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Term Two Lesson Nine: Feelings
Downloadable Songs
Let’s Make a Circle My Feelings
Songs to Source
Shake Your Sillies Out Feelings
Props Required
Music player, music speaker, sparkly magic bag, feelings laminate and magic sparkles
Lesson plan
1. Warm-up: ‘Shake Your Sillies Out’ performed by The Wiggles
See weekly drama activity break down for video and instructions. Make sure to use lots of energy!
*Running time approx. 1 min 45 secs.
2. Focus activity: Name Game
See weekly drama activity break down for instructions.
* Running time approx. 3 mins (‘Let’s make a Circle’ should take a MAXIMUM of 30 seconds).
3. Travel to Storyland
See weekly drama activity break down for instructions.
* Running time approx. 4 mins (‘Let’s make a Circle’ should take a MAXIMUM of 30 seconds).
4. Introduce the theme
“Let’s take a look in the sparkly magic bag and see what clue there is for today’s story.” Take out the feelings laminate (with happy, sad, angry and excited faces) and ask the children the following questions.
a) Point to a face on the feelings laminate (e.g. angry). Ask a volunteer to tell you how the face is feeling. “Let’s all say ‘I’m angry’ after three, using our angry voices. One, two, three, ‘I’m angry!’” Repeat for the other three faces.
b) Ask a volunteer to tell everyone how they are feeling today. Give some suggestions (e.g. happy, sad, angry, excited, scared, relaxed, worried, content etc.). You and the children then show that feeling with your faces. Repeat using answers from three more volunteers.
* Running time approx. 2 mins 30 secs.
5. Action song or poem: ‘My Feelings’ written by Lucy Milan Davis
“I can do a trick with my face. Watch my face very carefully.” Present a neutral face. Hold your hands with palms towards your face and fingertips touching, just below your chin. Gradually slide your hands upwards. As your hands pass your face, change your lips to smile (while your hands are covering your mouth). Gradually slide your hands downwards and change your smile into a frown while your hands are covering your mouth. Change your frown to an excited face as you move your hands upwards again, and change your excited face to an angry one as you slide your hands downwards again (always changing your mouth when it is covered and your eyes when they are covered).
Ask the children to copy your actions as you perform the poem two times. Use the movements you have just demonstrated (above), matching your face to the words, for the first verse. Use the actions written next to the words for the second verse.
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