4 • MODULE SIX: COPING WITH EMOTIONS
Directions:ACTIVITY ONE
Pass the Feeling
Mistaken Identities- The facilitator prepares cards with names of feelings such as joy, shyness, loneliness, sad, scared,
funny, confused, excited, angry, happy, and curious adding any other feeling and puts them in a bag. - The children sit in a circle and “pass the parcel of feelings” while the music plays. When the
music stops, the child who has the parcel picks up a card from the bag and acts out the emotion
described. No words are to be used. The rest of the children have to guess the feeling expressed. - List out the feelings in the “feelings parcel” and add if the children suggest anything more. Keep
the list on the wall and refer to it in different sessions when feelings need to be expressed. In
some cases the feelings move into natural groups such as happy, angry and scared. Move the
cards so that they fall into these groups.
Adaptation
For younger children, pictures can be used instead of writing the names of feelings (see Step 1).
These can be cut out from magazines or faces can be drawn.Review
(Questions are only to be used as guidelines – language must be adapted to the local context)- Was it difficult to express certain emotions? Why?
- How did they feel when they did not use words?
- Did the children guessing have any difficulty identifying the emotion?
- Do different people express the same emotion in different ways?
- Do girls and boys express them differently? Why?
Additional questions for older children:- When did you last feel joy/sadness/any other emotion?
The child may, if he or she wishes, describe the situations that gave rise to the feelings that occurred.
Ask the children to recall how they were helped and with whom they shared their feelings.
Remember to end the session on a happy note; children can recall when they laughed most
recently or expressed joy.