Preschool Lesson (SEL) - Feelings Lesson - Teaching Children About Feelings - Educational Insights

My friends, guess what? Today we're going to learn about feelings. Yes, feelings. You have feelings, I have feelings, there's something we can feel inside. And we're gonna learn all about feelings. Oh, and I invited some friends to come to the classroom and play some feeling games, sing some songs, and talk about feelings. Would you like to come along for the fun? Great, thank you to Educational Insights for sponsoring today's video. It's time to go into the classroom. Hello, all my friends, how are you? Hello, all my friends, can you wave your hands? Let me see, let me see. Hello, all my friends, how are you? Let's do that again, one more time. Hello, all my friends, how are you? Again. Hello, all my friends, how are you? Hello, all my friends, can you wave your hands? Wave, wave, wave, wave, wave. Hello, all my friends, how are you? How are you today? Very good, oh, how are you today? Good. Wonderful, how are you today? Good. Wow, and how are you today? Oh, I'm so happy you're all here today. I feel really, really excited today. Oh, do you know what we're going to learn today? Who thinks they know? Raise your hand if you know. Oh, raise your hand. What do you think? We're going to learn about rainbows? Ooh, maybe. What do you think? And we're going to learn about weather. Maybe the weather, ooh, that's a good idea. Hmm, good one. Oh, what do you think we're going to learn about today? Parts of the car. Parts of cars, oh, you all have great answers. What do you think we're going to learn about? Feelings. Feelings, oh, ding, ding, ding. We're going to learn about feelings today. Yay, if you're happy, clap your hands. Clap your hands. Yes, we're going to learn about feelings. What are feelings? Okay, go ahead, Ian. Feelings make you feel sad. Oh, you can feel sad. What are feelings? Chris Majes, what are feelings? If you have a sad feeling, it makes you cry. Oh, it can make you cry. Feelings can make us feel sad and cry. You said sad, too. What do you think, Amelia? What are feelings? It makes you angry. Oh, it can make you angry. You're all correct. Feelings are things we feel inside. What else? If you draw a heart from your mom and dad. Oh, if you draw a heart from your mom and dad. What does that mean? What kind of feeling are you having? What do you think? Listen, Ari, Ian wanted to tell you something. What kind of feeling do you think he's having if he draws a heart? Love. Oh, a feeling of love. That's right. Feelings are things we feel inside. And guess what? Chris Majes and Amelia and Ian and Ari, do you know feelings can change? They can change. Sometimes we can feel happy. Let me see happy faces. Let me see, let me see, let me see. Happy faces. And sometimes we can feel, what's this one? Sad. Let me see the sad face. Yes. And sometimes we can feel excited. Yes, just like that. Hi friends. I hope you're having fun because now it's time for the freeze dance. That's right. But not just any freeze dance. Today's freeze dance, we're going to actually incorporate our feelings. Yes. And I'm going to use some bean bags from the My Feelings Bean Bags. Oh, my friends. So the music will start and then we dance, dance, dance, dance. We're going to play a freeze dance. But when we freeze, whatever feeling face I'm holding, you have to make that face. Are you ready? Here's our happy bean bag. Here we go. Listen to the music. Listen. Let's move our feet. Move your feet. Go, go, go, go, go, go. When it freezes, we're going to make a happy face when it stops. Ready? Oh, you are good at this. What feeling face do you have? Happy. Oh, let me see it. Hold it up, hold it up. Shake your happy bean bag. What makes you feel happy? Crayons? Oh, so you like drawing pictures? Oh, does that make you feel happy? Okay. I'm going to switch the face. This time I'm not going to tell you what it is. So you have to pay attention. You know what it is? Oh, my goodness. All right, go, go, go. Move those feet. Remember, you got to make the face when the music stops. Let me see you. Yes. Yes, a sad face. Oh, Ian, what feeling face are you