We
have made this project to work on children emotions and feelings. Normally, in
our nowadays classrooms isn´t very important this topic and we think that the
emotions and the feeling have a big importance because the children have to
know how to brig feelings to the surface. To carry on the project we will take
in account these points:
- The main purpose is to make the
children be in touch with English in a natural way.
- Improve the communicative competence
of students, especially oral and listening skills.
- Activities to promote active
participation of children.
CONTEXT
The
school that we have chosen for our project is situated in Ibarra. It is a small
town which has approximately 4500 habitants and the Basque is the main language
in this town. Generally there is a middle socio-economic level. The name of the
school is Uzturpe Ikastola and go children between two to sixteen years old. This
school works with Urtxintxa project and they start learning English when the
children are 4 years old.
Our
students are five years old. They started learning English last year, so we
know what they know and the behaviour of the children. We are going to be only
English teachers, in this way the children could connect a language with a
person. This project is going to start in the second trimester of the year. The
relation between family and school isn´t very close, but they are there when
somebody need them. Also they organize meetings with parents every trimmest to
speak about their child development.
We are going to work on this project
for three weeks. We will have three classes per week and each class is going to
be thirty minutes long. We will work on the project on the three weeks of
December.
Our
project is going to be focused on emotions. We think is important that the
children know how to express their emotions and to identify them. In this way,
apart from their mother tongue, children will be able to show and share their
emotions using English. So these are the main objectives of our project:
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They learn ways to express
emotionally.
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Know the vocabulary of emotions.
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Identify the emotion they feel each
day.
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Get used to recognize they and
classmates emotions.
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Identify the emotions associated with
different situations.
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Learn to identify their own and
classmates emotional expressions through the face.
All the classes have the same structure,
in the beginning of the class we will do an activity to say hello and start
with the class. After, we will do a specific activity of the project. Finally,
we will finish with an ending activity. We think that with little children is
very important to establish routines, in this way they will know what they have
to do during the class and they will feel more comfortable.
Hello!
EXPLANATION: This is the start activity that we will repeat in all the classes. As our project is focused on the emotions we chose this song because there appears the vocabulary of emotions. But we are aware that in the first class we can´t do this activity in the same way as we will do in the middle of the project.
ACTIVITIES
In
all the classes during our project we will repeat the structure of the class.
So we will start with a beginning song, it can be very
useful for children to realize
that it has begun the class and get used to it. To end the class we will sing
the ending song, so children will realize that the class ended and the song
will be useful to see off the teacher.
Hello!
EXPLANATION: This is the start activity that we will repeat in all the classes. As our project is focused on the emotions we chose this song because there appears the vocabulary of emotions. But we are aware that in the first class we can´t do this activity in the same way as we will do in the middle of the project.
So in the first class the teacher will start singing this song alone with a
lyric which helps her to sing. The teacher repeats the song using different
emotions, such as, happy, sad, angry, hungry, sleepy, etc. Then, she or he
suggested them to sing the song helped with the teacher and seeing the lyrics.
This will be repeated until the children had learned the song. But, the main
aim of the teacher won´t be to learn the song, just try it and have a good time
with it.
When children have learned the song, around the third o fourth class, we
will sing the song but now we will also ask to each child. So, we will ask only
to one child “how are you today?”, the child who
was asked has to answer with the emotion he or she feels.
This will be repeated for all of our students.
Hello,
hello,
how
are you today?
I
am happy,
happy,
happy.
Also,
there is a nice video in this reference, which will be show in the first
classes; it will be easier to learn the song.
How are you today?
TEACHER´S ROLE: The teacher is going to sing slowly and repeatedly gesturing the song. Also, she or he is going to take in account that she o he has to ask to all of the student, so all the children can participate.
GROUPING: The children will be placed in circle. In this way, the teacher will be able to see all the children, also children can see each other easily.
MATERIAL: The lyrics of the song.
TIME: About 5 minutes.
Bye bye!
EXPLANATION: This is the end activity that we will repeat in all the classes. We are aware that in the first class we can´t do this activity in the same way as we will do in the middle of the project.
How are you today?
TEACHER´S ROLE: The teacher is going to sing slowly and repeatedly gesturing the song. Also, she or he is going to take in account that she o he has to ask to all of the student, so all the children can participate.
GROUPING: The children will be placed in circle. In this way, the teacher will be able to see all the children, also children can see each other easily.
MATERIAL: The lyrics of the song.
TIME: About 5 minutes.
Bye bye!
EXPLANATION: This is the end activity that we will repeat in all the classes. We are aware that in the first class we can´t do this activity in the same way as we will do in the middle of the project.
So in the first class the teacher will start singing this song alone with lyrics
which help her to sing. The teacher repeats the song some times, then, she
suggested them to sing the song helped with the teacher and seeing the lyrics.
This will be repeated until the children had learned the song. But, the main
aim of the teacher won´t be to learn the song, just try it and have a good time
with it.
Bye bye girls
and boys
Bye bye girls
and boys
Bye bye girls
and boys
It's time for
us to go (bis)
Bye bye song
TEACHER´S ROLE: The teacher is going to sing slowly and repeatedly the song. Also, she or he is going to take in account that she o he asked all of student, so all the children can participate.
GROUPING: The children will be placed in circle. Like this the teacher will be able to see all the children, also children can see each other easily.
MATERIAL: The lyrics of the song.
TIME:About 2 minutes.
1st week
TEACHER´S ROLE: The teacher is going to sing slowly and repeatedly the song. Also, she or he is going to take in account that she o he asked all of student, so all the children can participate.
GROUPING: The children will be placed in circle. Like this the teacher will be able to see all the children, also children can see each other easily.
MATERIAL: The lyrics of the song.
TIME:About 2 minutes.
1st week
1st class
To
start with the class we are going to sing the beginning song.
Speaking about children knowledge
Speaking about children knowledge
EXPLANATION:
The teacher is going to explain the project a little bit. She or he will say that
they will learn some emotions during three weeks and they will work in it.
TEACHER´S
ROLE: She or he will use very simple sentences, like this the children could
understand something. Also, she or he will ask to the children if they know the
emotions. They are going to have a little conversation. Most of the children
will reply in Basque, so the teacher has to say again what the children say but
in English and the children will have to repeat it.
GROUPING: The
children will be placed in circle. Like this the teacher will be able to see
all the children, also children can see each other easily.
TIME: About 3
minutes.
Feelings explanation
Feelings explanation
EXPLANATION: The
teacher will have some flashcard with faces showing different emotions (happy,
sad, bored, scared, angry, surprise, sleepy, hungry) and the teacher will teach
this emotions. During the project the flashcards will be in the wall to see
when they need or want.
Emotionometro
TEACHER´S
ROLE: She or he is going to show the flashcard doing the body expression and
saying the name. Also the teacher will connect the emotion with a short
sentence, like: when we play with friends, we are happy. The sentences have to
be simple.
GROUPING: The
children will be placed in circle. Like this the teacher will be able to see
all the children, also children can see each other easily.
MATERIAL: 8
flashcards with a picture and its name.
TIME: About 10
minutes.
Emotionometro
EXPLANATION: The teacher will present the emotionometro.
The emotionometro has pockets and each pocket has written and drawn an emotion.
To start, each child will have to prepare a stick with his or her photo. Then,
each child will have to put the stick into the pocket indicating the emotion that
they feel in that day. First, the teacher will give the
material. Then, they will take the stick and they will have to paste their
photo. Finally, the teacher will say children to put the stick inside the
pocket and the reason to put in it.
TEACHER´S
ROLE: She or he will be a model, so the teacher has to do the activity.
GROUPING:
They will do the stick alone, with the teacher help. Then, they will sit in
circle and each child will put their stick inside the pocket.
MATERIAL:
Emotionometro, sticks, pupils photos, glue and scissors.
TIME: About 10 minutes.
Finally
we will sing the class ending song to say good bye to all the children.
2nd class
To
start with the class we are going to sing the class beginning song.
Emotionometro
EXPLANATION: The
teacher is going to ask to each child how they feel. So they will say how they
feel saying the emotion, doing it with body expression and putting the stick in
the emotionometro.
TIME: About 8
minutes.
What feeling am I?
EXPLANATION: All
the children will be placed in circle except one. This child will be stand up
in front of them. The teacher is going to put in her or his bag a flashcard
with an emotion. The child will have to show the picture to the others. Then,
she or he will turn around and she or he is going to guess the emotion that she
or he has in the bag, seen the face expression of the other children. When the
child guess what emotion has in the bag, other child will stand up and they will
repeat the same.
TEACHER´S
ROLE: The teacher will help to the pupils when they need, making questions and
doing body expressions.
GROUPING: All
the children will be placed in circle and one child will be stand up in front
of them.
MATERIAL: Flashcards.
TIME: About
15 minutes.
Finally
we will sing the class ending song to say good bye to all the children.
3rd class
To
start with the class we are going to sing the class beginning song.
Emotionometro
EXPLANATION: The
teacher is going to ask to each child how they feel. So they will say how they
feel saying the emotion, doing it with body expression and putting the stick in
the emotionometro.
TIME: About 8
minutes.
The situations and emotions that could appear in the flashcards and in the die, are the followings:
Finally we will sing the class ending song to say good bye to all the children.
