Social/Emotional Experience

Class average age (in months)

● Twenty-Two Months

Primary Objective & Infant/Toddler Standards (You must list specific guidelines or content

standards and which domains: See above example).

● Nineteen to Twenty Four Months, Social and Emotional Development (Developing a

sense of self and others), Express feelings

Secondary Objective & Infant Toddler Standard:

● Nineteen to Twenty Four Months, Social and Emotional Development (Developing a

sense of self and others), Continues to develop self-regulation

Experience description:

● With this activity, the children will be given the opportunity to express their feelings

throughout the day and whether they are or are not in a good mood, they will be able to

represent it for the child, teacher, and classmates to help work on.

Materials

● Popsicle sticks, plastic cups, markers, paper, glue

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

● Children are already aware that they have different emotions and with this activity, I

hope to help them vocalize their feelings through words and expressions.
Plan for carrying out experience (what caregiver will do):

● When introducing the activity to the children, I will already have 4 plastic cups glued

side by side. I will present them with 4 different faces that show happiness, sadness,

anger, and one face that represents feeling only okay (with words labeling each emotion

below). I will be giving the faces to them one by one and as they decide to color them in,

I will explain what each face means by demonstrating it through actions and my

expressions for them to recognize and be able to relate to later on in the activity. After

they have colored in all the faces, they will be glued onto the plastic cups. I will show

them an example of my very own cup and how they can be used throughout the day. I

will explain that when they enter the room, they can move the popsicle stick that has their

pictures glued to them and move it to whichever feeling they came in with. After I tell

them this, I can show an example by expressing that today I feel happy and show them a

big smile than moving my popsicle stick in the happy face cup. Throughout the day they

can move the popsicle stick to whichever cup they are feeling which will also help me

gauge how to approach them and allows me to open up and ask what we can do to make

them feel better, whether it is doing a certain activity like working with a creative outlet

in the art station or needing to read a book to calm them down.

Assessment

A. How would you be able to determine the success of this activity?

● I will determine this activity a success when the children understand the different

meanings of each cup and how they represent their very own emotions. Also, when they

use it and are attempting to use their words to tell me how they are feeling and why.
B. Do you feel childrens knowledge based on this experience? (Do I see this new knowledge

being learned in other areas)

● I believe that this activity will not only allow them to understand their feelings and give

them the opportunity to work through them, but it also expands on their language

development and allows them to recognize the emotions of those around them.