Tips
Parent Tip: Exploring different emotions
Song: “If You’re Happy” (Wee Sing Children's Songs and Fingerplays, Wee Sing The Best of Wee Sing)
• Discuss different emotions and how they can be expressed with your child.
• Sing “If You’re Happy,” substituting other emotions and actions for “If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands” (e.g. sad, cry a tear; mad, stomp your foot; excited, jump up and down; tired, go to sleep...).
• Also discuss appropriate expressions of emotions for various situations.
Teacher Tip: Exploring different emotions
Song: “If You’re Happy” (Wee Sing Children's Songs and Fingerplays, Wee Sing The Best of Wee Sing)
• Discuss different emotions and how they can be expressed with the class.
• Sing “If You’re Happy,” substituting other emotions and actions for “If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands” (e.g. sad, cry a tear; mad, stomp your foot; excited, jump up and down; tired, go to sleep...).
• Also discuss appropriate expressions of emotions for various situations.
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