Understanding Feelings is one of the most important skills we learn. Use our free Lesson Plan PDF to have a no-prep lesson ready to go for your preschool students or early learners!
Teaching Understanding Feelings to Preschool Students
We all gather important information about our friends or conversation partners by reading others’ facial expressions, body language, listening to their tone of voice, and the meaning of their words. We distill that information down to essential elements to make educated guesses of others’ thoughts and feelings. Using video lessons is a great way to teach these skills; try out our library of thousands of no-prep videos and games like Thinking About Others’ Feelings, Reading Facial Expressions, or Bingo: Emotions with a 30-day free trial!
Understanding Feelings Lesson Plan PDF
1. Start with the Basics
Begin by teaching that we all have different feelings and these can change all day long! Talk about different times of the day or scenarios where our feelings might change. Next, ask the group how they all feel right now. Notice differences and point out how everyone’s feelings are okay to have!
2. Begin to Notice Others
Teach how to be on the lookout for others’ facial expressions and body language. Next, think about if we can match those clues to a feeling. Talk about how others may feel differently than your student so we have to use all of the clues to figure it out!
3. Use Our Free Understanding Feelings Activity and Lesson Plan/PDF
Younger students benefit from visuals to aid in comprehension, so all of our preschool worksheets contain images! This downloadable worksheet contains 3 scenario pictures for students to match with a feeling.
Sample Video
Teaching is so much easier with visual aids! The following video lesson shows real students modeling how to read and understand others’ feelings! Our Social-Emotional Learning Platform has thousands of these video lessons and can be tried out for free for 30 days here! We release new videos, games, & activities every month so you’ll always have no-prep materials ready to go!
