Transition Song: H-E-A-R-T
Concepts: feelings, face
Materials: Laminated Letter D
Pre-Literacy Skills: Draw the letter D. "Start at the top and draw down. Go back to the top and draw around". What sound does letter D make? Who has that sound in their name? What other words have a D sound? Dinosaur. Dinner. Diaper. Dot.
How do we know how someone feels? We can tell by looking at their face. We explored happy, sad, scared, mad, chilly, surprised, and silly. We sang along with Jim Gill's I'm so Mad and Your Face Will Surely Show It.
Then we finished with every child showing how they were feeling (a lot of them were feeling silly) while the rest of us guessed how they felt.
Some great books at the library to go with this activity:
Lots of Feelings by Shelley Rotner
Happy Hippo, Angry Duck by Sandra Boynton
Today I Feel Silly by Jamie Lee Curtis (yes, THAT Jamie Lee Curtis)
