Guest Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 I have to describe two activities that could be used with children to help them develop their emotional awareness skills, I was thinking of Circle Time but am stuck on another . Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 Hi February - what age are the activities for? What about choosing a story book with lots of emotions pictures (some of the Oxford Reading Tree books are quite good) Without reading the story look at the pictures with the children and discuss what is happening, how they are feeling etc. Afterwards you could go through the story with them and see if they can tell you any more about the story. Or how about painting/drawing - think and ask about colours and what they can portray ie red=cross, blue = sad etc or paint faces - happy, sad, lonely, scared, silly etc Or sequencing/matching pictures - why is someone happy/sad Or looking in a mirror and making faces - you could paint their different expressions on the mirror Hope this helps Jo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 Thanks Jo for those suggestions, I am planning them for 4-7 year olds, so those would be ideal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunflower Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 We are using a new scheme next year called Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning. You can download all of the objectives and activities on theDFES Website. Just scroll down and click on Red Set: Foundation Stage. Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 Thanks Sunflower that looks very helpful, going to have a read through, plenty of suggestions and ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 Thanks for the link sunflower. We are not having a topic in pre-school when we return in September but will be concentrating on settling the children in and PSED until half term. The ideas on the website will be very useful. Linda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 Hi February - In case you missed the six articles we have from Nicola Call on Emotional Competence, you might find them useful. Particularly the article on developing empathy, which you can find here. Hope it helps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 Thanks Steve, will have a read of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue R Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 They are really well worth it! Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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