Lesson 1: Identifying my feelings

Recognising and naming different feelings.

Learning objective

EYFS outcomes

Before the lesson

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Teacher knowledge

Lesson plan

Adult-led task

Adaptive teaching

Adults could give support by:

  • Showing the Resource: Feelings or the Resource: Photos to prompt the children when creating faces that show different feelings.
  • Modelling the facial expression for the children to observe, encouraging them to notice what happens to the eyes, eyebrows, nose and mouth before recreating the expression themselves.
  • Encouraging the children to make different facial expressions in a mirror before recreating them using the natural materials or loose parts.
  • Sharing the Resource: Face template to help the children recreate different expressions by matching natural materials and loose parts on the template.

Key vocabulary

  • angry

  • feelings

  • happy

  • sad

  • worried

Created by:
Kapow Primary, 
RSE & PSHE specialist
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