LIFE SKILLS EDUCATION TOOLKIT FOR ORPHANS AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN IN INDIA 9•
- Set One: (placed here in order of the feeling statement mentioned above. For the children,
shuffle the body statement cards)
I feel a lot of tension in my neck and shoulders.
I feel empty inside.
I feel light, like I am flying in the air.
My knees feel weak.
My stomach is upset.
Set Two:
My breathing becomes shallow and quick.
My heart feels heavy.
I want to smile.
My heart beats fast.
I cannot sit still.Set Three:
My head is about to burst.
I feel very tired.
I have butterflies in my stomach.
My stomach feels sick.
I have a headache.- If there are differences in how the children match the body statements with the feeling
statements, let the children discuss why they did so. It is possible that children react to emotions
differently. The facilitator can adapt and change any of these statements as required.
Adaptation
For Younger Children:
Provide feeling statements to each group (as given above) and ask them to think of three ways in
which their body would express it. The groups must not share their statement with the others. Each
group acts out and states what is happening in one sentence, e.g.,” My stomach feels sick.” After
the three body expressions have been acted out, the rest of the group will guess what feeling was
being expressed. Continue with the next group and next feeling statement.