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Explore the way people think and feel in different situations.

https://www.scouts.org.uk/activities/guess-the-feelings/

Resources

Coloured pens or pencils
A4 paper

Instructions

Read through the feelings and scenarios below and make sure that they’re all appropriate for your group.
You could use the book How Are You Feeling Today? by Molly Potter as part of this activity. This is a fun, imaginative book to help children understand and cope with a wide range of emotions. It has simple descriptions of a number of emotions, along with ideas for positive things you can do if you’re feeling that way.

Story time

Everyone should sit in a circle.
Someone should read the poem Feelings by Abiee Harris.
After reading the poem, everyone should take some time to reflect on it as a group. We’ve included some questions to help you reflect in the pink box below.

Feelings charades
The person leading the activity should act out different emotions to the group.
Everyone should try to guess what feeling is being acted out.
Make sure you act out a range of emotions. Choose some simple ones (such as happy or sad) and some trickier feelings (such as confused or determined). We’ve included a list of feelings below to get you started.
Everyone should chat about how they made guesses. Were there any clues that gave away what each feeling was?

If it were me
Everyone should get into small groups or pairs.
The person leading the activity should read one of the scenarios below.
Each group should take it in turns to act out the emotion that they might feel in that situation.
If people are finding it tricky, they could share ideas with their group (or another) group before they start acting. Remind people that there isn’t always a right answer.
Everyone should repeat steps two and three for more scenarios.
Leave some time to chat about each scenario and emotion.

How are you feeling today?
Now everyone’s explored lots of different emotions, they should think about how they’re feeling right now. Anyone who wants to share their feelings with the group should take it in turns.
The person leading the activity should explain that everyone feels sad sometimes. What helps people when they feel sad?
The person leading the activity should explain that when people feel sad, it can be helpful to talk about it, and to think about things that make them feel happy.
Everyone should draw something that makes them feel happy.
Anyone who wants to should show the group their drawing and tell them all about it.

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