READ

Choose 2 or 3 books to read
Available through hoopla Digital

• Pete the Cat and His Magic Sunglasses by Kimberly and James Dean
• Hooray for Hat! By Brian Won
• Grumpy Pants by Claire Messer
• Happy Right Now by Julie Berry, Holly Hatam
• I Am Peace: A Book of Mindfulness by Susan Verde, Peter H. Reynolds

SING

If You’re Happy and You Know It

If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands!
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands!
If you’re happy and you know it, then your face will surely show it. (point to your smile)
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands!

If you’re angry and you know it, stomp your feet!
If you’re angry and you know it, stomp your feet!
If you’re angry and you know it, then your face will surely show it. (point to your angry face)
If you’re angry and you know it, stomp your feet!

If you’re sad and you know it, say “boo hoo!” (pretend to cry)
If you’re sad and you know it, say “boo hoo!”
If you’re sad and you know it, then your face will surely show it. (point to your sad face)
If you’re sad and you know it, say “boo hoo!”

If you’re excited and you know it, shout “hooray!” (lift arms and shout hooray)
If you’re excited and you know it, shout “hooray!”
If you’re excited and you know it, then your face will surely show it. (point to excited face)
If you’re excited and you know it, shout “hooray!”

If you’re silly and you know it, dance around! (do a silly dance)
If you’re silly and you know it, dance around!
If you’re silly and you know it, then your face will surely show it. (point to silly face)
If you’re silly and you know it, dance around!

Feelings

(Sung to Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star)

I have feelings (point to self)
So do you (point to children)
Let’s all sing about a few.
I am happy (smile).
I am sad (frown).
I get scared. (Wrap arms around self and make a scared face).
I get mad (make a fist and shake it or stomp feet).
I am proud of being me (hands on hips, shoulders straight, smile)
That’s a feeling too, you see.
I have feelings (point to self)
You do, too (Point to children)
We just sang about a few.

PLAY

Mirror, Mirror — Make an emotion face at your child, have them identify the emotion and duplicate it.

Simon Says — Play this game of Simon Says to explore emotions. Simon Says walk in a circle feeling happy…sad…angry

ACTIVITY

Head over to https://www.thechaosandtheclutter.com/archives/homemade-emoji-squishies to learn how to make DIY Emotion Squishies.