Social/Emotional Experience

Class average age (in months)

Nineteen to Twenty Four Months

Primary Objective & Infant/Toddler Standards (You must list specific guidelines or content
standards and which domains: See above example).
Expresses and identifies feelings

Secondary Objective & Infant Toddler Standard:

Developing a Sense of Self and Others

Experience description:
These masks will be a great tool for talking about feelings. This activity will focus on four
emotions: happy, mad, sad, and silly. For each emotion and each mask, make a face and ask the
class to identify the emotion it represents. Once they correctly identify it, have them use markers
or crayons to draw that emotion of the face on one of the plates.

Materials
● Paper plates
● Markers
● Crayons
● Tape
● Large popsicle sticks

Scaffolding (child’s prior knowledge to build on):

Continue to develop self- regulation

Plan for carrying out experience (what caregiver will do):

The caregiver will cut a stack of paper plates in half. Have tape, large popsicle sticks, and
markers available. To begin, give each student four sticks and four half plates. Put a roll of tape
on each table. Have students tape a stick to the back of each plate. Then identify four emotions:
happy, mad, sad, and silly and when the children identify it right have them draw that emotion on
that paper plate. The caregiver can go around and assist the children and can answer any
questions the students might have. Once done with all 4 emotions the caregiver can expand on
these emotions

Assessment
A. How would you be able to determine the success of this activity?
Letting children work together. Making sure that children understand how important their
emotions are and how to express them in a healthy way. Asking any and all children's questions
about emotions. Making sure you're clear and understanding when answering children's
questions. Having supplies for each student to have. Go further into information about emotions
any chance you get.

B. Do you feel children's knowledge based on this experience? (Do I see this new knowledge
being learned in other areas)
The activity can help children develop positive relationships by learning what emotions they are
feeling and how to express those emotions. While caregivers are doing this activity they can
model appropriate behavior for children. This activity can lead to conversations with children
about how to resolve conflicts about negative emotions they have which goes hand and hand
with communication and reasoning. Lastly, you can use these masks again during reading aloud
and hold up the mask that shows how the main character is feeling and during class
conversations to reinforce their understanding of what different feelings look like.