Feelings Word Wheel: 24 Feeling Words in Six Families and How Big Each One Feels
Children build a richer feelings vocabulary with 24 words in six colour-coded families, from annoyed to furious and content to overjoyed. They learn that words in a family are cousins, not the same.
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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 the wheel together, then look at the two 'how big is it?' scales. Circle three words you felt this week and write about a new word: what happened just before?
Materials needed
- Pencil
- Crayons
Extension activities
- 1Pick a new feeling word each day and use it in a sentence.
- 2Add your own word to a family.
Written by
Hemsweta Jain · Teacher Cheena
MBA and Early Childhood Educator, teaching since 2014 · Founder of RaisoActive, Mumbai
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