Crossing the Border

Playing games with your children can help them
to feel good about themselves.

The following game helps children to
explore their emotions and become aware of them.

This game is one way to help children understand their emotions

• Draw a large area on the ground with chalk

• Decide together what you are going to call the area

• Make a list of positive emotions and the opposite to the emotion for example brave/afraid, joy/unhappy, angry/calm/ serious/silly

• Take turns walking to the line and act out one of the emotions, then cross the border and act out the opposite

• It is important to act out the emotion by using the whole body. This way children learn about emotions and the importance of body language

These are simple games but they help children explore numerous emotions.
Frances Byatt-Smith Health Visitor

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