Making Faces

Make different emotion faces and have children guess how you’re feeling.
Find pictures of people with different expressions and have children label the emotions.
Create a resource of “faces” with different emotions and talk about what they mean. Ask children to choose the picture that most reflects how they feel that day. (A number of excellent resources in downloadable PDF format can be found online. Here is an example: hope4hurtingkids.com)
Using the “faces” you’ve compiled or printed out, provide examples of situations and ask your child(ren) to select a face that reflects “how you feel when…” (there’s a snow day, there’s ice cream for dessert, hockey practice is cancelled, etc.)