Week 1: Day 1
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This week...
Children will explore and label “happy” feelings.
Activity
Today they will learn the words “happy,” “thrilled,” and “ecstatic.”
Together, you’ll create a Word Garden:
Step 1
Print one copy of each: “Word Garden Flower Pot: Happy”, “Word Cards Flowers and Poses: Happy”
Step 2
Introduce each word, say the definition, and do the pose. Give examples of feeling happy, thrilled, and ecstatic.
Step 3
Have the children take turns “planting” (taping) the feeling “flowers” onto the Flower Pot.
Call-and-Response
Children will practice the day’s feeling words as they chant and move. As you say each line, prompt children to repeat it after you:
I feel good about something, yay!
I am feeling happy today.
I am feeling really happy, yay!
That means I’m feeling thrilled today.
I am feeling super happy, yay!
That means I’m feeling ecstatic today.
