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Helpful Resources

During this time, you may want to involve students in games for expressing their emotions and feelings. Check out these helpful resources by our guidance counselor, Mrs. Johnson

 

 

Game: Emotional Uno
 
Game: For Expressing Emotions
-Have them write different emotions on a small pieces of paper
-Put the pieces of paper in a hat or a bag
-Shake it 
-Pick one
-Draw a picture of the emotion
-Why might the person in the drawing feel that way?
-Name a time where you felt this emotion?
 
Game: For Social Emotional Game for larger families
-Write different social emotional topics on a piece of paper
-Each round, tape one of the prompts on a random chair
-Play musical chairs.
-Whoever is in the chair with the prompt on it has to start a discussion or ask the group a question based on the prompt
 
Game: Social Skills/Manners (soccer ball)
-Write different social/emotional prompts/topics/questions on each space on the ball
-Pass the ball around by either using feet or hands
-Play music
-When the music stops, whatever prompt their right thumb lands on they have to respond to.
 
Activity: Calming down
-5 Things You See
-4 Things You Can Touch
-3 Things You Hear
-2 Things You Can Smell
-1 Thing You Can Taste
 

 

Mrs. Johnson shares some guidance links and lessons for students and families.

 

1st

https://wedolisten.org/ (howard b wigglebottom stories and activities)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2E72TZy0LNo--  The little red hen, story about working together. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZqFYtWCWXg video to demonstrate working together. 
If you have the game candy land, assign a feeling to a color.  When you land on it they either; act out the feeling, say a time they felt that way, tell what would make someone feel that way. 
 

2nd

https://wedolisten.org/ howard B wigglebottom videos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jop2I5u2F3U . video to demonstrate working together
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmR-BBj3U1M video to demostrate sharing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2l7xBa_R7Q video to demonstrate working together
 

3rd

https://wedolisten.org/ howard b wigglebottom videos and activities
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6HhKlpp7ok Alexander and the terrible horrible no good very bad day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2FoGf__Fx0  Enemy Pie, getting along with others
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBIsrdmvpag  When I grow up book, careers
 

4th

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6HhKlpp7ok  Alexander and the terrible horrible no good very bad day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GiOewh5Cyo  Potato chip champ, friendship
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBIsrdmvpag  When I grow up book, careers
 

5th

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GiOewh5Cyo Potato chip champ book, friendship
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBIsrdmvpag  When I grow up book, careers