Lesson 5: Facial expressions

Recognising how facial expressions can help identify feelings.

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Learning objective

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EYFS outcomes

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Before the lesson

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Print

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Teacher knowledge

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Carpet time

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Adult-led task

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Adaptive teaching

Adults could give support by:

  • Reading the Resource: Social story before, during or after the lesson to support the children who find it difficult to read facial expressions.
  • Encouraging the children to describe the facial clues they can see on the card, such as the eyes, eyebrows or mouth, instead of acting out the feeling in the adult-led task.

Key vocabulary

  • angry

  • eyes

  • eyebrows

  • happy

  • mouth

  • sad

  • worried

In this topic

Lesson 4: Describing feelings Previous Lesson
Lesson 6: Creating a calm corner Next Lesson
Created by:
Kapow Primary, 
RSE & PSHE specialist

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