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St Gabriel’s Roman Catholic Primary School

8.7

Understanding emotions from facial expressions

 

Why is this important?
Facial expressions are the way we understand how others feel. They communicate essential information to the listener and are a fundamental part of social understanding. Being able to read and describe emotions in others helps in the development of emotional intelligence.


What to do

  • Collect together pictures from catalogues/magazines or photographs of faces showing emotions (e.g. a baby crying, a scared child, a happy clown, a surprised lady).
  • Put out the pictures and talk about the different emotions, e.g. ‘Look, the girl is scared. What could she be scared of? Maybe a big dog or a ride at the fair?’
  • Demonstrate a ‘scared’ face and ask the child to copy.
  • Try this for all four emotions – ‘happy’, ‘sad’, ‘scared’, ‘surprised’.
  • Put out the four pictures and ask the child to point to: ‘Who’s surprised?’ ‘Who’s happy?’
  • As you share books, talk about how people are feeling and why
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