic, jumping, clapping
   • 🗣️ Voice: Cheerful, loud
   • 💡 Example: "I got a new toy!"

2. 😢 Sad

   • 😔 Facial Expression: Frowning, tears
   • 🚶 Body Language: Slouching, quiet
   • 🗣️ Voice: Soft, low
   • 💡 Example: "I lost my balloon."

3. 😠 Angry

   • 😡 Facial Expression: Furrowed eyebrows, clenched jaw
   • ✊ Body Language: Tense, stomping feet
   • 🗣️ Voice: Loud, harsh
   • 💡 Example: "He took my crayon!"

4. 😨 Scared

   • 😟 Facial Expression: Wide eyes, open mouth
   • 🏃 Body Language: Trembling, hiding
   • 🗣️ Voice: Quiet, shaky
   • 💡 Example: "I saw a spider!"

🎭 Activity: Mirror, Mirror

Have students look in a mirror and make different faces to match the emotions. Discuss how their face feels when they make each expression.

📖 Story Time

Read a story about characters experiencing different emotions. Pause to ask students how the characters are feeling and why.

🎵 Music & Moods

Play different types of music (happy, sad, energetic, calm) and ask students to identify the feeling the music evokes.

✅ Assessment

Observation: Observe students during activities to see if they can identify and express different emotions.

📝 Worksheet: Feelings Detective

Provide a worksheet with pictures of faces showing different emotions. Have students circle the correct emotion for each face.