Making faces
EXPLANATION: The teacher will show and point with the finger the
elements of the face (mouth, nose, eye, eyebrows). Then, she or he suggested to
children to repeat it with her o him the name of the elements of the face and
touch them. When they learn this vocabulary they will do this exercise. The
teacher is going to divide the children in groups of four. Then, she or he will
give the elements of the face in different ways (close eye, open mouth…). With
these elements each child will have to create a face with emotion. For example,
an open moth represents the surprise face. To finish the exercise, they will
have to say in front of other classmates the emotion that they have created.
TEACHER´S
ROLE: The teacher explains to the children how they have to do the exercise.
She o he will do the example of what they have to do, in this way they will
know what to do. Then the teacher, observe what they are doing and give ideas
or suggestions to improve or make their face expression.
GROUPING: All
the children will be placed in circle listening teachers explanation, after
they will placed in groups of four.
MATERIAL:
Nose, mouths, eyes, eyebrow in different ways, a face without any element and
glue.
TIME: About
15 minutes.
Finally
we will sing the class ending song to say good bye to all the children.
2nd week
1st class
To start with
the class we are going to sing the class beginning song.
Music and emotions
EXPLANATION:
After the beginning song, we are going to do an activity, which objective is to
identify our own emotions depend on the music that we are listening in that
moment. For that, the teacher has to put in all the corners of the class,
flashcards with faces representing the next feelings: happy, sad, scared and
bored. Also, the teacher has to find different songs, which make you feel the
four emotions that before we have mentioned.
Before
start with the explanation, she or he will tell to the students, if they can
see the flashcards that are in the corners of the class, and she or he will ask
to the students to say what emotion express each flashcard. After identify each
flashcard´s feelings, the teacher is going to tell to the students, that she or
he has also different songs. After comment all this things, the teacher is going
to explain how the following activity is. She or he will tell to the students
that she or he will put a song and when they are listening that song depending
on what they feel, they have to run to the flashcard which represents that
feeling. However, before all this, the teacher is going to put few minutes of
each song. In this way it could be easier to take a decision for the children.
For being easier for the students, the teacher should do first as example. She
or he will ask to the students to stand up and they will start with the
activity.
TEACHER ROLE:
The teacher will explain the activity making an example.
GROUPING: All
the children will be placed in circle.
MATERIAL: Flashcards
with different faces representing some emotions, music machine and different
songs.
TIME: About
12 minutes.
Emotion die
EXPLANATION:
The next activity that they are going to do, is going to be an activity where
the children have to connect some face expressions with different situations.
For this activity, we will use some flashcards with photos of different
situations and a die with different face expressions.
To
start with the activity, the teacher will ask to the children about the
emotions that there are in the die. They have to say which emotion is each one.
After comment that emotions, they will also speak about flashcards situations.
They have to indentify and describe each situation. After that, the teacher
will put the flashcards and the die in the floor and she or he will explain
that each student one by one is going to throw the die and the face expression
that is above of the die, he or she has to connect with the correct flashcard.
The situations and emotions that could appear in the flashcards and in the die, are the followings:
Situations:
-A
child in a dentist.
-Children
playing, etc.
Emotions:
-Happy
-Scared,
etc.
TEACHER ROLE:
The teacher will explain the activity slowly.
GROUPING: The
children will be placed in circle.
MATERIAL: die with different faces representing some
emotions and flashcards with different situations.
TIME: About
11 minutes.
Finally we
will sing the class ending song to say good bye to all the children.
2nd class
To
start with the class, we are going to sing the class beginning song.
Taking photos
EXPLANATION:
The teacher is going to take photos to each student. First, the teacher will
explain to the students that we are going to create our own album with all the
emotions that we have already learned. For that, the teacher will tell to the
students that we need take photos and that when they are taking photos they
have to put the expression connected with the feeling that we want to express.
The teacher will show to the students her photos and a album that she made
before and in this way the students will understood better what they have to
do. She or he will prepare one part of the class for that, and all the students
are going to come to this place one by one.
GROUPING: The
explanation is going to do with all the group together and when we have to take
photos, they will do one by one.
MATERIAL: A
camera.
TIME: About
23 minutes.
Finally
we will sing the class ending song to say good bye to all the children.
3rd class
To
start with the class we are going to sing the class beginning song
Album of emotions
EXPLANATION:
The teacher is going to give to each student the photos that we took the last
class. Then, the students have to create their own album with their photos and
emotions. When they create their own album, they have to write behind each
photo which emotion it is. At the end of the class each child will have their
own album, which can share with friends and family.
TEACHER´S
ROLE: The teacher will be observing the children work and give some ideas to
improve or make their album.
GROUPING: The
children work individually.
MATERIAL:
Photos, white papers, glue, pencil or colored pens.
TIME: About
23 minutes.
Finally
we will sing the class ending song to say good bye to all the children.
3rd week
1st class
To
start with the class we are going to sing the class beginning song.
Emotionometro
EXPLANATION: The
teacher is going to ask to each child how they feel. So they will say how they
feel saying the emotion, doing it with body expression and putting the stick in
the emotionometro.
