This activity touches on the KDI for Social and Emotional Development. It is in the category for expressing feelings in words.
For this fun activity you will have the children look through magazines and newspapers and cut out different "feelings". These could be faces or words. They will then glue the "feelings" onto a sheet of paper making a collage.
Materials needed for this activity:
A variety of magazines and newspapers
scissors
paper
glue
To introduce the activity you can start by saying "I have been noticing that there are alot of different feelings and emotions that we have. I thought that we could make a collage (or an assortment) of different "feelings". We are going to go through these magazines and newspapers and see if we can find some different feelings. Then, when we find them we are going to cut them out and glue them to the paper.
Earlier Ability Middle Ability Later Ability
These children can tear instead of You can have these kids find faces These kids can cut out and glue different
cut if that is where they are developmentally. as well as words that they think are faces and words and can even glue them
feelings. in category by emotion.
Scaffolding: Comment on the childrens' work and encourage the kids to name the emotion. After everyone is done creating their collage, you can go around the children can show their creations to each other. We can move on to the
next part of the day by having the children put their art on the drying rack and meeting at the carpet for the next part of their day.
Materials needed for this activity:
A variety of magazines and newspapers
scissors
paper
glue
To introduce the activity you can start by saying "I have been noticing that there are alot of different feelings and emotions that we have. I thought that we could make a collage (or an assortment) of different "feelings". We are going to go through these magazines and newspapers and see if we can find some different feelings. Then, when we find them we are going to cut them out and glue them to the paper.
Earlier Ability Middle Ability Later Ability
These children can tear instead of You can have these kids find faces These kids can cut out and glue different
cut if that is where they are developmentally. as well as words that they think are faces and words and can even glue them
feelings. in category by emotion.
Scaffolding: Comment on the childrens' work and encourage the kids to name the emotion. After everyone is done creating their collage, you can go around the children can show their creations to each other. We can move on to the
next part of the day by having the children put their art on the drying rack and meeting at the carpet for the next part of their day.