Painting my feelings Exploring emotions through art
What you need:
What to do:
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A book about emotions, such as It’s OK to Cry by Molly Potter or The Colour Monster by Anna Llenas
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Sit the children comfortably in a small group.
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Paints (blue, red, purple, yellow, brown and grey)
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Ask the children what makes them feel these emotions whilst reinforcing the vocabulary.
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Paint brushes Paper
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Introduce the topic of feelings by talking about the language of emotions and feelings, such as happy, sad, angry, scared, tired and bored.
Read the children a story about emotions.
Suggest to the children that they might like to paint how they feel using the following colours:
Aprons
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Easels or space for the children to make paintings
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Top tip
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Sad = blue
Angry = red
Happy/joyful = yellow Tired = brown
Scared/anxious = purple Bored = grey
There are some great books to help explore this topic, for example, Tom Percival’s emotionally resonant Big Bright Feelings series.
Health & Safety
Be mindful that a child may disclose something needing further investigation. Practitioners need to have a good understanding of the setting’s safeguarding procedures.
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