For our final lesson this rotation, we are learning about how feelings can change. We started out our lesson with a game of Mrs. Brumitt Says, but this time with "mixed-up" rules. Mixed-up rules consist of me replacing "touch your nose" with "touch your knees," meaning when I say to touch your nose, you touch your knees instead. I added more rules in as students became more comfortable with the first mixed-up rule.
We reviewed where to look for feelings clues, and then Puppy and Snail visited to talk about recess. They both enjoy recess, but they like different activities. We talked about how this was similar to Sally and Louisha, who we watched a video about last week. We recapped how Sally (scared, nervous) and Louisha (happy, excited) were feeling in the video, and talked about how the other students in the video felt.
We watched the second part of the video, where Sally's feelings changed as a result of Louisha being welcome and inviting to her. We identified her new feeling (happy), and we shared times where our feelings had changed about something. We talked about how empathy helps us to change others' feelings and can help them have a better day. We ended out lesson by practicing welcoming and inviting Puppy and Snail with different scenarios.
