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Platypus Feels
Reading feelings in faces and in moments: happy and sad, calm and angry, excited and tired, scared and cosy · ages 3-6
1. Warm-up, 5 minutes
Feelings statues: children move to music, and when it stops they freeze with the feeling face you call out.
2. The game, on the projector
Play on the board: children show the face with their own faces first, then a helper taps it. Talk about a time each feeling happened.
Projector mode is the game with ?projector on the end of its address. It's big and landscape, a win waits for you to press Next, and nothing is saved on the computer: no progress, no animal cards, no login.
3. Away from the screen
Read one of the Feelings and friends stories together and stop at the choice: let the class vote, then try the other path too.
Questions to ask
- What made you feel happy today?
- What does your face do when you feel cross?
- What helps you feel calm again?
Curriculum
- AC9HPFP02: practise personal and social skills to interact respectfully with others
- AC9HPFP03: express and describe emotions they experience
- AC9HPFP04: explore how to seek, give or deny permission respectfully when sharing possessions or personal space
- EYLF 1: Children have a strong sense of identity (including an increasing capacity for self-regulation)
- EYLF 2: Children are connected with and contribute to their world
- EYLF 3: Children have a strong sense of wellbeing
More detail, and every word it says: the page for grown-ups.