Age Groups: Little Kids
Skills: Empathy, Feelings
Materials
- None
Instructions
- Let’s play pretend with a few stuffed animals or puppets.
- Let’s imagine that our animals are doing something that makes them feel happy, like eating ice cream.
- Oh no! My animal dropped its ice cream on the ground. How does my animal feel now?
- Can your animal help my animal to feel happy again? What can you do?
- Now it’s your turn to have your animal feel sad about something. My animal will think of ways to help yours feel better!
Vocabulary
Feeling - an emotion
Cause - the reason something happens
Help - aid