Sounds and emotions

Hello everyone!!!!

Today I’m going to tell you about something that help me a lot to catch the attention of the kids, the emotions =). The few time that I have taught, I can see in my students that the way they feel is the way they work.

So, at the beginning of the class I sing and ask them about the way they feel, I ask them “How are you?” and sometimes with a big smile on their face  they answer me “sad”, “angry” or “tired” and it’s pretty funny, the first time that I saw that I thought they haven’t any idea of what they were saying but when I asked them to act it out they did it right.

Often, we sang a song called "If you’re happy" and it goes like this:

If you’re happy, happy, happy 😀

Clap your hands

(X3)

If you’re angry, angry, angry 😠

Stop your feed

(X3)

If you’re sad, sad, sad 😢

Cry boo boo

(X3)

If you’re surprise, surprise, surprise 😮

Raise your hands  (Here you can scream and they really love it)

(X3)

If you’re tired, tired, tired 😴

Go to sleep

(X3)

The environment is better when the students feel good. What do you think about it? Do you use any other activities?