holding? Sad. Oh, show us your sad face. Let's see it. That's your sad face. Oh, show us your sad bean bag. Oh, let me see. What do you do when you're sad? I know. What do you think? Tell to my parents. Oh, you can tell your parents. That's a good idea. Try it again. Are you ready? Here we go. I know what it is. Move your feet. Oh, you may know. Move your feet. Get ready. Kris Lajis, what bean bag are you holding? Sleepy. Show us your sleepy bean bag. Can you hold it up? Show us. Shake it, shake it, shake it. Oh, sleepy. What makes you feel sleepy? If I do lots of stuff. Lots of stuff, then that makes you feel sleepy. And then you usually take a nap? Yes. Oh, that's a good idea. Sometimes. Sometimes? Sometimes you don't? Yes, sometimes I don't. I will take a nap later. Later? Okay. One more time. Are you ready? One more time. Oh, this is a different one. This is the one I had. Okay, you ready? Okay. Go, move your feet. Move your feet. So soft. Calm. Calm we go. Good. Oh, good job. Clap for yourselves. Thank you. Now friends, I have a question. If you have a feeling of anger. Ooh, this one feels a little rough. I think he's a little angry. Oh, if you're feeling mad, what are some things you can do to make yourself feel calm? What can we do to become calm? What can we do? What should we do? Be calm? How can we become calm? What do you think? Oh, I have an idea. Guess what? Put your feet in the front so I can show you. Everyone sit. Look at me. If we need to become calm, that means to calm our bodies. We're going to do just like this. I'm going to take my cheeks and make them like balloons. Can you give it a try? First, I'm going to go like this. And then. Then I blow out. So first, we're going to make our cheeks inflate like a balloon. Let me see the balloons. And. So we have to calm our bodies. We can make a balloon and then blow out. Are you ready? Let's try again. Ready? Make a balloon. It can really help us calm down. Amelia, what feeling face are you holding? A scared face. Oh, hold up that scared face. Oh, look at it. It's scared. Oh my goodness. Can you show me a scared face? This is my scared face. And what do you do if you're scared? If something scares you, what do you do? You ask your mom? Do you tell her that you're scared? She does? Oh, if I feel scared, I tell someone too. I tell them I'm feeling scared. Oh, but I have a special pillow that makes me feel so calm. Do you have anything special? Yeah. What do you have? I have a unicorn pillow to protect me. It is a unicorn pillow? Yeah. Does it make you feel calm and safe? Yeah. Oh, is it a big unicorn or a small unicorn? It's a big one. Oh, that is so special. But my friends, what if you're feeling sad? What do you do if you're sad at home? What do you do? Do you make yourself laugh? Oh, you can make yourself laugh. What else can you do if you're sad? What can we do? Yes? Make yourself happy again. Right, go ahead. You can draw pictures when you're sad. That's a good idea. What can you do if you're sad, Amelia? Oh, play at the playground. That would make me happy too. What about you, Krasnachis, if you're sad? Oh, give a big hug. Everyone give themselves a big hug and you can even, yes, air hug and you can even hug yourself. Everyone give yourselves a big hug for such a good job today. Big hugs. Oh, and relax. My friends, it's time for us to say goodbye. Do you know how to wave? Give me a big wave. All right. Do you know what time it is? It's time to say goodbye. Wave, wave, wave. Goodbye, Ari. Wave to Ari. Goodbye, Ian. Wave to Ian. Goodbye, Amelia. Wave to Amelia. And goodbye, Krasnachis. Wave. Thank you, everyone. Round of applause for yourselves. Clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap. Clap, clap, clap, clap, clap. You did it. Good job. Don't forget to always share your feelings with your family and friends. Your feelings are important. There's bean bags inside. Let me see. Oh, do you want to see them? Who wants to see them? Raise your hand if you want to see them. You do. Krasnachis, what feeling face do you have? Angry, show us an angry face. Show us an angry face. Thank you. Amelia, what's your happy, show me a happy face. Oh.