Activity
My Emotions Wheel
All emotions are okay! Use this social emotional learning activity to help your second or third grader build emotional awareness by creating a wheel full of pictures that make them feel certain emotions: angry, sad, happy, worried, peaceful, loved, bored, fear, disgust. By helping children craft their own emotions wheel, you will be fostering important skills, such as self-awareness, mindfulness of emotions, and the ability to recognize and manage emotional triggers.
What You Need
- Emotions Wheel worksheet
- Pencils
- Colored pencils or crayons
What You Do:
- Talk to your child about different emotions.
- Ask them to name one moment in their day when they felt the following emotions: happiness, boredom, love, anger.
- Explain that everyone experiences different emotions on different days. Help them understand that there are no "good" or "bad" emotions.
- Explain to your child that we notice emotions in our body. Remind them that emotions don't last forever; they are always changing.
- Explain to them that they will be creating an Emotions Wheel to use as a tool to check in with how they are feeling in any given moment.
- Follow the instructions on the My Emotions Wheel worksheet to help your child create their own wheel.
- Find time to practice using the wheel throughout the day.
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