Aim to learn about the different feelings we can express
Aims
* To learn about the different feelings we can express
* To understand that God wants us to learn to love others
Materials
* Pictures showing different emotions from, “God Made Me,” by Joanna Bicknell
* Two poems – Poor Mr. Brown and Poor Mrs. Jones, from “A Child’s First Steps to Virtues,” by Emily Hunter
* Pictures of emotions to cut and paste
* A picture to colour of Mr. Brown
* Pictures of blank faces to fill in
Lesson Outline
1. Introduction
2. Poor Mr. Brown & Mrs. Jones
3. Discussion
4. Activities – colour a picture, cut & paste pictures, blank faces, freeze
5. Review aims
6. Prayer
1) Introduction
* Talk about feelings. Show pictures of children with different emotions. What emotion is each child expressing? What does your face look like when you are sad or happy? When do you feel sad, happy, excited, bored, afraid, shy, angry, naughty?
* Practice showing different feelings. Can you make a happy face? Sad face?
* Make your face to show an emotion. Who can guess which emotion it is?
2) Poor Mr. Brown & Mrs. Jones
* Show and discuss the picture of Mr. Brown. He is cold and alone at home. He needs wood for his fire. Look at his face. How does he feel? Sad? Lonely? Tired? How do you feel when you see the picture?
* Read the poem and show the second picture. How does Mr. Brown feel now?
* Show and discuss the picture of Mrs. Jones. She has bad legs and needs food from the store. Look at her face. How does she feel? Sad? Lonely? Tired? How do you feel when you see the picture?
* Read the poem and show the second picture. How does Mrs.Jones feel now?
3) Discussion
How did Dan and Mary feel towards the old people? They felt sorry for them and wanted to help. They also felt love in their hearts towards them. When we feel love towards others this is how God feels also. God gave us many emotions, but feeling love for others is the most important. Caring, helping, forgiving and sharing are different ways to show we love others. The feeling of love comes from God.
When we love others with God’s love, we also feel this love within our own hearts.
4) Activities
*Colour the picture of Mr. Brown
*Cut and paste pictures of children with different feelings. Match them with the words
*Fill in the blank faces with different emotions
*Play a game of freeze. When the music stops, show an emotion
5) Review the aims of the lesson
*To learn about the different feelings we can express
– sad, happy, excited, bored, afraid, shy, angry, naughty
* To understand that God wants us to learn to love others
6) Prayer
* Say a prayer to thank God for giving us the ability to feel different things. Ask God to help us to learn to learn to love others.
