Big & Small Feelings - Lesson Plan Bundle (4 Lesson Plans)

Our feelings and emotions are an integral part of life. In these lessons, students will learn how to identify the various feelings they experience, how to recognize feelings in their bodies, how to respond to their feelings, and how their feelings might affect and be affected by others.

Grade Level: K - 2

Lesson Plan Durations: 35 - 40 mins each

Lessons:

• Lesson Plan 1: My Feelings
• Lesson Plan 2: Body Signals, Part I
• Lesson Plan 3: Body Signals, Part II
• Lesson Plan 4: How My Feelings Affect Others

Learning outcomes:

It is expected that students will: 

• Recognize that there are lots of different feelings.
• Identify what each feeling feels like.
• Demonstrate the ability to recognize and identify different feelings.
• Recognize that their body sends them signals about how they are feeling.
• Identify what feeling connects with the signals their bodies send.
• Demonstrate the understanding of tools they can use to regulate their feelings
• Recognize that they feel their feelings in their body.
• Identify ways that their feelings affect them.
• Demonstrate breathing techniques and positive affirmations they can use to react to their feelings in a positive way
• Recognize that their feelings affect other people.
• Identify ways that their feelings affect other people.
• Demonstrate ways of helping each other through big feelings

Bundle includes: 

• All Big & Small Feelings lesson plans and accompanying printable material

Required materials (not included):

My Feelings

• Crayons or Pencil Crayons
• Feelings by Libby Walden

Body Signals, Part I

• My Body Sends A Signal by Natalia Maguire
• The Emotions and Feelings cards that come with the book My Body Sends A Signal

Body Signals, Part II

• My Body Is A Rainbow by Mallika Chopra
• Crayons or Pencil Crayons

How My Feelings Affect Others

• Big Feelings by Alexandra Pendfold and Suzanne Kaufman
• Crayons or pencil crayons

NB: Purchase includes access to downloadable resources for 6 months.