TIME: About 8
minutes.
Happy
EXPLANATION:
The teacher is going to tell a story, called Happy. In this story Mies Van Hout,
the autor, shows all the emotions that the young children live, showing a
particular emotion with a fish in each double page.
TEACHER´S
ROLE: The teacher is going to sit in front of the children and will tell the
story slowly and with face and body expression, so the children could
understood better the story. The teacher will put attention to the children, like
this he or she will know if they have understood or not.
GROUPING: The
children will be placed in circle. Like this the teacher will be able to see
all the children and children could play attention easier.
MATERIAL: The
book Happy written by Mies Van Hout.
TIME: About 15
minutes.
Finally we will sing the class ending song to say good bye to all the children.
2nd class
To
start with the class we are going to sing the class beginning song.
Questions about the book Happy
EXPLANATION: The
teacher will show each page of the book that was read in the previous class, and
she or he will ask to the children how the fish is. Then the children will have
to say the name of each emotion and will have to symbolize it.
TEACHER´S
ROLE: The teacher is going to help the children when they need, gesturing and showing
the emotions flashcards. And when they answer in Basque the teacher will repeat
the same that they have said in English, and the children will have to repeat
this. The teacher is going to ask to the children one by one, like this all the
children will participate.
GROUPING: The
children will be placed in circle. In this way they will work all together and
the teacher could help them more easily.
MATERIAL: The
flashcard of emotions and the book Happy.
TIME: About
10 minutes.
If you are happy
EXPLANATION: We
are going to sing a song called “If you are happy”. Initially the teacher is
going to play the song in internet, and the children will have to listen to it
and watch the video. Then the teacher is going to start singing and teaching
the song to the children. To do this she or he will pronounce very well and
will make gestures, during the song. The children will have to try to sing and
make the gestures. We are going to repeat this activity more than ones, like
this the children could learn it.
TEACHER´S
ROLE: The teacher is going to sing slowly and gesturing.
GROUPING: The
children will be placed in circle and stand up. Like this they will be able to
see the teacher and the other children. As they are standing they will be able
to dance with the song.
MATERIAL: The
song “If you are happy”
If you are
happy happy happy clap your hands
If you are
happy happy happy clap your hands
If you are
happy happy happy
Clap your
hands, clap your hands
If you are
happy happy happy clap your hands
If you are
angry angry angry stomp your feet
If you are
angry angry angry stomp your feet
If you are angry
angry angry
stomp your
feet, stomp your feet
If you are
angry angry angry stomp your feet
If you are
scared scared scared say, “Oh no!”
“Oh no!”
If you are
scared scared scared say,” Oh no!”
“Oh no!”
If you are
scared scared scared
Say, “Oh no!”
Say, “Oh no!”
If you are
scared scared scared say, “Oh no!”
“Oh no!”
If you are
sleepy sleepy sleepy take a nap
If you are
sleepy sleepy sleepy take a nap
If you are
sleepy sleepy sleepy
Take a nap,
take a nap
If you are
sleepy sleepy sleepy take a nap
If you are
happy happy happy clap your hands
If you are
happy happy happy clap your hands
If you are
happy happy happy
Clap your
hands, clap your hands
If you are
happy happy happy clap your hands
TIME: About
13 minutes.
Finally
we will sing the class ending song to say good bye to all the children.
3rd class
To start with the class we are going
to sing the class beginning song.
If you are happy
We are going
to sing a song called “If you are happy”.
TIME: About 5
minutes.
Emotions bingo
EXPLANATION:
Each child will have a piece of page. In it they will have different emotions
pictures. The teacher is going to take piece of papers with names of emotions
from a box, one by one. While the teacher is taking out each name, the children
will have to make a mark in the emotion that has been named. If they don´t have
this emotion they will have to wait for the next piece of paper. The game will
finish when someone have all the emotions marked, and he or she will have to
say bingo. When this happens this child
could go to help to other child. Like this, there will be two children in each
piece of page. And like that until mark all the emotions.
TEACHER´S
ROLE: The teacher will help the children during the game, pointing the
flashcard with the finger and repeating the emotion until all the children
understand.
GROUPING: The
children will be placed in circle. Like this the teacher will be able to see
all the children and could help them.
MATERIAL:
Bingo flashcards, pencils, emotion flashcards and name of emotions.
TIME: About
18 minutes.
Finally
we will sing the class ending song to say good bye to all the children.
REFERENCES
The main idea for this project
we have taken from
this page, where there are activities for the recognition of emotions in early childhood education.
Recognition of emotions in early childhood
Also, we take some ideas and suggestions from “some advice to debate” and “English learning activities for preschool” readings.
Also, we take some ideas and suggestions from “some advice to debate” and “English learning activities for preschool” readings.
