Feelings Detective Case Files: A Logic Clue Puzzle and Case Notes
Children use clues to cross out and work out who feels proud, nervous, disappointed or relieved, then read three case notes and decide the feeling and the best clue: face, body or what happened.
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Big Feelings Calm Quest Big Explorers Activity Pack: Feelings Words, Calm Tools, Puzzles & Games for Ages 7-10
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Read each clue, cross out what it rules out and write each friend's feeling. For the case notes, pick from the word bank and write Face, Body or What happened. Then try the be-a-detective notes (no staring!).
Materials needed
- Pencil
- Crayons
Extension activities
- 1Make a logic puzzle with three friends.
- 2Notice a feeling in a story character.
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Hemsweta Jain · Teacher Cheena
MBA and Early Childhood Educator, teaching since 2014 · Founder of RaisoActive, Mumbai
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