Bonus
Emotion Charades
Act out a feeling without words while the other guesses.
What you need
- Paper & pena few slips
How to play
- Write feelings on slips of paper: happy, angry, nervous, proud, disappointed.
- Take turns drawing a slip.
- Act the feeling out without words while the other guesses.
- Talk briefly: when did you last feel like this?
Make it harder
- Act with the face only.
- Guess the feeling from a walking style.
- Show two feelings one after the other.
What your child practices
- Recognizing emotions
- Expressing yourself
- Empathy