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My Many Colored Days
Students explore feelings. In this mental health cross-curriculum lesson, students listen to My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss and discuss their own moods and feelings. Students sing related songs, write about feelings, and play a...
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Happy/Sad Puppets
Help young children identify their feelings and learn appropriate ways for expressing them. This instructional activity will help them understand that happy and sad are two different feelings, learn to distinguish and express different...
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Activity Plan 5-6: All About You And Me
Students explore their unique qualities as they create "me" puppets. For this early childhood lesson, students play a category game, discuss uniqueness, and create their very own "me" puppets.
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Exploring Feeling Through Eric Carle
Students construct a "feeling cube" for the purpose of exploring and discussing feelings. Students read "The Hungry Caterpillar" discussing life cycle and making a sock puppet, discussing the feelings explored during the activity and the...
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Using Words to Work Things Out
Students study conflict resolution. In this conflict resolution lesson, students read a book about anger and watch a puppet skit about how to handle conflicts. Students create their own puppet skit about conflict resolution.
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Brush Up On Respect
Students define respectful behavior and complete related activities. In this respectful behavior lesson, students use toothpaste to illustrate the cleansing power of speaking good words and having good manners. Students discuss rudeness...