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Which subject	Personal development
What age group	Preschool
What topic	emotion recognition
Quantity	1
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Introduction

Good morning students! Today we are going to talk about emotions - the feelings that we have inside of us. Just like our bodies, our emotions need to be taken care of as well. Today we'll learn how to identify different emotions and how we can express them.

Objectives

By the end of this lesson, students will be able to:

• Identify basic emotions like happy, sad, angry, and surprised.
• Recognize facial expressions related to different emotions.
• Express their emotions in words and actions.

Activity

Let's start by reading a story about "Feeling Friends" - a group of animal friends who express and support each other's emotions. As we go through the story, let's observe their facial expressions and try to guess what they may be feeling.

After the story, we'll play a game where we'll make different faces for different emotions and see if our friends can guess them. We'll also use emotion cards to match how we're feeling and learn how to express them.

Conclusion

It's important to remember that emotions are a natural and necessary part of our lives. By recognizing and expressing our emotions, we can have better relationships with others and ourselves. Remember the "Feeling Friends" and how they supported each other with their emotions. Let's do the same and support each other too.