Activities that meet social emotional standards

I’m going to start something new here on my little blog, and I’m kind of excited about it! Every Wednesday I’ll focus on a different early learning standard and offer a number of activities that align with that standard.  I hope that you’ll also add to my list so that we can all collaborate together.

For the first eight weeks we’ll focus on Social Emotional Standards, so here we go;
(The Standards that I use every day, and am most comfortable with are Ohio’s Early Learning Development Standards – you can review them here, however I’ve found that even if your State’s standards differ, many of these activities can still be aligned similarly).

Domain: Social Emotional Development
Strand: Self
Topic: Awareness and Expression of Emotion

I’ve spent a lot of time scouring a number of different resources for social emotional activity ideas, this particular standard is the easiest to meet because activities and ideas are easy to find, and they don’t require a lot of materials.  This particular standard also makes a lot of sense to children and parents, so it is easy for them to continue this learning at home.

Here are some ideas for teaching awareness and expression of emotion: