Feelings and kindness
My Feelings Weather Report
Show today’s feelings as weather: sunny, cloudy, stormy or something brand new.
Thinking sheet · Feelings and kindness
Colors of My Feelings
Pick a color for each feeling, explain why, and make a picture in today’s feeling color.
- Grades
- K–5
- Time
- about 20 minutes
- Kids practice
- feelings vocabulary, color and mood, self-expression
What kids do
“If feelings had colors, what would they be?”
- Color each box
- Draw a picture using only my color for today
How to run it
- There are no wrong colors: ask why, not what.
- Compare the class’s choices for the same feeling.
- Have crayons ready for the color column.
Talk about it
- Did everyone pick the same color for happy?
- How do artists use color to show feelings?
- What color is our classroom today?
Take it further
Color one of your drawings twice, once happy and once spooky, and compare.
Pairs well with
Free for home and classroom use. Print as many copies as you need.
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