If you are Ok, I am Ok, too

  • Expression of affection and emotions
  • Interest in sharing
  • Self-control

Today we are going to play to mime different faces. Our different faces mean that sometimes we feel in one way and sometimes in other ways.

The ideal game would work as follows: eight or ten children split up into couples. Each member of the couple has to be in front of the other one so that both can see each other's face.

The teacher whispers some feelings to one of the members of each couple. These pupils have to express those feelings with their faces and hands. When the partner guesses what the first child was miming, he/she will say and do something to help, share and cheer up his/her mate:
  • If the mate is SAD: "I also feel sad" and then he/she strokes him/he
  • If the mate is AFRAID: "Uuuuh, I am also afraid" and he/she gives his/her partner a hug
  • If the mate is TIRED: "Uuuf, I also feel tired" and he/she fondles his/her mate's back
  • If the mate is ANGRY; "Uuuf, I am also angry"; both fold their arms and then hold their hands
  • If the mate feels COMFORTABLE: "Mmmm, me too!" and they fond one another
  • If the mate is HAPPY: "Uuuuh, me too!" and they "give each other five"

The teacher will let the children to express themselves as they want to; in case they don't know how to express some circumstances he/she will help them.

 


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